Christopher Tidy wrote:
for two purposes: to make clock dials and machine data plates.
Anyone know if the contrast and durability are sufficient for this?
Or maybe acid etching is more durable?


Contast is apt to be better with plating, unless the etch is quite deep,
since the plating needn't be the same color as the base metal.

Durability is apt to be better with etching, since base metal must be
removed to obscure it. A protected clock face seems a good candidate
for plating, data plates are likely better etched especially if tampering
(as for serial numbers) might be a concern. In that case at least there's
a sign something's been altered.

hth,

bob prohaska