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Bright silver plating on aluminum parts

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Dear sir,
I am researcher and have hobby to electroplate aluminum (quite uncommon)with bright silver. I think aluminum will require copper plating then nickel plating and then bright silver route to be follow. am write?please guide me urgently.
bye.
have a nice day.

Tom John Martin
- India

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Aluminum requires zincating. Then the copper - nickel - silver plating that you foresee.

The next person requesting "urgent!" help will get a bill for 50 cents. And we'll get back, in turn, a response: "I certainly didn't mean THAT urgent" :-)

Ted Mooney, P.E.
finishing.com
Brick, New Jersey

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