Flitz is good for polishing nickel plating.
http://www.ogdenchrome.com/
I believe this is the company John recommended, I will check with him to make
sure. He said they did excellent work nickel plating at reasonable prices.
Steve
> To: [email protected]
> Date: Sun, 5 Oct 2014 17:08:37 -0400
> From: [email protected]
> Subject: [Phono-L] Columbia BI Sterling -- nickel-plated parts
>
> Hi, everybody. I picked up a nice Columbia BI Sterling this summer, and have
> been trying to figure out how to deal with the fact that the nickel-plating
> on the horn, tone arm, reproducer and back bracket is faded and splotchy. I
> thought this might be better left to a professional, so I found a guy in my
> area on the internet and took it to him for polishing. Big mistake! He
> accomplished exactly nothing except stripping the nickel plating off the
> reproducer (brass underneath), and charged me anyway. He couldn't even guess
> what the issue was with the plating -- only said he'd tried his best. So now
> I'm worse off than when I started.
>
> So, what's my next move? Is there anyone in New England, Boston or north,
> who does nickel electroplating? Any idea how much that would cost? Are
> there any products and/or techniques I should try myself? (I don't have
> access to a polishing wheel or anything like that.) And does anyone have a
> nice Columbia Analysing reproducer they'd care to sell me? (I also need a
> crank and a lid latch, if anyone has either of those.)
>
> Thanks!
>
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