On Wed, 02 Dec 2009 07:25:09 -0600, "Lloyd E. Sponenburgh"
lloydspinsidemindspring.com wrote:

Wifey has a small silverplate gravy bowl which has been discontinued by
Oneida, and is/was in need of re-plating. A local shop claimed to have re-
done it, but in fact _painted_ and buffed the inside, rather than actually
stripping to copper (or filling) and re-plating.

She priced the work at a museum conservator's shop, and ducked back out the
door upon hearing his $1500 price. She'd like it done, but figures the
piece was only worth about $150 new, so it doesn't make sense to spend more
than that having it re-done.

Anyone here do this pro/semi-pro?

LLoyd

I had a couple of pewter clasps gold plated by a local jeweler - they
turned out quite nice. He did it for free, BTW. The renaissance garb I
was putting it on appealed to his sense of "weird", I guess.

Joe