Seems to me Caswell sells/sold a real gold plate kit too. The problem with Gold, and nickel too, but not as bad, is that it is hard to match gold colors. A little difference in karat amount or a few different other chemicals and you have a different gold color, greener, yellower, whatever. Have you tried googling home electroplating kits or brush plating kits?
Ron L -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Arvin Casas Sent: Tuesday, June 25, 2013 12:50 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [Phono-L] Home Plating Recommendations? Hello All, I hope your summers have all started off well! I was wondering if any of you had any recommendations for home plating? (No, that is not some variation on getting on base on a first date, but in regards to metal plate finishing as can be done at home.) Always the willing guinea pig for our hobby, I tried the Caswell Plug N' Plate system and had some success with their Nickel product, but only so-so success with their faux Gold. (When I tried contacting their customer service to troubleshoot, the owner came off as a bit "emotionally incendiary" in his replies to a newbie, so I decided it's not worth me continuing to experiment or use their products.) Are there any other possible approaches or solutions? I have a few gold plated pieces that have suffered some damage over the years prior to my coming into them, and I was hoping, short of sending them out (which I believe is priced per pound), to see if there was something I could try at home on the few pieces that I have that need restoration / preservation. I recall reading about home-brewed tank solutions (mixing gold chloride etc.,. using batteries), but can't recall where (or if they worked). Any recommendations? Thanks! Arvin _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.org _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.org
