Letter 118

Getting into the plating business

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Hello, I am very interested in getting into the plating business, but I can find no information on the information highway on how to get started or even just try my own garage experiments. I would greatly appreciate any information you could share with me. Thank you, Mike Wolf

Michael Wolf -

Hello Mike,

Plating was America's very first categorically regulated industry, with environmentalal discharge standards established since 1974. It's a poor field to try to learn about by starting with garage experiments.

I would encourage you to attend a local American Electroplaters and Surface Finishers meeting; there are dozens of branches around the country, and visitors are always very welcome. There you will get a flavor of what the industry is about, and have the opportunity to learn about the available resources.

 
Ted Mooney, P.E.
Finishing.com Inc. - Brick, NJ

Hi

I am from Sri Lanka but now working in Saudi Arabia. When I was in Sri Lanka my grandfather was doing electro plating works, but unluckily he went from us from this world before I learn that because I was small. Now I am really interested in electro plating. I want to learn about that and I want to start an industry for electro plating.

Please help me for that and please give me information about how to start.

M.R.Riyas Mohamed
- Buraidah, Al-Qassim, K.S.A

Ed. note: Please see our FAQ: How to Get Started, Mr. Mohamed. Good luck.

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