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Brass Plating in the Home

Lisa — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 01:11:20 +0000

Accessory plating can be used in a wide range of industries for a variety of different reasons. The jewelry industry uses jewelry plating to shine and restore, while the electronics industry uses it for corrosion prevention. For centuries, accessory plating has been an art implemented by only the most experienced craftsmen on bike parts, musical instruments, antiques, hardware, and many other items. Gold plating and silver plating commonly receive the most recognition, but brass plating should not be overlooked. Brass plating is extremely useful for refurbishing older items throughout the home.

Antique Brass Plating

Antiques are frequently passed down through generations and become cherished items in the home. Unfortunately, many antiques are bound to have scratches or loose paint throughout years of wear and tear. Brass plating is the perfect way restore antiques and add a protective layer. Our expert services provide polishing, lacquering, and brass plating of antiques.

Accessory Plating with Brass

The home has many accessories that may benefit from brass plating. Our Accessory Plating California facility has top-notch materials for the brass plating of any accessory. Our team is comprised of experts in plating, polishing, and lacquering accessories including:

Antiques – Brass plating for antiques provides a brilliant new shine and protective layer.

Fixtures – We are proficient at brass plating, polishing, and lacquering custom kitchen, light, and interior fixtures.

Hardware – Home hardware can benefit tremendously from brass plating by adding resilience and strength.

Candlesticks – Old candlesticks will look like new after polish, lacquer, and brass plating.

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The Benifits and Uses of Gold Plating

Lisa — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 01:06:27 +0000

Though there are several types of metal that can be used for accessory plating, gold plating is one that serves a specific and important purpose for a couple different industries. Gold plating is a process utilized to place a slim layer of gold onto other metals. This is often done on silver or copper to provide a corrosion-resistant layer, and improve the life of the accessory.

While gold plating can be used on a variety of accessories, it is most often employed in the electronics industry and for decorative jewelry plating. The electronics industry uses gold plating mainly on electrical connectors and circuit boards to supply a layer on top of copper that is resistant to corrosion.

Jewelry plating with gold is typically used for decoration, but is also beneficial to fortify and revive old jewelry. Jewelry plating in California and throughout the United States has become a large trend. Those who are looking for a jewelry plating service often use gold plating to add shine, strength, and style to their jewelry.

Our Accessory Plating California business has top-notch facilities for gold plating and jewelry plating. Since 1968 we’ve been using high-quality facilities and innovative techniques for decorative and electroplating services. Along with gold plating for electronics and jewelry, we also offer accessory plating for:

Antiques – Silver plating, nickel plating, and brass plating are all metals used for plating antiques.

Hardware – For plating hardware, we often find that nickel plating and brass plating are the most popular.

Home Interior – Accessory plating for the home interior such as kitchen fixtures is very popular and often calls for brass plating.

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Advantages of Silver Plating

Lisa — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 01:05:40 +0000

Accessory plating has been an extremely useful craft for centuries. As the method of accessory plating continues to improve, the technology has become increasingly demanding. Silver plating is a type of accessory plating that is useful in several different industries. The method of silver plating involves placing a thin layer of silver onto other metals for improvement in appearance, durability, and function. Silver plating has become very useful for electronics, jewelry, cutlery, antiques, and other household items.

Silver Plating for Electronics

While gold plating is often used on expensive electronics for corrosion prevention and durability, silver plating is frequently utilized on electronics that require less protection. It is also commonly used on electronics in which gold would have no benefit over silver.

Accessory Plating for the Household

The use of silver is in addition implemented in jewelry plating, cutlery, and a variety of other household accessories. Accessory plating is regularly used to restore older accessories throughout the home. Silver plating is a great way to add shine and resilience to cherished items.

At Accessory Plating, we specialize in plating with all types of metals. Our Accessory Plating California facilities has the expertise and materials for the silver plating of all types of accessories including:

· Electronics – Silver plating of electronics can increase strength, function, and quality.

· Cutlery – Using silver plating for cutlery can improve the shine and robustness of accessories.

· Jewelry – The California based jewelry plating business allows you the option to recover antique jewelry and add a protective layer with silver plating.

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The Trend of Jewelry Plating in California

Admin — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:06:48 +0000

California has long been a state that sets the tone for innovation in a variety of fields, but fashion is one where The Golden State excels. Fashion trends have been originating in California and spreading across the United States for decades, and jewelry plating is one of those trends. Accessory plating and jewelry plating have been around for centuries, but it has recently become even more popular to customize precious jewelry with plating – especially in California. Because California is such a fashion mecca, fashionable jewelry is high in demand. Enthusiasts are taking their fashionable jewelry to be customized by experts like us at Accessory Plating California. Jewelry plating and accessory plating make fashionable jewelry unique, and unique jewelry has become the trend.

Jewelry plating isn’t simply beneficial for the customizing of precious jewelry. The plating of jewelry provides a shiny look, reinforces, buffers, and allows the vivacity of the jewelry to last longer. Our accessory plating and jewelry plating California business provides expert service for jewelry plating. We are capable of customizing jewelry with gold plating or silver plating, and offer other great metals for plating additional accessories.

Along with the rise in popularity of jewelry plating, Californians have also been using accessory plating to customize and improve their homes, musical instruments, antiques, and much more. We pride ourselves on being a leader in jewelry plating, but are also specialists in all other types of accessory plating. At our superior accessory plating California facility we’re able to plate accessories from musical instruments to kitchen fixtures.

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What Metals can be used to Plate Accessories

Admin — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 20:47:51 +0000

While many people are familiar with the concept of gold plating for jewelry, it’s rarely recognized how often accessory plating is used. Literally hundreds of different accessories can benefit from accessory plating. Musical instruments, hardware, artwork, emblems, light fixtures, and much more have gained advantage and style from the plating craft. Of course, each accessory requires a different metal according to its type, style, and specific reason for being plated.

At our accessory plating California business, we’re able to provide plating in a wide range of different metals. While we do specialize in jewelry plating, our four decades of experience and state-of-the-art facility allows us to offer accessory plating services in a variety of metals. The most common include:

Gold Plating – Often used for jewelry plating, our gold plating is the perfect metal for a variety of accessories. This includes art, electronics, and even bike parts.
Silver Plating – Silver plating metal can be used for electronics and jewelry, but may also be applied to cutlery and antiques at our accessory plating California facility.
Brass Plating – Antiques, hardware, kitchen fixtures, and many other accessories can benefit from brass plating metal.
Nickel Plating – Used in either a bright or brushed finish, nickel is another common metal desired for accessory plating on hardware, musical parts, and artwork.

Our top-notch accessory plating California plant can also plate in metals including: gold (14K, 24K, Rose), black nickel, black nickel free, copper, oxidized copper, bronze X nickel free, and brass oxide.

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What is Accessory Plating?

Admin — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 13:07:03 +0000

The craft of accessory plating has been around for centuries, but few know the process it entails, and the skill it takes to perfect the art. So, what is accessory plating? Accessory plating is the craft of covering the surface of accessories with a metal for a range of purposes. While many use it to provide decoration, it can also be useful to solidify an object, cover up corrosion, or for a variety of other functions.

Accessory plating comes in a selection of different finishes including gold plating, silver plating, nickel plating, and brass plating. The type of finish used depends on the accessory that is being plating. For example:

Jewelry Plating – Gold plating is often used for jewelry plating due to its high quality, lustrous finish, and prevention of corrosion. It’s also been used for bicycle parts, pieces of art, and emblems.

Antique Plating – Silver plating is a common finish for antique pieces, flatware, or tea sets due to its shine, quality, and ability to reinforce.

Musical Instruments – Nickel plating is quite often used for the decorative plating of musical instruments, reinforcing hardware and guitar parts, or for decoration of art and auto parts.

Kitchen Fixtures – Brass plating is perfect for custom light and interior fixtures in the kitchen. With professional accessory plating, polish, and lacquer, your kitchen will look like new.

With over four decades of experience in the plating industry, we’re able to provide the highest safety standards and quality control for our clients in California and throughout the world.

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Why To Choose Accessory Plating

Admin — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 18:31:42 +0000

Accessory Plating can plate anything you can ever imagine. Some of the items we’ve plated are trophies, car parts, lamps, hardware and custom jewelry.

Here are some of the benefits of choosing Accessory Plating:

Engineering Support
In-House Laboratory for Strict Quality Control
On-Time Delivery
First Class Customer Support
40 Years of Experience

Here is preview of our state-of-the-art plating plant, we are capable of handling almost any size job.

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Welcome to The Accessory Plating

Admin — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 01:53:15 +0000

Hello and welcome to our new website. Here you find all the information you need about accessories plating.

The Accessory Plating Company has 40 years of experience in accessory plating and electroplating; we are the #1 provider of plating services in the United States.

Our services are available to everyone in any industry;including:

Automotive
Musical Instruments
Interior Design
Exterior Home
Jewelry
Military
Antiques

Please feel free to explore our site and email us with any questions you may have. Thank you for choosing us for all your accessory plating needs.

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