# Surface Plating **URL:** \ **Category:** Yo-Yo Mods and Maintenance\ **Created:** [June 12, 2014, 8:19am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/surface-plating/66980 "2014-06-12T08:19:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![qpwoei12](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/qpwoei12/32/396_2.png) [@qpwoei12](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/qpwoei12)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2014, 8:19am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/surface-plating/66980/1 "2014-06-12T08:19:02Z")
Hey modders… Checking to see if anyone currently offers copper/nickel plating. I’m somewhat interested myself and was hoping if anyone could offer any more advice beyond basic safety precautions. I’ve done a bunch of reading and it certainly looks like something that I’d enjoy doing… Also if there is a lot of interest in this, I might start offering it to everyone, though I’ll have to see about the dangers and how well I do it first… Kyle ---
**Author:** ![mullicabob](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/mullicabob/32/1108_2.png) [@mullicabob](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/mullicabob)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2014, 2:53pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/surface-plating/66980/2 "2014-06-12T14:53:09Z")
> [@qpwoei12](#): > > Hey modders… > > Checking to see if anyone currently offers copper/nickel plating. I’m somewhat interested myself and was hoping if anyone could offer any more advice beyond basic safety precautions. I’ve done a bunch of reading and it certainly looks like something that I’d enjoy doing… > Also if there is a lot of interest in this, I might start offering it to everyone, though I’ll have to see about the dangers and how well I do it first… > > Kyle I have done a little nickel plating myself. I stopped doing it because I needed to be set up a little better. I will be doing a couple special projects very soon. Some of the chems are not to friendly to the human body so be very careful. Follow directions of course but one thing I can tell you is make absolutely sure that the piece you are going to plate is insanely clean. When you think it’s clean clean it again!!! ---
**Author:** ![kyo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/df705f/32.png) [@kyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/kyo)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2014, 5:53pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/surface-plating/66980/3 "2014-06-12T17:53:09Z")
The processes aren’t that hard, but as mentioned already, clean parts are essential… and I mean flawlessly clean, especially with copper.