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Home Silver Plating???
Posted: Sat May 23, 2009 12:24 pm
by pierso20
I was lurking around ebay and came across this:
http://cgi.ebay.com/SILVER-PLATE-YOUR-T ... 7C294%3A50" target="_blank
Anyone know anything about this? And dang...it would take a TON of this to do a tuba....
Re: Home Silver Plating???
Posted: Sat May 23, 2009 3:49 pm
by pierso20
ben wrote:If I remember correctly the chemistry that occurs is a surface event and the layer that plates out is very thin. ~ 1 molecule thick Silver is deposited, and the action stops. The next time you buff the item, you will loose some of that layers, and soon, you'll be back to raw brass. It might be effective to quickly sell an item, but I would guess its hardly a solution with any practicality.
Probably okay for repairs and such, I just thought it was an interesting product.
Re: Home Silver Plating???
Posted: Sun May 24, 2009 3:56 am
by geneman06
It seems too good to be true, it probably is, but for $25 it might be worth trying on an horn with a little wear. Worse comes to worse is it ruins a perfectly good tuba
