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Irascible
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Making new nickle plate look old
Jun 11th, 2010 at 9:03am
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I had the double pronged butt plate on my low wall nickle plated about 6 years ago. It was bright and shiney like chrome plating. The problem is, it still is! I was hoping it would start to dull and look older, but it doesn't seem to change. Any suggestions?
Who does nickle plating appropriate to these old single shots?
  
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Re: Making new nickle plate look old
Reply #1 - Jun 11th, 2010 at 9:44am
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Don't know if it is true or not but I was told once that Vinegar would dull Nickel finishes, I never tried it though. You might test a few substances on the underside to see if they work like you want them to.

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Re: Making new nickle plate look old
Reply #2 - Jun 13th, 2010 at 5:49pm
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have you searched the archive yet?  I seem to recall a discussion "some" time back about contemporary nickel-plate compared to the appearance of the vintage plate--and possibly some one who does the vintage-appearing type.
  
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Re: Making new nickle plate look old
Reply #3 - Jun 15th, 2010 at 12:01pm
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I Tried, all that seems to come up is this posting. I tried "nickle plating" and just the word "nickle"
Hmm, now this reply will show up also!
  
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Re: Making new nickle plate look old
Reply #4 - Jun 15th, 2010 at 1:48pm
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Irascible,

Do your search using the other spelling - e.g. "nickel" , and you'll get the earlier posts, but they all seem to reference re-plating.

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Re: Making new nickle plate look old
Reply #5 - Jun 15th, 2010 at 1:58pm
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Re plating seems like a viable option if you find the shiny stuff unpleasant. Smiley
  
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Re: Making new nickle plate look old
Reply #6 - Jun 16th, 2010 at 2:05pm
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    I've had some buttplates nickeled & a couple of levers, & to lose the chrome plated look, I rub them down with fine Scotchbrite pads.  Not perfect, but alot better.        ...MIKE...
  
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