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  • small piece copper plating – know anyone who does it?
  • nedrapier
    Full Member

    I’ve got a pewter headbadge I want copper plated, but struggling to find the right kind of outfit on google.

    Anyone know anyone who can do this sort of thing? I know there are a few metal working types on here. Fingers crossed!

    Cougar
    Full Member

    Jar of copper sulphate and a battery?

    kayak23
    Full Member

    Quite a lot of places in the Jewellery Quarter in Birmingham if you search.
    Also, perhaps try the Birmingham school of jewellery. I have some colleagues who get stuff done by them now and again.

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    nedrapier
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    Cheers guys.

    Cougar, I did look long and hard at doing it myself, got as far as buying copper sulphate. Trouble is, it’s quite easy to do badly, and a lot harder to do well. Need to get into additives, pre-treatment and a decent, controllable power supply at the least.

    I’m nowhere near Brum, but I’ve got a mate in London in jewelry, so I’ll try him. And there’s a friend of a fiend on fb who makes jewelry, so she’s on the list too.

    Anyone else with any thoughts? Thanks.

    maccruiskeen
    Full Member

    look up ‘metal finishers’ on Yell.com and see who comes up close to you

    nedrapier
    Full Member

    cheers mac – there’s a eff ton of them! I was just looking for the wrong thing. might take a bit of ringing round to find someone who’ll do a small bit for cheap.

    unovolo
    Free Member

    Pretty much anywhere doing Chrome plating should do this, as most metal is played with copper first, prior to plating with Nickel/Chrome.

    scruff9252
    Full Member

    Has anyone had their bike frme copper plated? Looks like it could look pretty smart.

    nedrapier
    Full Member

    yup, stick “copper plated bike frame” into google image search.

    all sorts on there, sublime and ridiculous.

    slackalice
    Free Member

    Jonnyboy666 of retro bike and here had his Demon 29r copper plated and bloody lovely it looks too.

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