| abstract |
The present disclosure provides "colored plated metal parts and methods of making colored metal parts." A method of making a colored metallized substrate includes injection molding a colored polymer layer onto an activated metal layer of the metallized substrate. The colored polymer layer is a colored polyurethane layer or a colored polyurea layer, and the activated metal layer can be a plasma activated metal layer, eg, an oxygen plasma activated metal layer, the oxygen plasma activated metal layer No coupling agent is present when the colored polymer layer is injection molded onto it. At least one additional metal layer may be disposed between the activated metal layer and the polymer substrate. For example, at least one of a nickel layer and a copper layer may be disposed between the activated chromium layer and the polymer substrate. |