Finishes

Plomb Tool Finishes Plomb used many different finishes on their tools and none at all. The earliest tools were unfinished. During the war years they produced tools with a Cadmium finish for the government and tools for the public that had an inferior finish (due to war time scarcities). The tools for the public are marked "War Finish" and are usually a brown color.
These three sockets illustrate two different finishes. The socket on the left is Cadmium coated. You can still see the black Cosmolene coating used to protect the metal. The center socket was Cadmium, but the finish was partially removed with a wire wheel. The socket on the right has a chrome finish. The center socket leads us to wonder if Cadmium was applied over chrome.

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