Re: plating xmas balls

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Original poster: "Jim Lux" <jimlux-at-earthlink-dot-net> 

Here's one where the archives are positively full of ideas...

The upshot being... if you want "real metal" plating, take it to a
commercial plating company... They have the BIG tanks and the somewhat
unique expertise to plate just about any metal on any substrate.

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Subject: plating xmas balls


 > Original poster: "Robert Jones" <alwynj48-at-earthlink-dot-net>
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 >
 > Hi all,
 >
 > Xmas decorations now fill the shops. I have seen silver 8-inch diameter
 > globes, which are probably aluminum coated plastic. Discharges strip the
 > coating. Now if I could metal plate one it may make a nice topload for a
 > small coil. I know its possible to plate almost any metal on any other but
 > some processes require nasty chemicals. The only simple solution I could
 > think of was ammoniacal copper. It will deposit copper and will not
disolve
 > the alluminium. Anyboby else got any suggestions involving readily
 > available chemicals and anode material. Chrome would be nice.
 >
 > Bob
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 >