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IS IT POSSIBLE TO CHANGE GOLD TONE HANDBAG HARDWARE TO SILVER TONE?
Q. HELLO, MY SISTER BOUGHT ME A BEAUTIFUL HANDBAG BUT IT HAS GOLD-TONE HARDWARE. IS THERE ANY WAY TO CHANGE THE GOLD-TONE HARDWARE TO SILVER?
THANK YOU.
BUYER - MIAMI, Florida, USA
January 4, 2008
publicly reply to CATHY SMITH-BAKER
A. Unfortunately, Cathy, "gold-tone" tells you and I nothing about what it really is. It may be electroplated gold or electroplated brass, or it may be electroplated nickel topped with a gold-tone translucent lacquer either electrophroetically applied, or baked on. It may be paint. You could try a silver or pewter-tone Rub n Buff ⇦ on eBay or Amazon [affil links] , but if that doesn't look good enough for you or last long enough, I don't think there is a practical solution.
Ted Mooney, P.E.
Striving to live Aloha
finishing.com - Pine Beach, New Jersey
(Ted is also available for instant or long
term paid consultation and assistance)
publicly reply to Ted Mooney
A. Try leaf silvering(same as leaf gilding, you need silver leaf/or imitation silver leaf and special size/), or paste silvering (mix 10 gm silver chloride/20 gm kitchen salt/20 gm cream of tartar with some water/thick paste!/rub it on surface of your object with piece of cloth/leather or cork, polish it with some precipitated chalk ⇨
and water mixture, you must lacquer it). Hope it helps and good luck!
- Cerovski vrh Croatia
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