Letter 40007 Seeking Plating Shop for Sculpture March 23, 2006 I need a plating shop (in Leeds, England) that would be willing to plate onto a sculpture and also advise in what would be the best material for creating the sculpture in, in order to get the best finish from the copper plating. Victoria R [name deleted for privacy by editor] Sculptor - Leeds, West Yorkshire, England August 31, 2008 Hi, Victoria. Hopefully a supporting advertiser contacted you in private to offer their services. Metal is easily the best substrate for plating onto, but just about any substrate can be plated -- although the durability may be a problem, especially if the sculpture is outside. For something unique, you could consider plating onto wax, then melting the wax away for a hollow sculpture (maybe you've seen hollow gold earrings? But I would not pick a substrate (other than metal) until you've located a shop that can work with it. Good luck! Regards, Ted Mooney, P.E.  finishing.com Brick, New Jersey Dear Reader: please choose what you want to do-- I want to answer or follow-up on this subject (in non-commercial fashion).   I want to view the most current finishing questions and RFQs   I want to post a new question or inquiry on a different subject.   This is a monitored forum. If you spot broken links or obsolete info, please advise!