Kurt & all-
Hydrogen embrittlement has lots of variables, here is a note on chrome and framesaver. About a dozen years ago, a friend calls me up to report that his famous maker Italian frame then about 2 years old has a series of pin holes along the bottom surface of the top tube. This is a careful guy, bike was always hung indoors, never in the rain, basically light use. Framesaver was used on the tubes. the headlugs and chainstay were chromed. The importer covered the problem with a new frame, we were only guessing regarding the alchemy of the cause, best guess was incomplete rinsing of the one or more of the various solutions in the chroming process was the culprit, with a possible chemical reaction with the framesaver. My friend was made whole in this case less the rebuild cost. I wish I had more information regarding what happened just that that was the sequence of events.
I would vote for wet paint, been down the powdercoat route long ago, stripped two others. Just say no to powdercoat.
John Jorgensen
Torrance Ca