Electro plating terminology

[morningtundra]

Plating it in what ?

Trying to do it yourself or finding a company to do it for you ?


Plenty of info on how and diy https://www.youtube.com/results?sear...electroplating

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WdiSn9QEtM

That was an interesting link...

I'm a bit intimidated by the complexity of the setup...

I think I'm now looking for someone to do the work for me.

Any recommendations?


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[Dimman]

That was an interesting link...

I'm a bit intimidated by the complexity of the setup...

I think I'm now looking for someone to do the work for me.

Any recommendations?


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If you're in a big enough town there will usually be a plating service that can do stuff like chrome and gold. If you have custom jewelers they may to some themselves, usually rhodium for going over white gold. But often custom jewelers farm out plating and casting to specialist companies.

The big thing with plating though isn't the plating, it's the base polishing. Most of the work is the prep before the actual plating, but an experienced plater is still needed to manage the job, proper cleaning, different concentrations, alloys, what anode types, temperature, amperage, etc...