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Author Message Vivian Volz, RA, CSI, CCS Senior Member Username: vivianvolz Post Number: 66 Registered: 06-2004 Posted on Friday, May 19, 2006 - 06:28 pm:    I'm embarassed to be asking this. But I have an outside design architect who wants to silver plate some metal trim on some vitrines. (He knows it will have to be polished weekly if not daily. And I'm not in a position to talk him out of this one; I'm saving that particular bullet for something else.) I remember from my jewelry and silver-tea-service days that there's a thin metal coating that goes over silver plate to slow the tarnishing process, but I can't remember what it is. Does anyone know? Also, how thick should the silver and its overcoat be, to perform at least as well as my mother's tea service? Any help would be most appreciated. David Cline Senior Member Username: dcline Post Number: 39 Registered: 03-2002 Posted on Friday, May 19, 2006 - 06:34 pm:    Try Landmark MetalCoat http://www.landmarkmetalcoat.com (877) 863-8252 Vivian Volz, RA, CSI, CCS Senior Member Username: vivianvolz Post Number: 69 Registered: 06-2004 Posted on Friday, May 19, 2006 - 07:12 pm:    Aha! It was Rhodium. But I still need help with the thicknesses. Thanks, David, I'll call Landmark, since I can't view their web site for some reason. Vivian Volz, RA, CSI, CCS Senior Member Username: vivianvolz Post Number: 70 Registered: 06-2004 Posted on Wednesday, May 24, 2006 - 02:52 pm:    Got my landmark literature via snail mail today, and it's not what we had in mind. They don't mention silver, just nickel silver. Still need help for actual silver plate. Don Harris CSI, CCS, CCCA, AIA Senior Member Username: don_harris Post Number: 69 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Wednesday, May 24, 2006 - 03:13 pm:    Try one of the listings from ThomasNet http://www.thomasnet.com/nsearch.html?cov=NA&which=prod&navsec=campaign&heading=61700605&WT.mc_t=PPC&WT.mc_n=gaw&WT.srch=1&regnext=1 Jo Drummond, FCSI Advanced Member Username: jod Post Number: 5 Registered: 12-2005 Posted on Friday, May 26, 2006 - 11:12 am:    In my (much) younger days, when polishing the silver was part of the chores I had to do, I remember discussions about some kind of clear lacquer that could be put on silver to prevent tarnishing. It was used on things like tureens, trays, etc. that were displayed but not used much, because the lacquer would come off or get splotchy. I don't know what it was, and it probably wouldn't meet today's volatile emissions rules. I have custody of a very old CSI Man-Mile trophy which the Los Angeles Chapter won about 35 years ago or more. It is silver plate. It was very tarnished, and I polished it a few years ago to display at our 50th anniversary party. Since then I have kept it in its wooden box shrouded in silver cloth. I looked at it recently and it is still bright and shiny. This doesn't help much for something that is out all the time, but I enjoyed the opportunity to reminisce! Melissa J. Aguiar, CSI, CCS, MAI, SCIP Senior Member Username: melissaaguiar Post Number: 37 Registered: 12-2003 Posted on Friday, May 26, 2006 - 11:45 am:    Just FYI, My jeweler friend told me that Rhodium was $4,300 an ounce. Probably does not relate to construction market but I thought I would share anyway. Mario J. Ibanez, CSI, CDT Member Username: mariojibanez Post Number: 3 Registered: 06-2005 Posted on Friday, May 26, 2006 - 12:32 pm:    A few years ago I sold a product called Microgard by a company called Adsil http://www.adsil.com/ they mix three chemicals that when cured turns into a glass like clear finish for a variety of applications.