RE: [ATM] re: electro plating nickel

["Cary Chleborad" <Cary@Chleborads.com>]

I've made metal mirrors by grinding an Aluminum substrate to approx 15
micron, then having is thickly coated with electroless nickel.  Then grind
an polish the nickel.

Be warned, successfully polishing a metal substrate is not for the faint of
heart......


-Cary

> 	I went through a fruitless exercise with all the big plating houses
> in Toronto trying to get stainless components with a 4X finish chromium
> plated - - - - I was told by all of them that it couldn't be done.


> 	If I were to entertain a metal mirror, aluminium would be my first
> choice because of its' ease of manufacture, The caveat with aluminium is
> you
> do not make a metal mirror as you would a glass one. Glass is worked
> through
> a crushing action whereas aluminium is an abrasive process.

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