Thanks so much! It's interesting to see that you get so bright a finish after the nickel plating is gone! I think I just lost some of my chicken-ness. :D
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Thanks so much! It's interesting to see that you get so bright a finish after the nickel plating is gone! I think I just lost some of my chicken-ness. :D
I have an electroplating rig. I usually use it for silver plating (yep, already considered it...)Quote:
Originally Posted by thepolyparrot
To plate in nickel I would just need to get some of the solution/salts, but it is doable.
The main reason manufacturers use nickel plating is because it costs about $2 to plate something, but takes about a hour of labor to actually put a mirror shine on something. WAY cheaper.
After thinking about this and going to check on a couple of my other "fading plating" old hand-wheels, it seems that Singer did this process of not fully polishing, then plating.
Well, How does it look?
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Before (after first test)
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It looks great! I am sure it looks better in person. Good job.
thanks, and you are right, it was a crappy picture...
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I like the look of these wheels without the original nickel plating.
I REALLY like polished iron...
It really looks beautiful!!!!!!
Wow!! Steve that looks incredible! What a difference with the before and after look. You can bet Miss Martha will be looking quite stylish at 104 years old with her shiny bling!!!
Pam
I would like to do the same to the other part. I'll do that Saturday when i go into work, and then ship it out on Monday
UPDATE:
I was not able to do this over the weekend, and I forgot to bring in the 1200 grit today, so....
I should be able to finish this tomorrow and ship Wednesday.
Steve totally not a problem as I have in no hurry. Take your time!Quote:
Originally Posted by SteveH
