you can thank the EPA for the demise of real chrome: the plating
process produces noxious fumes and waste making it impractical (and
that's why rechroming the bits on an old car costs a fortune).
Likewise, the car companies haven't done us any favor with water-based
paint that they attempt to preserve for a while with an inpermanent
clear coat......the old enamels and lacquers painting processes gave off
too many fumes to meet EPA emission standards, so we have "improved"
paint jobs that look shiney - until they peel off.

by the mid-50s, most "chrome" grill work was really aluminum and better
cars had real stainless steel trim.......very maintenance free and you
didn't have to worry about a butterfly doing $850 worth of damage to the
painted nose of your car....just wash the bugs off.

for a while we had flash-chromed plastic.....have always wondered how
they managed to make plastic chrome pit just like potmetal!

"Itsfrom Click" <gpctc@webtv.net> wrote in message
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It is not the EPA that makes the laws. It is Congress.

What would you prefer? A nice shiney chrome job or healthy lungs?

I like my lungs more than my car.

Jeff

"Jeff" <jeff@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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Congress has no idea what the EPA is doing. They lost control long
ago. You can have your lungs and the chrome, just wear protective
clothing.

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