Going green with silver could revolutionize chrome and electroplating industry

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Tom Griffith, left, and Gary Elmer are seen in the lobby of their Verona company and have created a process that can spray silver and distilled water onto virtually any surface to replicate chrome.

KAYLA WOLF, STATE JOURNAL

Argent Brothers

Tom Griffith applies a pre-wash solution to a Mason jar just prior to an application of silver and distilled water.

KAYLA WOLF, STATE JOURNAL

Argent Brothers

Gary Elmer, left, and Tom Griffith demonstrate last week their silver spray technique on a Mason jar at Elmer's car restoration shop east of Oregon. The process developed by the two entrepreneurs can be used to cover virtually anything in a coating of thin silver, which could ultimately replace the traditional and caustic spray chrome process.

KAYLA WOLF, STATE JOURNAL

Argent Brothers

Gary Elmer holds up a sample of a silver layer, which is 4/10,000ths of an inch thick and can be sprayed on both small and large items with holes, nooks and crannies, something that has eluded manufacturers for decades.

KAYLA WOLF, STATE JOURNAL

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A silver-plated bike frame rests against a wall decorated with the art of Tom Griffith at Argent Brothers Custom Industrial Plating in Verona.

KAYLA WOLF, STATE JOURNAL

Argent Brothers

It doesn't look like much, but this is the air-conditioned shed east of Oregon in which Gary Elmer has his car restoration shop and where he and Tom Griffith created a silver spray process that replicates chrome.

KAYLA WOLF, STATE JOURNAL

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Tom Griffith measures out silver solution during a demonstration last week.

KAYLA WOLF, STATE JOURNAL

BARRY ADAMS

VERONA — Their affinities are for classic cars.

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