Worn Chrome: Matte and Scratched on a Shiny Surface

A set of aged chrome metal parts. The surface is still shiny but covered with extremely fine scratches forming a faint haze; the plating is worn off at raised edges, revealing a slightly darker metal color underneath; oxidized dark spots accumulate in recesses. Reflected images are therefore blurry and soft, unlike the sharp reflections of new chrome. These metals are used on furniture frames, equipment bezels, and door handles. Avoid: using brand new mirror-shiny chrome, adding severe rust and flaking, replacing with matte brushed metal, making the wear level of all metal parts perfectly uniform.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一組已經老化的鍍鉻金屬件。表面仍然是亮的,但佈滿極細的刮痕形成一層淡淡的霧;凸起的邊角處鍍層磨掉,露出底下略深的金屬色;凹處積著一點氧化的暗色。反射的影像因此是模糊而柔和的,不像新鍍鉻那樣銳利。這些金屬用在家具的框架、設備的邊框與門把上。避免:使用全新光亮如鏡的鍍鉻、加入嚴重的鏽蝕與剝落、使用霧面拉絲的金屬取代、讓所有金屬件的磨損程度完全一致。