Abstract: A method for depositing a multi-layered protective and decorative coating on an article comprising first depositing at least one coating layer on the article by electroplating, removing the electroplated article from the electroplating bath and subjecting it to pulse blow drying to produce a spot-free surface on the electroplated article, and then depositing, by physical vapor deposition, at least one vapor deposited coating layer on the electroplated article.
Type:
Application
Filed:
June 17, 1999
Publication date:
May 24, 2001
Applicant:
Dennis Foster
Inventors:
DENNIS FOSTER, LARRY M. MCHUGH, HEINRICH ANDREAS MOEBIUS