[Jewelry making - Article 00102] - Re: [Orchid] Converting yellow gold to white

[Kevin]

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    John, you're right of course, you can't dip leaves in molten gold
    (well, you can ... ).  But there certainly are processes by which
    leaves can be gold plated.  I don't know how it's done, but suppose
    it involves electroplating.  There are companies that specialise in
    this very process ... you can have "baby's first shoes" plated, and
    gold plated orchids (Yea!) are almost a national symbol in Singapore.
     May be worthwhile finding a specialist in your area that could
    handle this work for you.  

    I do know that while electroplating is simple in principal, achieving
    good results really depends on carefully prepared solutions which
    usually contain proprietary materials.  Silver plating can be done
    fairly easily by chemical methods, but only to get a thin layer, 
    not with any strength. Kevin  (NW England, UK)


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