DIY Plating

[Yorkie]

e-Bay item 140647157244 may be relevant.

-Joe

Looks a very useful firm Joe, albeit tucked away is cider country!

For many years I subscribed to a little vintage motorbike publication that looks like a tabloid newspaper, only available by subscription, known as 'Old Bike Mart'. The price of the subs only covered the postage and little more - they made their money from adverts. Every type of small firm advertised in the pages - you could get anything done - plating, alloy polishing, welding, crakshaft regrinds, paint lining, powder coating, tank repairs, wiring looms made, wheels re-built, and every type of nut, bolt, washer and spring imaginable. All little back-street frims that we think no longer exist, and all keeping very busy at their particular craft. Not surprisingly, many were in the West Mids around B'ham.

I've seen DIY plating done by the 'wire brush' method with passable results, but as always, preparation is vital or the slightest surface defects show up.