Plating of Personal Metal Items

Our workshops are capable of many different transformative metal finishes and treatments. In addition to plating lots of automotive parts, we can plate items such as: household silverware, brassware and other metal items. We can also give your jewellery or your bathroom tapware a makeover in a new metal finish.

Silverware

Many homes have old silverware or brassware tucked away somewhere, often not on display because it may be old and tarnished. We can give new life or purpose to old and tired metal items. In some cases we can even offer some alternatives for keeping them looking nice or reducing maintenance.

Silver plated items are usually either EPNS (electroplated nickel silver) or Brittania Metal (a pewter alloy). EPNS is generally straightforward to work with whereas Brittania metal is much softer and much greater skill is required to refurbish it. Silver items can also be colour treated to give a total change of look.

Brassware

Home renovation projects sometimes bring the need for a new finish on old household fittings. For example – a “satin chrome” finish to spruce up some old brass door fittings, or maybe a switch from chrome to gold plated tapware in the bathroom. Chrome, Satin Chrome or Gold Plating finishes, can all be applied to items made of brass.

Of course, brassware can also simply be re-polished back to a high lustre.

Jewellery Refurbishment

Renewal of old Jewellery is available. You could save hundreds on new jewellery by simply re-plating rather than re-placing! It is quite common for customers to bring old silver jewellery to be made-over in a gold-plated finish.

Please note that watches must have workings removed before we can electroplate them. Please see your jeweller for assistance.