Re: Making chrome pot metal look good

Posted by HH56 On 2008/10/9 17:31:27

The process some have used to save labor charges is to have the piece stripped, then take home and buff, straighten, etc then take back for heavy copper plate, take home and use silver solder to fill pits, buff and smooth etc then take back for regular finish plating.

The silver solder is hard enough and has a high melting point (around 500-550 degrees) that the ordinary plating won't disturb it. Trick is not to burn through the copper or get any gas bubbles underneath that's generated in pot metal lifting the copper and popping through. The pot metal melts around 700 degrees, so a fine point is reached, then all h--k breaks loose.

I too have been interested in the copy chrome kit method but again, no one seems to have used it or has any recommendations.