Victor II Phonograph ID Plate - Originally Nickel?

[fran604g]

Is there anyone that can do this matte silver plating?.

Why YOU can!

All that you need is a few grams of "Dial Silvering Powder" (Silver Chloride), which may be obtained here:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/100g-Clock-Dial ... 564ad2170b

Here:
http://www.priorypolishes.co.uk/shop/fr ... owder.html

or here:

http://www.johnwardle.co.uk/dial-silver ... er-7-p.asp

and follow the simple instructions posted HERE:

http://mb.nawcc.org/archive/index.php/t-7751.html

and here:

http://www.davewestclocks.co.uk/silveri ... _dials.htm

it is really a simple process, and a small package of silvering powder will do may name-plates.

Any good clock-maker can handle this of you care not to assay it yourself, but I'm quite sure that you will do a fine job if only you attempt it.

Vanya,

Thank you for this post. Very enlightening!
I've experimented with a simple sodium chloride electrolysis system run off of a walwart to remove corrosion on silver plated rheostats that are part of my AR3a crossover networks. Simple, fun and educational. Plus: it worked.
Fran

[Marty Bufalini]

I sen Joe a PM on this because I wasn't sure if there was general interest.

I've done a lot of these plates.

Here's the PM I sent Joe. Hope it helps.

Joe,

I do these frequently. It's easy if you want to tackle it your self.

Give the plate a thorough cleaning/stripping. Clean it with a degreaser of some sort like denatured alcohol. Dry it thoroughly. Give it a light paint spray of black or what ever and let it dry good and hard. And I do mean a light spray. Tape some very, very fine sandpaper to a piece of glass. Now, paint side down, lightly move the plate across the sandpaper lightly but evenly pressing checking frequently for progress. It shouldn't take too much sanding. There will probably be some few spots where the paint did not come off. That's okay because you can now take an Xacto knife and with the very tip lightly scrape any remaining paint. You should now have a restored plate. If you want/need to you can very lightly go over the plate with a non-abrasive metal polish.

I've done this many times for my phonographs and for my antique car plates and for my friends phono and car plates.

Lemme know if this helps or if I do anything else.

Marty