Has anyone done their own nickel plating using a kit such as this?
http://www.classic-plating.co.uk/index_files/Page799.htm
I 'need' another Babicz nickel plated bridge.
FCH don't make them anymore.
I was thinking....if I took a chrome one and dismantled it and stripped the chrome plating and replated with nickel, would I get a useable result?
The problem I see is that the Babicz FCH is made of an aluminium alloy so the classic plating Co's chrome stripper would be no good [http://www.classic-plating.co.uk/index_files/Page545.htm] but I could use their acid pickle which is included in the plating kit.
Then I read I would need to use zincate before plating http://www.classic-plating.co.uk/index_files/Page653.htm
Would it all fit back together once coated with say 25microns of nickel?
Anyone tried this?
Any success?
Should I be looking at another solution?