When I was a kid I had this electroplating system that was a close 
approximation to the plating pens. Several bottles of different plating 
solutions, a plastic housing with batteries that had a foam applicator 
and a clip lead. You would clip the lead to the part you wanted to plate 
and paint the plating on. And it worked pretty well!

Blair

On Wed, 12 Nov 2008 07:06:00 -0600, Stadem, Richard D. 
<[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>I would let him do it.
>I do chemical plating and plating rework on occasion, as needed. I also
>know of a few companies that do this as a standard benchtop 
production
>process. You can buy plating kits and do it yourself, if you so desire.
>I have plated gold, nickel, silver and copper buildup. If done properly,
>it is just as "good" or reliable as the original bath. Check out
>http://www.hunterproducts.com/
>

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