Letter 34017

How do I plate vinyl records  

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HI THERE CAN ANYONE HELP, I AM TRYING TO START UP MY OWN BUSINESS SELLING GOLD , PLATINUM VINYL, DOES ANYONE KNOW WHAT EQUIPMENT I NEED TO BUY TO DO THIS, PLEASE PLEASE CAN SOMEONE HELP AS I WANT TO GET MY BUSINESS UP AND RUNNING .

MANY THANKS

Mark Harry
just starting up, no name as yet - Newport, GWENT , UK

There are two generic ways of doing it, one is to use vacuum metal deposition, but that is expensive to set up. The second way is to use "plating on plastics" technology. This is not so expensive, but you need to know how to do it. The basic principle is that you etch the plastic, coat it in a conducting metal layer and then thicken the metal layer with a suitable metal such as copper or nickel. This can then be coated in a decorative layer of gold, silver, platinum etc etc.

Trevor Crichton R&D practical scientist - UK

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