Thread: C-Mon Wedge with new gold wash

I am kicking myself now for not taking any "before" pics. I got too excited and dove right in.
But I can tell you that around the C on the tang had some pitting that is still there but lessened, deep/heavy dark black patina and a little bit of rust. There was still some gold wash around the pivot point.
I sanded the tang starting with 320 and progressed to 1200 before moving to micromesh. I was happy with the result and knew I was not going to get rid of all the pitting and imperfections. The diamond still had red paint but it didn't last I wanted to keep all the engraving.

Tapped off the parts I wanted to protect then cleaned it with dish soap, cider vinegar, more dish soap, and pure alcohol. It passed the "clean" tests so I was confident it was good to go. I electro plated it with nickel for about 5 minutes. When I was satisfied, I rinsed it and dried it and moved on to the gold. I kept it in the solution for what seemed like forever since I couldn't see the progress. I decided after maybe 5 minutes it was good to go and checked it...
To repaint the diamond red I borrowed some of the GF's red nail polish.

Here is what came out.

Please let me know what you thing, what I can improve on and any hints or tricks.

Thanks

That looks great

Looks like a good job to me as well. I know nothing about the process so I have no advice. Someone will come along who
has experience and may have some recommendations for you.

Thanks guys.

I picked up a Plug n plate kit offered by Caswell. It was cheap(er) and figured why not try it out.

No recommendation here either but looks really good!

Looks Nice! Good Job!

Is this the type of 'kit' that you used? I do hope so because what first showed up for costs almost put me into Cardiac Arrest when I saw the prices!!

These kit's look reasonably priced!

Plug N' Plate® Kits - Brush Plating Products - Electroplating & Anodizing - Caswell Inc

Brings to mind using the kits to Gold Plate etchings on blades!