Patent ID: 6861105

Claim:
A method of making an automotive trim product to be attached to a vehicle, the method comprising: providing a polymer inclusive substrate; coating the polymer inclusive substrate with at least one conductive layer to form a coated substrate; positioning the coated substrate in a vapor deposition chamber; vaporizing at least part of a liquid comprising chromium hexacarbonyl (Cr(CO) 6 ) so as to form a gas comprising Cr, and introducing the gas comprising Cr into the vapor deposition chamber; electrically biasing the coated substrate in the chamber and forming a plasma including Cr ions in the chamber, at least the Cr ions moving toward the coated substrate and forming at least one layer comprising Cr thereon; removing the coated substrate with the layer comprising Cr thereon from the vapor deposition chamber; and attaching the coated substrate to a vehicle as a trim product.