Gold Plating Hornet "V" at home?

Hienkel429

Has anyone tried to plate a Hornet V at home?  Results?  Recommendations?  

Hearing what folks want to charge has scared me to look elsewhere.  

Thanks all, 

Ray

Ol racer

Suggest send it to T&J Bumper in Ohio. They did mine reasonable and people cant tell it from gold plating. .  They have done chrome plating for me too. Rock Creek Oh, East of Cleveland and they Ship all over.... 440 474 4434. Just describe it and mention they did mine a few yrs ago.

ski4life65

How much $ are the bids are you getting?

Ol racer

Its not Gold but looks like it...I dont recall how much it cost. I will Post the picture probably tomorrow...

Ol racer

Ol racer

51 Hood Gold ornament but pictutre does not do justice. Difficult to get true color under lights...

RichardD

Look online for some instructions and plate it yourself with BRASS; 12 volts and copper sulfate solution.
Suppose to be relatively easy; also some Youtubes out there. None but the purists would know the difference~~~

Hienkel429

Hey Ol Racer, 

I asked T & J.  They said they did not do it any longer.  I called two places.  One wanted $425 the other wanted $350.  Just for the V!  I thought to my self, hell I can make a mold and cast it in solid silver for less and plate it using a home set.   

Richard, 

I'm going to look into the brass. I find copper plating but not really brass.  

I might even look into some of the better spray paints.  

I will let you all know what I come up with. 

Thanks, 

Ray

Ol racer

Im sorry that didnt pan out for you. Good luck going forward....

trdrew

You might consider this kit from Caswell:

https://caswellplating.com/plug-n-plater-gold-emblem-plating-stripping-kit.html

I have not used this particular kit, but I have used other products from Caswell and have had excellent results.