National Cash Registers: How to Restore & Refinish
– 4/24/25

Imitation Cadmium plating turning cloudy white
– 4/17/25

Will Zinc Plating Cause Galvanic Issue on Brazed Steel?
– 4/17/25

Use Glass for Stovetop
– 4/12/25

Hoyt (& Lyman) Metal Bars / Ingots
– 4/8/25

Grout cleaner stains on my stainless steel fridge!
– 4/7/25

Salt & Pepper Shakers: Sterling or Plated? Refinishing and Restoring
– 3/31/25

Electroless Nickel (EN) Plating on Aluminum: Adhesion (Peel-off strength)
– 3/29/25

Refinishing Oil Rubbed Bronze
– 3/23/25

Electroplating onto glass like iPhone screens
– 3/10/25

How to strip plated silver off of copper collectibles
– 3/7/25

Is headboard “brass” or what; how to clean and refinish?
– 3/5/25

Do It Yourself Nickel and Copper Plating
– 3/5/25

Electroless gold plating solution
– 3/5/25

Dirigold/Dirilyte: How to Polish Bronze Flatware
– 3/1/25

Home nickel plating with vinegar & salt
– 2/16/25

Silver plated trays and silverware: What is the base metal?
– 2/9/25

Acid Zinc Plating Brightener Q&A
– 1/18/25

Dumbbells have white corrosion on them
– 1/14/25

Hobbyist Copper Plating on 3-D Plastics: Help Fine-Tuning It
– 1/8/25

Electroplating bath plates Nickel or Copper depending on voltage
– 12/30/24

Need food-safe pliers
– 12/30/24

Lead-free Antiquing Wears Right Off
– 12/28/24

Restore silver damaged by peroxide
– 12/28/24

Can’t remove old plastic protection film from stainless steel
– 12/27/24

Pre-coating for sublimation transfers onto ceramic
– 12/27/24

Brass Threshold Turned Silver from Polishing
– 12/12/24

Model railroading: Effect of oxidation of nickel silver on its conductivity
– 12/6/24

617/80. Preparing Part for Replating with Chrome
– 11/27/24

339/56. How to darken aluminum. Want golden yellow look on aluminum
– November 16

202/40. Penny isn’t copper color – what do I have?
– October 29

185/19. Cleaning & polishing gold plated flatware
– October 24

617/56. Anodizing aluminum: dye is splotchy
– October 21

289/63. What could be causing the pitting and corroding to chrome fixtures
– October 8

  26/62. Preserving heat coloring of copper when clear coating
– October 6

443/80. Nickel plating, how much SLS for wetting agent?
– October 6

301/86. Lime-Away Damaged Stainless Steel Sink
– September 19

331/43. Stiffel Lamps: need screws that hold laurel leaves
– September 10

229/03. Ospho prep left tacky film
– September 8

617/18. Barbell discolored in storage
– September 2

191/05. Found a silver penny
– August 29

163/04. Need 29 Emtek Brass Door Knobs Refinished RFQ open to all: Texas
– August 28

386/28. Gold plating of lead
– August 28

128/41. Arcing, Popping & Hydrogen “Explosions” in Plating
– August 27

381/37. How to Paint Bathtub Jets
– August 19

372/05. Sterling silver vs. silver plate — How to tell?
– August 11

106/64. Touching up powder coated aluminum outdoor furniture (Tropitone)
– August 10

559/51. Home nickel plating with vinegar and salt
– August 1

  85/75. Remove Water Stain from Teak
– August 1

601/91. Restoring black exterior door hardware
– August 3

166/99. Want Geneva Metal Kitchen Cabinets RFQ open to all: New York
– August 2

30522. Clear coating to seal a rust patina finish
– July 31

14995. Fixing Brown Rusty Water (Excess Iron) in Swimming Pool Water
– July 24

23245. What paint for Wellie gumboots?
– July 14

15267. Daisy BB Guns / Air Rifles and Their Black Nickel plating
– July 5

38809. Antique baby carriage restoration RFQ open to all: Massachusetts
– July 1

39638. Gillespie Antique Restorer
– June 26

24079. Nickel plating is peeling off nickel
– June 23

  5465. Zinc-nickel plating on aluminum
– June 20

57688. Repair metal roof with fiber silver coat
– June 15

  4785. Polishing Silver with Aluminum Foil and Washing Soda — Thanks 24 years later!
– May 28

36210. Painting posts of recycled plastic
– May 27

20988. Silver Damaged by Hydrogen Peroxide
– May 9

  8937. How to refinish cast iron and cast bronze fireplace surrounds
– April 27

37205. Sterling silver vs. silver plate — How to tell?
– April 27

11988. Cleaning an old copper kettle for apple butter
– April 25

38061. Silver polish (Tarn-X) stained my stainless steel sink
– April 23

61663. Mustard Stripped the Copper Plating from Tart Pan
– April 22

61659. Vintage Kerosene Lamp: cleaning Copper Plating & Japanning
– April 16

25553. Nickel plating of copper cooking utensils
– April 14

34076. Artistic copper plating from hydrochloric acid
– April 14

  7229. How to refinish brass lamps
– April 6

20967. Gold/Silver plating of natural objects Q&A
– April 5

20193. Chroming carbon fiber/plastic
– March 30

21868. Rings Made from U.S. Coins
– March 29

  0338. Zinc plating & chromating of Carburetors
– March 26

30965. Can’t remove old plastic protection film from stainless steel
– March 21

52028. Staining on anodized aluminum window frames
– March 21

26845. How to paint a stove top
– March 20

61649. Electroplating as forge welding prep
– March 20

61644. Oxide Finishing
– March 3

56879. Have Blue Gun, Want it Chrome appearance
– February 8

  4148. Ruined the finish on my stainless steel fridge
– February 8

61631. How to Remove Zinc Phosphate from Frying Pan
– January 20

41214. Sticky surface after anodising
– January 19

21595. Remove black antiquing from my Citadel class ring
– January 18

38108. Jewelry cleaner took finish off ring
– January 7

21437. “Rainbowing” and “Bluing” Stainless Steel
– January 7

2986. Bright Dipping of Brass Q&A
– December 21

25652. Need to reapply silver / gold rims onto crystal stemware
– December 21

44251. Removing Paint from Vintage Chandeliers & Candelabras
– December 19

61496. Repair enamel coated steel tea kettle?

29227. Need Rechroming of Drum Hoops & Lugs
RFQ open to all: Lufkin, TX – December 8

28032. Electroforming with Brass
– November 27

54707. How to Dull Bright WW2 German Dagger

21527. Silver tarnishing — is body chemistry responsible?

44569. F.B. Rogers Silverplate Q&A’s?
– November 11

41408. Painting cast iron fountains / restoring rusty fountains

33758. Wearing gold rings & jewelry turns my skin black
– November 8

34465. Pre-coating for sublimation transfers onto ceramic

35145. Brass is Pink not Yellow
– October 27

22798. Can’t color Zinc/Zamac/Pot Metal gun parts

25532. How to Rust corrugated steel

12873. Removing Silica Water Stains

32106. Remove rust with muriatic acid (HCl / hydrochloric acid)

31806. Cleaning copper roofs
– October 15

61582. Metal Gaming Chair Finish

60510. Washing machine broken aluminum spider arm? What coating needed?

24937. Need Noxon 7 Metal Polish
– October 14

  0023. Not succeeding with ultra-black Ruthenium plating

  0545. Plating leaded stained glass

50888. Damaged finish on copper table

• Chrome over Black Chrome or vice-versa for highlighting

• “Frosted Duco” Finish” / National Resophonic ‘Duolian’
– September 18

• Model railroading: Effect of oxidation of nickel silver on its conductivity?

• Can I un-polish my polished ring?

• Restore Silver damaged by bleach … toothpaste is the answer
– September 14

• Removal of clearcoat on copper cookware
– September 14

• Pewter cleaning, finishing & polishing
– September 13

• How can I make copper turn black?
– September 7

• Silver polish (Tarn-X) stained my stainless steel sink
– September 6

• How to Give Aluminum an Aged Look?

• Repainting wrought iron planters

• Hexavalent chromium released from stainless steel anodes
– August 24

• Paint a roof to look like real copper
– August 18

• Refinishing, painting, or powder coating fireplace screens

• Polishing Silver with Aluminum Foil and Washing Soda

• Tin ceiling restoration help please

• How to remove chrome plating peeling off of rims!
– August 5

• Repairing chrome plated aluminum wheels

• Graphite coating as metallizing for electroforming
– August 1

• Solid rhodium rings? Why or why not
– August 1

• Scratched and Dull Surface on Stainless Steel Refrigerator Door

• Brass electroplating for amateurs and students
– July 29

• Finger prints/hand prints on Corten
– July 29

• Water for Cold Rust Bluing
– July 28

• Paint adhesion is poor on Welds
– July 28

• Nickel Plating Brighteners: Everything to Know
– July 28

• Scrubbing with cleanser left white patch in bath tub
– July 28

• Can I leave a vintage brass microscope outdoors?
– July 27

• Sterling silver vs. silver plate — How to tell?

• Need a saxophone gold plated
RFQ: New York City – July 24

• Bronze disease or just calcium deposits?

• Sealing aluminum renaissance fair armor to prevent oxidation?

• How to remove rust on vinyl siding
– July 18

• How do you clean lead coated copper roofing?

• Painting asphalt roof shingles
– July 8

• Cast iron kettle used as fountain: corrosion, suggestions for finishes and care

• Can You Paint a Car with House Paint?
– June 30

• How to paint a stove top
– June 28

• Dishwasher ruined gas burners; how to fix?
– June 15

• Removing fire smut from my tools

• Restore dark brass doorknobs
– June 7

• Muriatic Acid for Fuel tank cleaning?
– May 27

• Dissolve Steel Screw and NOT Gold in a Watch
– May 26

• Cleaning Dirilyte Gold-tone Flatware
– May 24

• Remove oven cleaner damage from aluminum

• Gas tank rust removal methods

• Plating thick copper layer; using plating to cold weld items together
– May 12

• Pre-coating for sublimation transfers onto ceramic

• How to glue copper pennies together

• Washing-up tools exposed to plating solutions

• Matching shades on polished and unpolished areas of brass bed?
– April 29

• How To Decoratively Rust Metal like Jingle Bells & Safety Pins

• Preparing acid copper brighteners
– April 18

• How to Antique or Blacken Gold rings and jewelry
– April 13

• Pyrophosphate and non-cyanide copper strike/plating process problems & solutions
– April 12

• Fasteners replated in yellow zinc for my car are randomly shiny or dull
– April 12

• Looking for “NicSand” Aluminum Oxide Sanding Gel
– April 11

• Galvanic Compatibility of Aluminum and Copper

• Restore Silver damaged by bleach … toothpaste is the answer
– March 30

• Need Gillespie Antique Restorer
– March 28

• I like the pink on the brass. Will it stay?
– March 27

• How can I coat for sublimation printing on a low budget?
– March 25

• Grout cleaner stains on my stainless steel fridge!

• Blackening stainless steel without using Potassium dichromate?
– March 21

• Copper plating onto Silver
– March 21

• What could be causing the pitting and corroding to chrome fixtures
– March 15

• Stripping plating from welding clamps leaves them copper color
– March 15

• How to turn 18-8 fasteners black?
– March 13

• Need help painting brass!

• How to get beautiful galaxy-like vintage finish on pot lids?
– March 10

• Geneva Metal Kitchen Cabinets: Painting, Removing Dents, Parts

• Remove tin plating from copper pots, trays, cookware
– March 6

• Best type of clearcoat for wheel application?

• Clear coat sealer/varnish safe for birds?
– March 5

• How to paint screw heads
– March 2

• Damaged finish on copper table
– February 19

• Dishwasher ruined shiny aluminum
– February 19

• Restoring a black & copper “japanned” antique finish
– February 10

• How To Rust Metal like Jingle Bells & Safety Pins
– February 10

• Restoring rusty cast iron wood stove, painting it

• Sealing lightly corroded aluminum engine parts with crude oil
– February 6

• Clear coating to protect rust patina finish
– February 2

• Carburetor re-plating / re-coloring

• Magnetic, silver-color, 1998 penny

• Removing Teflon non-stick coating from Glass Cookware

• Restoring the yellow dichromate finish on automobile carburetors

• D-I-Y Yellow gold engagement ring to white gold?

• Solving an electrolysis problem in home plumbing

• Acid copper plating is not responding to brightener

• Chrome redipping for wheel

• Copper plating of lead bullets, cheap & simple

• Chemical removal/stripping of chrome from bicycle parts

• Karat gold (10k-18k) electroplating using dissolving donor anode

• Making aluminum look like copper
– January 10

• Where to find ZAP professional restorer

• Which metal is safest for fireplace heat exchanger?

• Painting a car with house paint

• Penny Floor Problems & Solutions
– January 1

• Is black Hard Chrome as hard as White?

• How to make polyresin coated real flowers
– December 25

• Thru-hull fitting w/brass hose barb & bronze valve

• Prepare milled steel mailbox for priming, painting, or clear coating

• White gold turning to yellow
– December 8

• How to Re-do nickel-lined copper cookware

• Changing a chrome shower head to black chrome
– December 2

• Dishwasher is making our Emsonware mugs ugly
– December 1

• Tilex stained my bathtub, can it be removed?
– November 27

• Removing brass paint from a gold plated chandelier
– November 23

• How to identify old lamps?

• Cleaning/restoring vintage tin humpback trunk
– November 21

• Blue Quarter? Why did it turn blue?

• Cleaning gold that has been burned in a fire
– November 20

• Sterling silver vs. silver plated — How to tell?
– November 20

• Steel plating of copper etchings/engravings
– November 18

• What screw material for aluminum caravan?
– November 14

• Removing remaining chrome from motorcycle parts?

• Want gold colored finish for a sword
– November 11

• Removing dye from anodized aluminum; changing the color
– November 11

Repair enamel coated steel tea kettle?
– November 2

• Painting or plating magnesium alloy wheels
– October 31

• Cleaning damaged Eagle Alloy aluminum rims
– October 29

Steelcase Tanker Desk Restoration Tips

• How to Get the Look of Aged (Antique) Nickel Plating

• Dishwasher ruined shiny aluminum — How to fix it?
– October 26

• Lime-A-Way on stainless steel fridge door took away the shine

Q&A on Theda Sterling Silver Medals, Crosses, & Jewelry
– October 20

• How to polish, finish, & protect a copper table

• Iridescence with patinas and metal restoration
– October 12

• Value of silver plated nickel silver?
– October 10

• Dirilyte Gold-tone Flatware – October 9

• Cleaning an old copper kettle for apple butter – October 5

• Cause of black mark on skin from gold jewelry

Gold plated copper sneaker caps – September 29

• Can’t get part to anodize!

• Improving adhesion of paint to polypropylene – September 27

• Dried-on Brasso removal – September 27

• Restore Silver damaged by bleach – September 27

Home made Hull Cell and Acid Copper Plating additives – September 23

• Mineral spirits to clean rancid oil off my teak dining table?

• QS8 Connector Issues / Plating – September 14

• Problems and solutions about aluminum chain-mail – September 12

• Ashes from bonfire effect on paint – September 12

• Rust finish for galvanized tin? – September 9

Blue bathtub turns white only when dry – September 6

• Remove water stains / water marks from Corten – September 6

• 1977 Silver Penny – September 6

Restoring dark metal finishes on old Craftsman houses and farm houses – September 3

• Removing protective plastic film adhesive residue – August 31

• Brass is pink from improper cleaning – August 31

• Cold Rust Bluing Methods

• How to remove oxide from our terminals?

• Dirilyte gold-tone flatware: Cleaning / Polishing / Storing – August 16

• Wood stove: Can’t find high temperature enamel in right color

• Removing Teflon non-stick coating from Visions and Pyrex Glass Cookware

Polished Aluminum Clearcoat Secret – August 16

• Nickel Plating Appearance in the Late 19th Century

• What will take tarn-x stains off a stainless sink?

• Why Noxon Brass and Silver Polish (and Quick Dip) Disappeared

• Seasoning & Restoring Cast Iron Cookware

• Dishwasher ruined shiny aluminum — How to fix it?

• Need to find Hawes Lemon Oil

• Problems and solutions in copper electroforming

• How to Fix mercury damage to gold jewelry

• Could ashes from our bonfire have ruined the paint on neighbor’s car?

• Sulfur springs turned my silver jewelry black. How to fix?

Lime-Away damaged stainless steel sink

• Acid copper sulphate plating problem: copper concentration is growing

Cleaning corroded pennies and coins18

• Questions & Answers about Zinc or galvanized countertops

• 18K gold ring turned my finger black

• Kenrick 19th century cast iron

• Refinishing bronze table legs

Penny isn’t copper color – what do I have?2

Re-Finishing Zinc/Zamac/Pot Metal gun parts and replicas2

• Copper plating of lead bullets, cheap & simple

Allergic reaction to gold rings – June 26

• Sealing asphalt shingles with soybean oil?

• How to refinish brass lamps

• How to maintain/protect zinc plated steel shelving – June 14

• Restore Silver damaged by bleach … toothpaste is the answer – June 12

• Damaged finish on copper table – June 2

• FB Rogers Silver Co. — Is it Sterling or Plated – May 29

• Discoloration of black zinc plated parts – May 27

• Nickel plating old gold clubs at home – May 25

• Acid testing for silver & precious metals – May 23

• Etching of steel texture plates for rolling mill with copper sulphate& salt – May 20

• Spray chroming with silver nitrate

• Looking for “NicSand” Aluminum Oxide Sanding Gel – May 19

• Blacken a copper sink – May 17

• Black anodizing is purplish not black – May 16

• Bluing/Black Oxide/Zinc Phosphate Thanks! Resolved  🙂 – May 13

• Replating of silver jewelry Thanks! Resolved  🙂 – May 11

• Painting inside of galvanized stock tanks (underwater use) – May 10

• Electroplating & grinding vs. a piston bush to repair piston

• Cleaning/repairing zinc tabletop

• Painted yard art now lacks patina – May 8

• Paint a roof to look like real copper – May 8

• Alternatives to achieve rainbow effect – May 5

• Brass Finishers in the 1800’s

• Painting an aluminum boat – May 3

• Re-do nickel-lined copper cookware

• Can gold be reclaimed from old ceramic dishes with gold trim on the edges

• Decorative anodizing of titanium – April 25

• Oxidize copper without patinating solution – April 25

• How to do Gold Plating of Vinyl Records

• Problems and solutions in copper electroforming19

• Dishwasher ruined shiny aluminum — How to fix it? – April 19

• Restoring the yellow dichromate finish on automobile carburetors

• UV light is tarnishing silver?14

• Remove copper-nickel cladding from copper core coins?

• Clear Coating Stainless Steel? – April 13

• Silver polish (Tarn-X) stained my stainless steel sink

• Copper plating steel in home shop – April 9

• How to Make Aluminum Corrode / Patina?4

• Theda Sterling Silver Medals, Crosses, & Jewelry

• Copper-plating of leaves and bark – April 1

• Remove Teflon coating from pot with oven’s self-cleaning temperature? – March 31

• What kind of finish is on my grill? Thanks! Resolved  🙂 – March 28

• Grout cleaner stains on my stainless steel fridge!

• Cold galvanising over black oxide or solid rust Thanks! Resolved  🙂 – March 23

• Want to plate nickel silver watch dials RFQ: London, England – March 21

• Allergic to black rhodium – March 20

• Coating hot tub parts

• How to remove epoxy from stainless steel floor

• Hot rolled steel stairs

• Decorative painting of a metal mailbox

• Gold leaf for ornate bronze lamp? – March 10

• Want my stainless steel table brushed or dulled down RFQ Philadelphia – March 8

• Etching Al-Cu PCBs

• Clear coat sealer for cast iron bird bath – March 5

• Cleaning/restoring vintage tin humpback trunk

• Making black watch dials brown

• Silver Pennies – March 2

• Artist Anodizing of Aluminum – March 1

• Cleaning Dirilyte Gold-tone Flatware Thanks! Resolved  🙂 – February 23

• Corten Rusted Steel — Q&A, Applications, Problems

• Why would yellow gold turn silver? – February 18

• Is Rit Dye Effective for Anodizing? – February 18

• Copper/Aluminum interaction and galvanic/hydrolysis problems

• Need replating of dark brass coffee table RFQ Miami FL (February 15)

• Medallion Liquid Gold electroless (replacement-catalytic) product

• Need fiberglass and resin mask gold plated RFQ Kansas City MO (February 15)

• Three-color anodizing

• “Rainbowing” and “Bluing” of Stainless Steel (February 11)

• Recipe for red patina on brass & copper (February 10)

• Restore brass doorknobs, ashtrays, etc. (February 10)

• How to Strip nickel plating from iron or steel (February 10)

• Q&As about Gold Plated Flatware

• “Aluminium paint” applications and issues