On 19 Oct 2003 16:00:00 -0700, (Fred the Red
Shirt) wrote:

Google for 'metal plating' and similar strings. I found a place
some time ago that offered home kits for all manner of plating, but
I can't seem to find it now.

Caswell are about the only people still offering such kits. You might
have some success with nickel plate (especially electroless nickel),
but chrome is a no-no for home use. It's not going to work unless you
use cyanide, and that takes real fume extraction.

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