Your ride – motorcycle or automobile – is in downright need of some Bling!
Chrome is King… but Nickel is it’s second cousin and in with an economic downturn (read in – I’m broke) – nickel plate will be perfect.
Have you priced out having your parts professionally chrome or nickel plated? It’s downright ridiculous.
I thought that using an electroplating kit would be beyond my abilities. Don’t get me wrong… I’m pretty handy – but I’ve never been much for working with dangerous chemicals.
So… what we’re looking for is a way to do this ourselves – for a reasonable price and cut out the danger part (as much as possible).
After searching around a bit I did find that Caswell makes Nickel Plating Kits. The price isn’t super steep and from the instruction manual – it all looks pretty safe.
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My dad was into antique car restoration – big time. He loved to tinker with stuff down to the tiny details.
He loved all the brash bits and pieces and gold plating was one of his favorite things to add a bit of glitz to his old cars.
When I’m at a local car show… one of the things that catches my eye in the sea of beautifully restored cars is the glimmering bits of emblems or hardware that someone has taken the extra time and care to add.
Gold Plating small parts or pieces isn’t tough. If you are a bit of a tinkerer type you will have great results with your first project. (Probably start looking for more parts to gold plate)
What you need is a gold plating kit. Gold plating kits are not all the same. Don’t be roped into something that is called a “dip” kit. You want to use electroplating so that the gold plating will last and look professional.
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Caswell Inc sells electroplating kits, metal polishing supplies, powder coating supplies and thousands of other useful products. Click To Order
I first saw the beautiful art that could be achieved with electroplating leaves years ago at an art show.
