Nickel

Nickel Plating is a yellowish-white, hard reflective finish used for wear resistance, solderability, or dimensional restoration. Nickel plate is often applied over copper and under chromium for a decorative finish. For applications requiring bright nickel, there are other considerations. Nickel brighteners increase brightness, internal stress, and lower the ductility. It is best to avoid specifying bright nickel if the parts are to be bent or crimped after plating. For those instances, a Watt's nickel (nickel sulphate with little or no brighteners) is used. This semi-bright nickel has a more satiny finish than a bright nickel but is more ductile. If heat shock or minor bending of the parts is anticipated it would be better to specify semi-bright nickel in order to reduce the risk of the plating flaking off.

All of our finishes go through an Electro cleaning and Electroplating process and can come with either a Polish or Satin finish.