Abstract: The decorative coating of metal, such as chrome plated cold rolled steel, is accomplished through use of a layout fluid which presents a highly desirable colored finish without any loss of the shine normally associated with chrome plating. The resulting colored metal part is achieved at a modest cost when compared to brass or other colored plating.

Abstract: An extendible table characterized, in one invention embodiment, by outwardly movable end sections which conceal a center or extension section at a non-extended position and which reveal the center section when at an extended position, the middle section being rotatable to present an upper surface which is coplanar with the upper surfaces of the end sections at the extended position. In another invention embodiment, the center section is vertically movable from the concealed position thereof, when the end sections are non-extended, to a position of use when the end sections are extended.