| | | Plating is more than just dipping a part in a chrome tank!
Take a look at our plating process step by step. |  | 54 DeSoto grill tooth in unrestored condition. The view to the right shows the badly pitted condition of the material. |  |  | 54 DeSoto grill tooth after being stripped. After chemical stripping, the part is glass bead blasted front and back. The view to the right shows the pitting in the part after stripping. |  |  | DeSoto grill tooth after first light buff. The picture on the right shows the deep pitting in the part. We do not try to grind out the pits. That would only distort the contour of the part. |  |  | Next we plate the part with a hard copper to seal the base material and provide a base coat for repair work like holes or cracks. The view on the right shows the part after repair with silver solder. The part is re-polished and will be re-plated with another coat of hard copper. |  |  | After the hard copper has been re-polished, the part is plated with a soft acid copper to build up the surface and fill the pits. The view to the right shows the part with the pits still showing after the acid copper has been applied. The pits have been filled and the excess copper will be removed. |  |  | This is what the part looks like after the acid copper is polished. The pits have been filled and the excess copper removed. If pits still remain after polishing, the part will be re-plated with acid copper and re-polished until the pits are removed. |  | After the acid copper plating and polishing has removed the imperfections, the part is nickel plated. If imperfections are found after the part is nickel plated, the part gets re-polished and copper plated and then nickel plated again. |  | Through the process of copper plating and polishing, and nickel plating and polishing, once all the imperfections have been removed, the part is ready to be chrome plated. A final quality check and the process is completed. |
| | As you can see, there is a lot of work that goes into true show quality triple plating.
We think the results are worth the effort! | | | ©2002-2008 Advanced Plating, Inc. | |
