[Jewelry making - Article 00364] - Re: [Orchid] Dip Plating

[Danny Mitchell]

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>        Hi Have any of you tried, or heard of,  gold plating a metal
>     object by dipping it in molten gold then burnishing etc the
>     surface?  

    Jack, This is unlikely to work because the liquid gold probably
    won't ``wet'' any other metal (with the possible, but unlikely,
    exceptions of copper and silver. It also seems a bit odd; it would
    be cheaper and easier to electroplate the the gold. That said, I
    haven't tried it; if you do, I'd like to hear your results. dpm 


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