gold plating for beginners

**ototo8** · 07-02-2017, 03:00 PM

Hello everyone!
I want to start gold plating my own jewelry and I have few question:

First what is the optimum thickness of the plaiting for rings and pendants? In terms of durability and price.

Seconed, I understood that for plating brass I have to apply first a nickel barrier, is there a problem using this material? And when I see the term "nickel activator" (at the online shops) does it refer to the nickel plating?

Last question, I saw a lot of kits online. Most of them contain power supplier (and electrodes), chemicals (gold and cleaning solutions) and the tanks. It is not look to complicate to buy them separately and to cut the costs. Am I missing something?

Best regards,
dan

**Dennis** · 07-02-2017, 04:56 PM

The materials used for this are highly toxic and require careful handling and an extraction unit.

So unless you have a large throughput and expect to continue into the future, you would be well advised to give this task over to professional platers. Dennis.

**CJ57** · 07-02-2017, 07:46 PM

Thanks Dennis I was trying to find a previous post for this as I thought it was toxic and not to be advised

**ototo8** · 07-02-2017, 09:01 PM

Originally Posted by Dennis

The materials used for this are highly toxic and require careful handling and an extraction unit.

So unless you have a large throughput and expect to continue into the future, you would be well advised to give this task over to professional platers. Dennis.

Hey Dennis, thank you for the quick reply.
I worked with dangerous chemicals before (my previous occupation) so I know what safety equipment should be used.

Is there any problem with selling jewelries which plated with nickel as a barrier?