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6th February 2012 - Announcing ActiClean

The latest addition to our range of cutting edge preparation solutions. With our customers’ requirements at the centre of everything we do, we’ve developed a preparation solution that economises on time and cost by combining activation with cleaning. And unlike other activators on the market, ours doesn’t contain hydrochloric acid or caustic soda, so you won’t have to run the risk of toxic fumes or burning, while completing your work. - click HERE to find out more. 

 

 
17th January 2012 - Announcing Safe-T-Strip - Spa Plating’s all-new chrome stripper!

Other chrome strippers presently available on the market can give off hazardous byproducts such as fumes and yellow staining, but with Safe-T-Strip you’re in safe hands. This unique, low hazard solution is kinder - not only to you but to the environment.
Added to this, it’s a real time and money saver - click HERE to find out more. 

 

 
28th December 2011 - Calculator page upgraded to include plating times

Our Plating Calculator Page has been given a really useful upgrade; it now allows you to calculate plating times according to the kind of plating solution you’re using and the size of the swab.
You can now speed up the time it takes to plate by carefully selecting the right swab for the job;in some cases plating times can be dramatically reduced!

To calculate your plating times please go to:

http://www.goldn.co.uk/calculator.htm

 
10th November 2011 - TV appearance on Channel 4, 8.00pm -  Sarah Beeny’s ‘Restoration Nightmares’

Spa Plating’s Training Manager for the North of England, Lee Foster has made a big impression on Channel 4‘s Restoration Nightmares recently, by gold plating a pair of Victorian bath taps for the show’s presenter, Sarah Beeny.
Using Spa Plating’s gold plating solution and equipment, Lee showed how straightforward it was to ‘up-cycle’ bathroom furniture. According to Sarah, watching Lee work his magic was “...as amazing as Harry Potter”.
Sarah and her husband certainly seemed to be very impressed with the results, as they sat back at the end of the programme in their ‘His & Hers’ baths, admiring Lee’s gleaming gold bathroom furniture. Summing up, they both agreed that it was well worth gold plating their old chrome taps, as they’d saved themselves a lot of time and money and had some beautiful bathroom furniture into the bargain. Well done Lee!

 
21 October 2011 Announcement
Gold content of Gold Pen Plating Solution increased to 12 grams per litre.

 

14th October 2011 Announcement
New Battery Plating Pen introduced which takes 3 AAA size batteries. Improvements include:
  • Battery life extended up to ten times when using Energizer Lithium and up to five times when using Alkaline batteries.
  • Vastly improved plating rate.
  • Batteries far easier to source.

 
10 September 2011
Plating on Glass video added to our site. Watch an area of studio glass being plated by clicking HERE

 
2nd August 2011 Announcement
Cyanide content of brush plating solutions: Spa Plating's policy.
We only supply a limited number of solutions containing cyanide and these are confined to our gold plating solutions (not including K-Gold or K-Gold Bright which are cyanide free). However, the level of cyanide in our solutions is not enough to class them as toxic or poisonous. Please be aware that some plating solutions from other suppliers contain very high levels of cyanide and should be handled with extreme caution.
As stated below; please do not mix any of Spa Plating's solutions with other suppliers solutions.

 
2nd June 2011 Announcement
Some of our solutions have been designed to be mixed. Please only mix Spa Plating's solutions and do not mix with other suppliers solutions; if our solutions are mixed with other suppliers' solutions, this may give rise to undesirable reaction products!
2nd June 2011 Announcement
It has come to our attention that some other suppliers are passing their solutions off as identical or similar to Spa Plating's solution. We strongly refute this and further claim that our solutions are unique to us. We do not supply any solutions that are classified as toxic or corrosive for example.

 
10th May 2011
White Palladium added to the online shop. Both whiter and harder than pure palladium. Read more about this product here: http://www.goldn.co.uk/products/white_palladium.htm
3rd May 2011
PP Stabiliser introduced. This additive to PP Copper produces a copper layer that is tarnish resistant and is of use to customers plating large areas in copper and of especial use to those building up thick layers of reflective copper when plating on non-conductors.

 
28th April 2011
New high capacity nickel plating solution developed for use with plating on both metal and non-conductors.

 
15th April 2011
New look online shop introduced.

 
4th April 2011
Conductive Silver Ink (hi-grade) developed for application by both brush and airbrush.

 
18th February 2011
Process for plating on non-conducting materials extended to glass with the introduction of Glass Primer: http://www.goldn.co.uk/products/glass_primer.htm

 
20th January 2011
New process developed for plating on non-conducting materials including wood.

 
12 December 2010
Conductive Silver Ink (hi-grade) offered for sale in 5 and 15ml containers.

 
20th November 2010
Research begins on new water-based conductive ink.

 
27th October 2010
MPU Course introduced: especially useful for polishing surfaces then going straight into the plating sequence.

 
20th October 2010
Fine version of MPU (MPU Fine) introduced for producing totally scratch free finishes.

 
15th September 2010
Silver Pen Plating solution developed for use with both the Battery Plating Pen and the standard pen with a concentration of 75 grams per litre of silver.

 
2nd September 2010
Process introduced to plate on zinc (please see manual for more information).

 
23rd August 2010
Plating Calculations page updated to include most of our plating solutions.
View this page at: http://www.goldn.co.uk/calc.html

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