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Plating on plastic

2005

Hi

I'm currently doing electrogalvanizing here in the Philippines and just recently I have a client who wants his Toyota car EMBLEM electroplated but the problem is that it's base is plastic. If you can help me I want to know the process and the chemical solutions to it.

Thanks

Sammy Barrameda
plating shop - Philippines

Sammy,

Believe me you don't want to plate that gentleman's emblem.

(unless he wants several thousand per day and happens to work as a buyer for a large autoparts manufacturer). A conventional POP (plating on plastic) line consists of at least 22-26 tanks and will cost you anywhere from $200,000 to $1,000,000 US dollars all equipped, filled with chemicals and ready to operate. Without it you cannot do a decent POP job.

Guillermo Marrufo
Monterrey, NL, Mexico
2005