I've been sort strugging with this. Perhaps the knowledgable people here can throw a tip... Gonna make a 1/4" thick
aluminum plate (18"W x 65"H) and use it as a faceplate
(attached to the MDF front baffle)
for my tower speaker project. But aluminum looks boring,
so why not chrome it?
I don't know if I need to specify copper/nickel/chrome
or nickel/chrome or should I just make my artwork
Plating: Chrome
and let them figure it out ?
The next part is what thickness for a nice mirror finish
with some stratch resistance. I hear .01 - 0.1 mils is common
for decorative chrome and 1mil and greater is defined
as hard chrome. hmmm.. I don't want it too thin..... Initial
thoughts are to specify 1 mil minimum, 5 mils max and let
the platers figure it out ? Might as well make it "beefy" ?
Gonna have my speaker box painted black with laquer,
trying for the legendary piano black "look".. not as
elegant as the Zoolander "blue steel" look or "magnum",
but chrome will suffice - hehe
aluminum plate (18"W x 65"H) and use it as a faceplate
(attached to the MDF front baffle)
for my tower speaker project. But aluminum looks boring,
so why not chrome it?
I don't know if I need to specify copper/nickel/chrome
or nickel/chrome or should I just make my artwork
Plating: Chrome
and let them figure it out ?
The next part is what thickness for a nice mirror finish
with some stratch resistance. I hear .01 - 0.1 mils is common
for decorative chrome and 1mil and greater is defined
as hard chrome. hmmm.. I don't want it too thin..... Initial
thoughts are to specify 1 mil minimum, 5 mils max and let
the platers figure it out ? Might as well make it "beefy" ?
Gonna have my speaker box painted black with laquer,
trying for the legendary piano black "look".. not as
elegant as the Zoolander "blue steel" look or "magnum",
but chrome will suffice - hehe