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Getting into the plating business

Hello, I am very interested in getting into the plating business, but I can find no information on the information highway on how to get started or even just try my own garage experiments. I would greatly appreciate any information you could share with me. Thank you, Mike Wolf

Michael Wolf
1995

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Hello Mike,

Plating was America's very first categorically regulated industry, with environmental discharge standards established since 1974. It might be a poor field to try to learn about by starting with garage experiments.

If your life situation fits, getting a job for a summer in a plating shop would give you genuine hands-on understanding of what it's about. I would encourage you to attend a local American Electroplaters and Surface Finishers meeting; there are dozens of branches around the country, and visitors are always very welcome. There you will get a flavor of what the industry is about, and have the opportunity to learn about the available resources.

Ted Mooney, P.E.
Striving to live Aloha
finishing.com - Pine Beach, New Jersey
1995

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2001

Hi

I am from Sri Lanka but now working in Saudi Arabia. when I was in Sri Lanka my grandfather was doing electroplating works, but unluckily he went from us from this world before I learn that because I was small. Now I am really interested in electro plating. I want to learn about that and I want to start an industry for electro plating.

Please help me for that and please give me information about how to start.

M.R.Riyas Mohamed
- Buraidah, Al-Qassim, K.S.A

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Hi, M.R. Please see our FAQ: How to Get Started. Also, please check the "must-have" book list, as these books will contain most of the instructions you will need.

But there is just no substitute for being taught. If a summer job fits into your life at this point, that would be a great way to get a quick understanding of this industrial science. Good luck.

Regards,

Ted Mooney, P.E.
Striving to live Aloha
finishing.com - Pine Beach, New Jersey
November 8, 2008