Patent ID: 7641782

Claim:
A method for improving the corrosion resistance of chrome plated materials comprising the steps of: abrasively polishing the materials to be chrome plated to a finish which leaves integral strands, filaments or “fine hairs”of microscopic size attached to the materials to be chrome plated; plating the materials to be chrome plated; and power washing the abrasively polished materials to be chrome plated with a high pressure liquid spray to remove integral strands, filaments or “fine hairs”of microscopic size attached to the materials to be chrome plated before plating the materials to be chrome plated; chrome plating the materials to be chrome plated so that they become chrome plated materials; spraying a non-thermosetting buffing compound to the chrome plated materials, without prior heat treatment of the chrome plated materials; heating the chrome plated materials after applying the buffing compound; and buffing the heated chrome plated materials after the buffing compound has been both applied and heated.