Tech/maintenance Gold plating

[saxyjt]

I don't understand the question.

Sorry, my French I guess. 🙁 I meant image #2 is the mouthpiece cleaned and ready for plating while the next two images are the finished product. Or, #2 is already plated but the light or image quality is such that it appears different.

 

[kevgermany]

I don't understand the question.

Is the second pic the mouthpiece after cleaning, but before plating?

 

[jbtsax]

Trust me, your English is much better than my French. The second photo shows the mouthpiece after removing all the old plating using an abrasive wheel as shown below. This takes it down to the brass giving it a gold color. From this step it is hand sanded to remove small scratches and flaws (not shown), and buffed using a high speed buffing wheel (also not shown) to produce a mirror finish. It is that finish that is then nickle plated and then gold plated. The mouthpiece looked so nice with just the brushed finish, we are going to try gold plating over that on a test mouthpiece to see how it turns out. It would be a lot less work. 🙂

 

[Ivan]

A thing of beauty @jbtsax

By the way @saxyjt there's nothing wrong with your English