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I NEED TO PLATE A VERY SOFT METAL ONTO A ROLLER

I need to be able to plate onto a roller made of steel or stainless steel a 1 micron of a very soft metal all around the roller. The softer the better! The plating has to be much softer than a nickel electroform. Your help will be very much appreciated.

DAN LIEBERMAN
electroforming user - SAN DIEGO, California, USA
2004

Copper, tin, cadmium, and lead are four plateable metals that come to mind quickly.

Ted Mooney, P.E.
Striving to live Aloha
(Ted can offer longterm or instant help)
finishing.com - Pine Beach, New Jersey
2004

Try Indium, it is very soft and easily plateable.

Russell Richter
- Danbury, Connecticut, USA
2004

Have you considered a Ion Vapor Deposited Aluminum (IVD). This is not a plating process but will provide a uniform "soft" finish.

Terence Savas
- Irvine, California
2004

DEAR DAN,

COPPER IS WHAT YOUR LOOKING FOR. AFTER 28 YEARS OF PLATING THIS WOULD BE YOUR BEST BET.

THANKS.

LAWRENCE BROWNING
- MAYSVILLE, GEORGIA
2004

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