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Painting on copper plated ABS

I have bought copper-plated ABS costume jewelry components. I have already found companies that will do the gold-plating over the copper. I would also like to finish some of these components in non-metallic colors, to have a variety of options for the final jewelry pieces. Is there any process that can give a copper-plated ABS part a glossy white finish (ideally it would look like a white resin)? Can I apply paint directly?
Thanks for any help!

Maria Cirne
hobbyist - São Paulo, SP, Brazil
October 13, 2009

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