Platinum Plating
August 26, 2009
Platinum is an extremely rare metal, occurring as only 0.003 parts-per-billion in the Earth’s crust, and is 30 times rarer than gold. It is sometimes mistaken for silver but platinum is whiter in appearance.
Platinum plating is ideally suited to jewellery due to its beautiful bright lustre and long lasting durability and being 60% heavier than gold is also denser and stronger making it more resistant to damage. It will also retain its lustre longer as it does not tarnish.
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What is Gold Plating?
July 8, 2009
What is gold plating? Typically, gold plating is the method of depositing a thin layer of gold onto a conductive surface, electrochemically in our case. The surface is normally a metal base which allows a current to be passed through it to form a complete circuit allowing the gold particles in the solution to bond with the item being gold electroplated, also called the cathode.
Plastics can also be gold electroplated but these must be made conductive first. This specialized technique is normally carried out by coating the plastic, and most other non-conductive items, with a silver conductive ink which is blown on using a compressor and spray gun.
Gold plating classification for gold plated thickness is as follows:
Gold flash is equal to 0.175 microns. For example, this is often used as a base coat onto nickel prior to being silver plated to enable a good bond.
Gold plate minimum thickness is equal to 0.50 microns. Used primarily as a decorative finish on items with minimal and infrequent handling.
Heavy gold plate is equal to 2.50 microns. For a long lasting gold finish on high wear items such as; watches, buckles, auto parts and jewellery. Normal thickness applied would range between 2.5 – 6 microns dependant upon the item and its intended use.
Our specially developed gold plating solutions are designed to be extremely hard and durable and a finish of just 5 microns is often more than adequate for long term durability of high wear items.
Pure Gold Plating Shop
April 27, 2009
We now offer a complete range of gold & silver plating machines & related equipment including gold & silver plating kits, ultrasonic cleaners, bench top polishers, mops & compound bars, spares & accessories.
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Gold Plating Taps & Bathroom Fittings
July 18, 2008
As part of our daily work we are often gold plating bath taps, sink, shower & bathroom fittings. The majority of these are old & simply cannot be replaced in order to match the existing set. If you’re lucky enough to find replacements it’s often more cost effective to have the old ones re-plated.
Gold is the most common precious metal that we use to brush electroplate bathroom fittings including the gold plating of copper pipe work. We can electroplate your items with any precious metal including; 9-24 carat yellow gold plate, 18 carat white gold, rose gold, platinum, silver & chrome.
A bi-metal effect can be achieved by simply plating the tap top in yellow gold & the tap body in white gold. Any combination is possible it’s all down to your personal preference. Please see our gallery photos for examples.
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The photo above shows a customer’s recently restored 20 year old bathroom fittings. The customer’s comments on the work we carried out for them is below.
“Dear Pure Gold Plating,
The recently replated taps and fittings are now in place and, in the words of our plumber, look `magnificent’. We are delighted with your work, carried out in a friendly and efficient manner, and appreciate you going to the trouble of getting the extra bits required to finish the job properly. We shall certainly have no hesitation in recommending your services, as will our plumber who was very impressed.
Thank you once again for all your efforts.
Kind regards
G Nock”
More of our customer comments can be seen on our testimonials page.
Brush Plating History
July 12, 2008
Brush plating was originally conceived in Paris, France in 1938 by Georges Icxi.
Since then brush plating has evolved from the simple touch-up of tank plated parts to a wide variety of repair and surface enhancement applications. Mr. Icxi was joined by Mr. Daloze and together they created the first commercial brush plating process in 1945.
They were granted a French patent for their work in 1948.
