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Plating over pot metal

Can anyone tell me how to chrome plate pot metal, plastics and other none conductive materials and also aluminum. If so can you do it in simple terms.

Thank you,

Jim Cantrell
- Nancy, Kentucky, USA
2003

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You can't do it simply, Jim. Multilayer plating with a chrome top layer onto any of these substrates is possible in an industrial setting but it is a large undertaking, beyond what a casual hobbyist would do. And if you intended to plate anyone else's parts you would be operating in a highly regulated industry where permits are mandatory and the regulators eagerly throw violators into jail (although I'm not saying a home-based hobbyist is in serious danger of that unless something went horribly wrong).

Ted Mooney, P.E.
Striving to live Aloha
finishing.com - Pine Beach, New Jersey
2003

A simple no to the complex question you ask. Three very different means to plate the materials you ask. All specialized, all difficult. Sorry

Jon Quirt
American Bright Works - Fridley, Minnesota
2003