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Anybody use any gold plating kits? Any recommendations as to a source? I want to use for small parts like hands, etc. maybe not cases as most are filled rather than plated. Thanks in advance

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I purchased a kit many years back, from here : http://www.gold-plating-kits.co.uk

Ive no affiliation and although it is a great kit, it's a very high price when you realise what arrives and you can piece it together for half the price. That said, it works, the solutions are good and it gets you going. 

You can see a scrap watch back I plated as a test piece ..it was actually the first thing I plated! 

gold.jpg

 

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I purchased a kit many years back, from here : http://www.gold-plating-kits.co.uk

Ive no affiliation and although it is a great kit, it's a very high price when you realise what arrives and you can piece it together for half the price. That said, it works, the solutions are good and it gets you going. 

You can see a scrap watch back I plated as a test piece ..it was actually the first thing I plated! 

gold.jpg

 

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