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Gold plating car emblems Dave, I can't do that 03-31-2006
Posted by on April 1, 2006, 9:07 pm
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On Fri, 31 Mar 2006 22:28:36 -0600, Don Foreman

>On Fri, 31 Mar 2006 20:02:29 -0800, Larry Jaques
>
>>On Sat, 01 Apr 2006 01:49:20 +0100, with neither quill nor qualm, Andy
>>
>>>On 31 Mar 2006 11:34:37 -0800, "Dave, I can't do that"
>>>
>>>>My friend has just bought a new car and wants to gold plate the
>>>>emblems. Does anyone have advice
>>>
>>>Don't.
>>
>>Indeed. Removing the emblems will the the largest amount of work and
>>will subject the paint to chipping, the emblems/tabs to breakage, and
>>all sorts of other good stuff. Adding to that, many of the new car
>>emblems are stick-on, so plating might be a real nightmare IF
>>possible.
>>
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>They don't have to be removed to brush-plate them.

But they very likely will be after they are plated. Little thugs love
stealing gold emblems, and BMW emblems, and Mercedes emblems, etc.
They usually damage the paint in the process.
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Posted by Andy Dingley on April 1, 2006, 9:17 pm
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On Fri, 31 Mar 2006 22:28:36 -0600, Don Foreman

>They don't have to be removed to brush-plate them.

Can you brush-plate onto non conductors? How do you prepare the surface?

Posted by Don Foreman on April 2, 2006, 12:09 am
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On Sun, 02 Apr 2006 02:17:44 +0100, Andy Dingley

>On Fri, 31 Mar 2006 22:28:36 -0600, Don Foreman
>
>>They don't have to be removed to brush-plate them.
>
>Can you brush-plate onto non conductors? How do you prepare the surface?

You can get stuff in a rattlecan that applies a conductive film. There
are undoubtedly other methods as well; they've been "bronzing" baby
shoes for decades.

Posted by Andy Dingley on April 2, 2006, 7:18 am
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On Sat, 01 Apr 2006 23:09:06 -0600, Don Foreman

>You can get stuff in a rattlecan that applies a conductive film. There
>are undoubtedly other methods as well; they've been "bronzing" baby
>shoes for decades.

Ah. You haven't actually done this, have you 8-(



Posted by Don Foreman on April 2, 2006, 3:36 pm
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On Sun, 02 Apr 2006 12:18:54 +0100, Andy Dingley

>On Sat, 01 Apr 2006 23:09:06 -0600, Don Foreman
>
>>You can get stuff in a rattlecan that applies a conductive film. There
>>are undoubtedly other methods as well; they've been "bronzing" baby
>>shoes for decades.
>
>Ah. You haven't actually done this, have you 8-(

I have brush-plated with gold, but I have not done non-conductive
objects. However, www.caswellplating.com offers materials and
instructions for plating non-conductive objects, and everything I
have tried from them has worked very well.

http://www.caswellplating.com/kits/silvaspray.html

I have about zero doubt that I could use this stuff successfully first
try because that has been true of all of the several other Caswell
products I've used.

I think they used to have the conductive stuff in a rattlecan; now
it looks like one would need an airbrush or one of those Preval
disposable spray devices to apply it.

Note that they do not recommend it for brushplating applications. I
guess you'd have to immersion plate with nickle first; then you could
brush-plate gold for color.



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