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Nickel free silver plating for jewelry
1998
I am a jewelry manufacturer and electroplater and am facing problems with nickel free silver plating.
I hv already tried white bronze as a base plating before silver plating but haven't been successful with controlling the tarnishing and palladium plating before silver plating turns up to be too expensive.
Mandeep Singh1997
Hi Mandeep,
With reference to your father's visit in Holland a few weeks ago, I hope that the Degussa company came up with the solution for the problem you are facing.
Bye,
Herman
Herman TiggelerAccessa BV
1998
Another possibility is a bright cobalt deposit.
Uwe Berger- Blasberg, Germany
1997
In a related letter, Ken Lemke stated that cobalt might have the same problems as nickel in causing allergic reactions.


Tom Pullizzi
Falls Township, Pennsylvania
1998
Tom,
a medical test (patch test) in Germany showed that cobalt gives not the same reaction as nickel.
One reason can be that normally you have more contact to nickel than to cobalt. So perhaps it is only an alternative for nickel for the next years.
There are some shops in Germany using cobalt as a substitute for nickel.
Uwe Berger- Blasberg, Germany
1998
try BRONZES NF NICKEL FREE FROM ENTHONE-OMI OR DECOREX FOR PALLADIUM
ROBERTO ARIAS- metalquimica
