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Gold Plating... anyone tried a kit?

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bry1975:
Are very interesting Weston BYE,

Thanks for informing us.

David Morrow:
I looked at the kits available from Caswell but I noted that the solution has a 4 month shelf life. So, I'd be careful with a previously owned kit.

raynerd:
I`m not too sure how that worked David. I`ve never heard of gold nitrate having a shelf life...never mind such a short one which I guess they use?? Mine must be several years old and is great, infact, my grandma gave me a 24k earing and I`ve been using that to replace the gold in solution by connecting it to the anode.

Swarfing:
Chris another cheap source of gold is gold leaf, you can also get others like copper etc

rdhem2:
Has anyone tried TEXAS PLATERS SUPPLY?  I know they are still in business but you would have to do the GOOGLE aproach.  6v battery and the kit had copper, nichol, gold and silver.  Tried plating gun parts and it worked really well but he finish was so very thin even with numerous applications.  For clock parts should work like a dream as no dummy is always handling the parts as in a gun trigger or hammer.

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