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Tips on chrome deposition on fiber glass

My substrate is fiber glass, and I need to deposit chrome on it to make a mould for production of hand moulded plastic pieces. I am novice in this field. Can anybbody help and give tips on this procedure. I will be grateful. Thanks,

Tahir Feroze
Toys and Joys - Karachi, Pakistan
2005

Learn more about a well established process know as plating on plastics. POP is similar to what you need to do in that it changes a non conductive substrate into a conductive one (first step).

Guillermo Marrufo
Monterrey, NL, Mexico
2005

Ed. note: Please see "Standards and Guidelines for Electroplated Plastics", Tahir. I think it will tell you just about everything you need to know to get started.

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