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Old 14th March 2011, 10:23 PM
minicountryman1961 minicountryman1961 is offline
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Default more plating advice.

Do you have a favorite resource on the Interwebs for technical advice on nickel plating?

I have a classic old bicycle that I would love to plate the headtube on. The owner of our local plating shop went to prison for environmental crimes related to the dumping of nasty chemicals., so I have been at a loss as to where to get it done.

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Originally Posted by K4KEV View Post
Cheers Ronnie....did consider chrome, but too many nasty chemicals involved to get it spot on.... nickel baths you can even put your hand in (dropped a tube in once had to fish it out) as long as you wash it straight away. Gateros plating and caswell do the best kits but as I discovered the most important ability is to be able to control the dc volts and current.
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