Re: How did you get the gold trim plated-and with what?

Posted by Owen_Dyneto On 2014/2/11 23:20:47

Come on Pat, you should be able to figure this out on your own; why not try the yellow pages for a starter.

Environmental requirements have pretty much eliminated the mom and pop plating shops and those left are large and most good-size electroplating firms offer a variety of types of plating, or subcontract work out to other firms for work they don't do inhouse. I've used quite a few firms for automotive plating and they all did gold plating. If the firm you're dealing with doesn't, then look for another one.

Do the plating of the items that were gold on your Packard with some substitute and it's likely to be a decision you'll regret - when you find a plater who does gold ask him what he recommends - the circles and script on my 56 were done in 14kt about 12 years ago, still looks great today.