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Old 02-04-2019, 09:40 PM   #6
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Default Re: '39 Standard hood orn/handle

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Originally Posted by JSeery View Post
It's going to depend on how it was chromed, but I would assume very thin on a commercial part. We would have the in house (Boeing) chrome shop add material to a undersized part to tighten it up. But that was in the couple of thousands range. Believe commercial plating is way less than a thousandth.

Found this reference.
Yep, my point exactly. And you can bet ol' Bob Drake ain't paying the Chinese for that super duper long lasting plating.
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