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Originally Posted by BART
Is this the same process that is used to gold plate vehicle emblems? Many moons ago when I was a Nissan tech, a guy would show up and electroplate the factory plastic emblems with 24k gold plating. He hooked a cable to ground and then swabbed the emblem with a cloth covered wand that would plate the emblem gold. Was quite popular in the mid 90's and seemed to hold up very well.
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pretty close.
gold plating on previously chrome parts is an acid based reaction to an electrical current.
the chrome is "painted" with an acid wich etches into the plating without damaging the sheen and then an electrical current is introduced causing the acid "paint" to yellow giving the appearance of gold.
you can electroplate chrome to 24k but the trend in the 90's that went over big with the lowrider crowd was majorily the first option.
plating with acid was under $100 for all the badges on a full sized sedan as opposed to 24k plating wich was usually about $100 per badge.