Gold Plating

Professional Gold Plating For Antiques & Furniture

Luis Restorations specializes in a wide array of antique restoration services, including the restoration of gold plated fixtures. Our gold plating services are affordable and reliable. Gold plating has been a practice of Luis Restorations since our inception and trusting your possessions in our hands is the best move you could make for your valuables. We have the necessary experience to use our plating skills and get your antique looking new in no time! Request an estimate for our gold plating services today.

Gold Plating Estimate

So please, reach out to us today for more information about our restoration services. We are located in Bohemia, New York and provide services to clients across Long Island. The number for our office is 631-218-1384. When you call, we can provide you with a free consultation and estimate to go over our various restoration services. Our professional electroplating services will restore your antiques and give them a new, fresh look.

What is Gold Plating?

Luis Restorations' mission is to provide premium electroplating products, services, and information to our clientele. Gold plating is the method of depositing a thin layer of gold onto the surface of another metal. Chemical or electrochemical plating completes this process. We are experts when it comes to this process. There are several types of gold plating used today. Let's take a look at some of those plating features.

Soft, pure gold plating - This is used in the semiconductor industry. A gold layer is soldered and wire bonded.
Bright hard gold on contacts - This creates a purity of close to 99.9% gold. This process will leave a small amount of nickel and/or cobalt. These elements interfere with die bonding, therefore plating baths should not be used for semiconductors.
Bright hard gold on printed circuit board tabs - This process is the depositing of lower concentration of gold into baths. These usually contain nickel and/or cobalt.
Soft, pure gold - These methods involve the gold being deposited from special electrolytes. This process is used for depositing layers suitable for wire bonding.

Gold plating is a fancy way to preserve and add great value to your possessions. There are five recognized classes of gold plating chemistry: Alkaline gold cyanide, neutral gold cyanide, acid gold plating, non-cyanide, miscellaneous. Though for our purposes gold plating is for furniture, it is also a popular method for jewelry and electronics. Restore your antiques with our professional plating services!

Gold Plating With Jewelry

The manufacturing of jewelry also uses plating. In this process, the silver atoms diffuse into the gold layer, which causes a slow and gradual fading of the color. Eventually, the metal tarnishes on the surface. This process may take months or years to complete. It all depends on the thickness of the gold layer. The use of a barrier metal counters this effect. Copper takes an even longer time than the silver, which usually leads to copper plating with nickel.

Different Types of Gold Plating in Use

Gold plating actually takes a few forms and there are several types of gold plating in use throughout New York. Here are some of those uses.

Soft, Pure Gold Plating

You find this use in the semiconductor industry. A gold layer is soldered and wire bonded.

Bright Hard Gold on Contacts

This creates a purity of close to 99.9% gold. However, this process does leave a small amount of nickel and/or cobalt. These elements interfere with die bonding. Therefore, do not use plating baths for semiconductors.

Bright Hard Gold on Printed Circuit Board Tabs

This process is the depositing of a lower concentration of gold into baths. These usually contain nickel and/or cobalt.

Soft, Pure Gold

These methods involve the gold being deposited from special electrolytes. This process is used for depositing layers suitable for wire bonding.

Call For More Information

Luis Restorations has years of experience in the field and provides expert gold plating services for those in need. Similar to our gold plating services for antiques and furniture is our gilding services. Gilding is a common restoration service for many antiques and furniture and emboldens the gold aspects for the object.

Our service area extends to clients across New York and Long Island. For more information about our restoration services, please reach out to us today. The number to call for our office is 631-218-1384. We will answer any questions or concerns you may have about the plating process, as well as about any of our quality restoration services. When you call, we can provide you with a free estimate for any of our available services. So please, do not hesitate to reach out today!

Interesting fact: NASA, by using a specific method, uses gold to thermally control spacecraft instruments due to its 99% reflectivity with infrared waves. Far out!