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Silver Plating 101

Hi there-

Thanks for all the information on plating!

I'm a complete dummy about all of this, so I was hoping someone could explain a few things for me.

I'm looking into ordering some jewelry parts-rather small (27 mm circles) made from (Tombac) an 85% copper base. I need to make them silver colored-It doesn't need to be sterling, or even plated-Just silver colored.

The company selling them doesn't offer them in silver, so I need to do it myself somehow. do you have any suggestions? I'm open to anything!

Thank you!

Ashley Rose
Jeweler - La Habra, California, USA
May 10, 2011

Hi, Ashley.

Please see our FAQ "Silver Plating at Home". Good luck.

Regards,

Ted Mooney, P.E.
Striving to live Aloha
finishing.com - Pine Beach, New Jersey
May 12, 2011

Gold potassium cyanide 40 gram and potassium cyanide 160 gram and potassium carbonate 2 gram and potassium hydroxide 1 gram.

Majed Janineh
- Beith Lehem Israel
October 2, 2011

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