I have my frame, and I would like to have It nice and silvery. I wan't something that will last a few rides, then scratching up right away and looking like [censored]. What would be my best bet?
If you can't get over the hate in one puny internet thread on a unicycling site, then you will never hack it out in the "real world" where crack smoking bumbs throw rocks at you while you're practicing your 360 unispin.
Do some Googling, "Hydrogen Embrittlement" and Chrome
Powdercoating is much more versatile. Besides the obvious color choices there are many textures available. The cheapest is to get in to a run at the powdercoater's when they are set up to do a race car frame or other project that will be a bright performance color. You can change it later in another of their runs. If you get in with someone else's run, the set up charge is already paid.