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Re: Replating Keys

Author: Paul Aviles
Date: 2009-03-30 17:00

Dear William,

There are those of us who "eat" silver. Nickel wear for me is mainly a discoloration (sorta bluish) well in advance of the the bare metal underneath showing through.

With silver, however, within a year of NOT wiping off keys after each use, the surfaces begin to show ruts where the plating seems to have literally been disolved.

No problem with gold at all!!

You make a good point about "feel." There is a bit more feeling of being securely planted on the keys with silver. Of course the counter to that argument is that nickel allows for better sliding. The feeling of gold falls somewhere in between.

............Paul Aviles

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