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I'm interested on doing some at home electroplating.  I know that you can mail
order kits and pay $30 for the chemicals and some wire, but I would rather put
something together myself.

I'm familiar with the general electroplating theory, but that is about it.  If
anyone has done anything like this, I would appreciate some info.  Here is what
I want to do:

Plate things with silver, gold, chromium, or nickel.

Small steel objects.  Once I get good, I want to plate a shotgun barrel.  That
is as big as it'll get.  (no bumpers)

specific questions:

What is the procedure?

What chemicals do I need?

Where can I get cheap supplies? (mail order chemical house?)

How good of results can a layman like myself achieve?

What kind of power supply should I use? (batteries, transformer, etc)

Wkind of surfaces work best with certain chemicals (Bl? (Blued shotgun barrel,
for instance.)

Any other helpful info?

Please Email and I'll summarize later.

thanks
John Hornbach