Professional Electro Plating From Start To Finish

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In this video, Professor John Ahr of the Online Jewelry Academy takes us on a field trip to a professional plating facility in the heart of the Los Angeles Jewelry District. We'll learn from Kenny Vogel of CalMart Plating how a plating facility can put a wide variety of metal finishes on your jewelry projects.
Before you invest in expensive raw materials, it would be a good idea to make a test piece in a less expensive metal like brass or copper and have it plated. Plating is also a good way to go if your job requires you to travel with samples from your inventory. You won't care as much if plated samples were to get lost or stolen. And you won't be out of a lot of money either.
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3 июл 2024

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Комментарии : 19

@NIGHTMARE-zy7tq 5 лет назад

Very good video, cheap alternative for us starting out!

@Sweetp45 7 лет назад

Awesome!! I ❤️ d it. So fun. Thanks again.

@OnlineJewelryAcademy 7 лет назад

Hi Margie, Glad you loved the video. Thanks for your support! : )

@habeuscorpus1672 4 года назад

That was great!

@PavelSkollSuk 7 лет назад

Well... Voltage and used chemicals (with concentration) would be quite useful.

@wendyannh 6 лет назад

Very cool! I also was wondering if it's possible to plate jewelry without involving nickel. Have you by chance learned anything on that score since you posted the video? Also, do you have a video showing how you made this lovely piece in the first place?

@OnlineJewelryAcademy 6 лет назад

Hey Wendyannh, Professional metal platers, like Mr. Vogel, nickel plate items to prevent the internal metal from causing eruptions of the parent metal on the surface of a piece. If you're willing to take the risk of the plating not lasting as long as you might like, I'm sure you can get a plating service to skip the nickel layer on your piece. If you visit the OJA's website at: www.onlinejewelryacademy.com you will find a section in our video playlist on metal forming. Thanks for your support! : )

@wendyannh 6 лет назад

OnlineJewelryAcademy Thanks, John!

@drpflower75 5 лет назад

for gold plating what chemicals are required and how much of each chemicals,ty.

@OnlineJewelryAcademy 5 лет назад

I Googled the following link for you: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electroplating. I suggest that you investigate the topic online and then consult with a supplier in your area who can help you to safely set up a plating system. Good luck! Thanks for your support! : )

@riamaharaj8967 6 лет назад

Can you do costume jewelry?

@OnlineJewelryAcademy 6 лет назад

Many of the techniques demonstrated on the OJA's channel can be applied to the production of "costume" jewelry. We do not, however, explore techniques that employ the casting of white metals. Thanks for your support! : )

@barry7608 Год назад

It would have been nice to hear a little more detail

@OnlineJewelryAcademy Год назад

You can find plenty of information on electro plating online or in jewelry books. Thanks for watching. 😀

@flyingcheff 7 лет назад

How much would THAT piece cost to do

@OnlineJewelryAcademy 7 лет назад

Hi Gabby, Kenny Vogal of Cal-Mart Plating provided the plating service on the necklace free of charge for the video. You would have to get an estimate from your local plater. Sorry I can provide you with more information. Thanks for your support! : )

@janelee9376 6 лет назад

I hate any fake jewelry that's plated. I purchased so called hammered sterling silver earring set from an Ebay auction which later revealed copper base. I couldn't even return it since I found this quite some time later.

@OnlineJewelryAcademy 6 лет назад

Well Jane, it sounds like the came to the right place. The OJA can provide you with the knowledge that you need to make your own high quality jewelry. I guarantee that if you do it yourself, you'll never feel the disappointment of having purchased fake silver jewelry ever again. Welcome to our corner of RU-vid. : )

@janelee9376 6 лет назад

OnlineJewelryAcademy: Thanks for your kind comment! I'm impressed by your kind comment. I think I'm lucky to find your videos as a silver-lover and collector. Maybe I should set up my own silversmith workshop, but still I'm not interested in plating metals. It's very interesting to see the silver-plating process though! Also, I'm really thankful for your kind videos about silversmithing. I'm looking for ways to add values to my silver collection by adding solid gold pieces, not plating or attaching gold foils. Let me look for such videos teaching how to do that. Korean jewelry makers do not share their technic like YOU since they want to keep their skills as "best-kept secret". Lol