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I NEED TO PLATE A VERY SOFT METAL ONTO A ROLLER

I need to be able to plate onto a roller made of steel or stainless steel a 1 micron of a very soft metal all around the roller. The softer the better! The plating has to be much softer than a nickel electroform. Your help will be very much appreciated.

DAN LIEBERMAN
electroforming user - SAN DIEGO, California, USA
2004

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Copper, tin, cadmium, and lead are four plateable metals that come to mind quickly.

Ted Mooney, P.E.
Striving to live Aloha
finishing.com - Pine Beach, New Jersey
2004

Try Indium, it is very soft and easily plateable.

Russell Richter
- Danbury, Connecticut, USA
2004

Have you considered a Ion Vapor Deposited Aluminum (IVD). This is not a plating process but will provide a uniform "soft" finish.

Terence Savas
- Irvine, California
2004

DEAR DAN,

COPPER IS WHAT YOUR LOOKING FOR. AFTER 28 YEARS OF PLATING THIS WOULD BE YOUR BEST BET.

THANKS.

LAWRENCE BROWNING
- MAYSVILLE, GEORGIA
2004