Is it possible?

[Capitolkey]

Can (new, untarnished) pewter be gold-plated?

[bhhodges]

is it possible

sure copper plate it with flash copper, then bright nickel, then gold


you can plate gold to copper but i highly doubt you will be happy with the color and you have to use copper on it before anything else.

[mcaswell]

You'll need to dip in Pickle #4 before plating with Flash Copper.

[Capitolkey]

As a neophyte (newbie) to electroplating, your collective wealth of knowledge always saves me from wasting a lot of trial-and-error time.

Thanks again!

Sincerely, Capitolkey

[c_gismo]

FYI: I have seen some brass artistic items that are silver plated then gold plated. They did not use nickel. I don't know why, though.

[bhhodges]

is it possible

sounds to me like they might of originally been silver plated as a finish and then someone decided they wanted a gold finish.


bill

[bhhodges]

was wondering if you got around to copper and gold plating the pewter ??


bill