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Re: New R13 plating flaking

Author: Chris P
Date: 2010-10-20 08:40

Nickel plating is usually applied much thinner than silver plating.

Nickel is much harder than silver, but when applied thick it isn't kind on cutting tools, so it's often only applied a few microns thick (usually 3-5 microns) whereas silver can be applied as thickly as 25 microns.

Nickel is used as an undercoat for silver to be plated onto as it's very smooth and gives a good finish to the silver - copper is very rough in comparison to nickel.

Most keywork is plated with a copper flash, then either a nickel flash on top of that and then a thick layer of silver (and then a thin layer of gold if gold plating is specified) or just a copper flash then nickel, or a copper flash and then thickly applied silver depending on the plating company - Buffet's platers will silver plate straight onto copper.

Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.

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