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To non-technical people, polished stainless, aluminum, and chrome are indistinguishable, and chrome was utterly dominant in the automotive field before the 1980
by VLM 4y ago
To non-technical people, polished stainless, aluminum, and chrome are indistinguishable, and chrome was utterly dominant in the automotive field before the 1980s.
- adhesive_wombat 4y agoAutomotive yes, and standard profiles like tubes, but not smaller consumer goods because it's very expensive to tool up for a chromed item due to the finish needed on the substrate (without CNC, remember). For example a chrome case for a telephone handset would be brutally expensive compared to plastic (until metallised plastic was developed).