Caswell Plug N' Plate Copy Chrome Kit

This is a bit pricy for what you get, but it works perfectly and their customer service is a real person who knows something about plating. I support the product and I support the company.

Very weak operation. Fro chrome plating, it just discolors things, not even close to the shine of chrome. Wrong advertising, cumbersome, slow and not worth the money.

I must say I was skeptical. but within 3 minutes opening the box, I was plating away! Get this kit. Worth every cent!

I had some bezels chrome plated at my local plater. Before installing them some of the plating started to flake off. A real bummer. Rather than have him take them for another three weeks, I decided to try the Caswell Plating system.... I was highly surprised. Took me only a few minutes, and I can't even tell where the damage was, or where the existing plating ends and the Caswell plating started. Thanks for such a great product.

Not long lasting solution, cheap bandaide

I just bought my second set (misplaced my first set). I have used this to plate many small bicycle parts, such as (a) Campagnolo Brake Barrel Adjusters, (b) GB Stem bols (m8 x 1.00 x 15mm, cut-down to size), (c) dime-sized rusty areas on the lugs and seatstay on a 1974 Raleigh International bicycle.This set is very good if you have at most 3 square inches to plate. Always, always, always, surface preparation will determine your outcome. Your metal must shine like a mirror before you start to plate. You will need 240, 400, 800, 1500, 3000-grit sandpaper to get it there. Then, you will need to brush the surface for a long time, perhaps 3 x 10 min runs, with some light polishing with metal polish in between layers.In the end (on the Raleigh bicycle, which has hexavalent chrome), it produced a very very faintly "pink" chrome. I had to put the bike under a bright flourescent light and from 6 inches away, if I knew exactly where to look, I could detect the "warm color chrome". The replated dime-sized spots have held up very well these last 10 years and have not rusted again.This time I am buying the set to replate some bicycle QR skewer parts. Since chrome at a chrome shop costs $10-$25 PER PIECE, you can see that a 3-part bicycle QR skewer (2 end nuts + paddle) could single handedly pay for this kit. If your parts are super rusty you can strip the rust by dipping them in muriatic acid and configuring the chrome solution in a small cup to keep them out of an oxygen environment while they are being rechromed. Instructions on how to set up this kit for cup-sized plating are elsewhere on the internet.

Was trying to use this on a old motorcycle rim to touch up but did not work for me at all.

I'm pleased. I used to replate steel bits to an old tool box my son and I are restoring. It applies a thin chrome like film coating. I made some plated pennies for fun to see it really work. The contrast with thte copper was easier to see than with the polished steel parts.