# Odd request: Copper Plating **URL:** \ **Category:** Shift518 Off Topic\ **Created:** [December 7, 2011, 8:59am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/odd-request-copper-plating/261661 "2011-12-07T08:59:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![SRS\_BZNS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/srs_bzns/32/6375_2.png) [@SRS\_BZNS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SRS_BZNS)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2011, 8:59am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/odd-request-copper-plating/261661/1 "2011-12-07T08:59:39Z")
Does anyone know of a place that I can get a small amount of stainless steel copper plated. For look wise not performance. I have tried googling but most places all want large quantities and I only have to small stainless steel goalie helmet cages. I found a dealer the sells copper cages for their helmets and emailed them but they will not divulge how or who the get it done by since it is not one of their helmets and their cage is not compatible with my helmet and my helmets are much better quality than theirs. I am expecteing a cost of around $200 a cage. Also looking into powder coating but so far everything I have seen doesn’t come out looking right. I specifically want high polished copper (think copper colored chrome). I have also been told powder coat will not hold up to the abuse a goalie helmet sees. ![http://mdotmarques.com/photography/content/pictures2/Gear%20Shots/sil_copper1.jpg?ad501edf18f73d74a9be5aad7e0e3c84](http://mdotmarques.com/photography/content/pictures2/Gear%20Shots/sil_copper1.jpg?ad501edf18f73d74a9be5aad7e0e3c84) ![http://lookatmask.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/kolzig-2.jpg?w=249](http://lookatmask.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/kolzig-2.jpg?w=249) ---
**Author:** ![ninety1two40](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ninety1two40/32/6332_2.png) [@ninety1two40](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ninety1two40)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2011, 9:01am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/odd-request-copper-plating/261661/2 "2011-12-07T09:01:47Z")
Let me ask around :shifty ---
**Author:** ![SRS\_BZNS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/srs_bzns/32/6375_2.png) [@SRS\_BZNS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SRS_BZNS)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2011, 9:07am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/odd-request-copper-plating/261661/3 "2011-12-07T09:07:09Z")
Thanks Steve. I beleive for stainless it is tough and requires acid baths not the more standard electroplating. But also to top that off copper plating is susppposedly usually one of the first steps in any chrome plating job as most places use it for evening out the surface of the original metal before the nickel plating and then the chrome. Alot of the places that I called mainly used it for making fasteners conductive and so on and so forth. ---
**Author:** ![Hang\_Your\_Cross](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/hang_your_cross/32/6381_2.png) [@Hang\_Your\_Cross](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Hang_Your_Cross)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2011, 9:07am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/odd-request-copper-plating/261661/4 "2011-12-07T09:07:41Z")
that looks dope. ---
**Author:** ![b-ri](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/b-ri/32/6376_2.png) [@b-ri](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/b-ri)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2011, 9:50am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/odd-request-copper-plating/261661/5 "2011-12-07T09:50:45Z")
yea i think a copper dip or something is your best best. melt down your pennies! ---
**Author:** ![DeathbyRT](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/deathbyrt/32/6648_2.png) [@DeathbyRT](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/DeathbyRT)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2011, 9:53am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/odd-request-copper-plating/261661/6 "2011-12-07T09:53:13Z")
I wanna copper plate my roll bar. ---
**Author:** ![bennyfizzle](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bennyfizzle/32/6291_2.png) [@bennyfizzle](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bennyfizzle)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2011, 9:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/odd-request-copper-plating/261661/7 "2011-12-07T09:54:13Z")
yeah why not just paint it with a nice copper color? ---
**Author:** ![SRS\_BZNS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/srs_bzns/32/6375_2.png) [@SRS\_BZNS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SRS_BZNS)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2011, 9:58am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/odd-request-copper-plating/261661/8 "2011-12-07T09:58:37Z")
beacuse paint will chip and flake and look like shit after every game. I have tried paint ---
**Author:** ![b-ri](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/b-ri/32/6376_2.png) [@b-ri](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/b-ri)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2011, 11:09am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/odd-request-copper-plating/261661/9 "2011-12-07T11:09:45Z")
> [@/WTT: Custom Lifted 1999 Ford F-250 Super Duty $7k](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wtt-custom-lifted-1999-ford-f-250-super-duty-7k/46936/17): > > beacuse paint will chip and flake and look like shit after every game. I have tried paint do you have an old cage i can coat while coating something else, and you can use it for a couple games? im really interested to see how it will hold up if at all. i would obv do it for free in a color that we have in stock ---
**Author:** ![KrazyKid](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/krazykid/32/6371_2.png) [@KrazyKid](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/KrazyKid)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2011, 11:42am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/odd-request-copper-plating/261661/10 "2011-12-07T11:42:43Z")
> [@\*08 Buffalo Bandits Thread\*](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/08-buffalo-bandits-thread/41407/100): > > do you have an old cage i can coat while coating something else, and you can use it for a couple games? im really interested to see how it will hold up if at all. i would obv do it for free in a color that we have in stock we will do it for free if we can take slap shots at your dome in the shop. You know, like a real world R&D testing phase for CRC. :rofl ---
**Author:** ![bennyfizzle](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bennyfizzle/32/6291_2.png) [@bennyfizzle](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bennyfizzle)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2011, 11:44am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/odd-request-copper-plating/261661/11 "2011-12-07T11:44:24Z")
that! try to catch the pucks with your face ---
**Author:** ![SRS\_BZNS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/srs_bzns/32/6375_2.png) [@SRS\_BZNS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SRS_BZNS)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2011, 11:45am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/odd-request-copper-plating/261661/12 "2011-12-07T11:45:10Z")
I’ll have a spare cage when my new helemt gets here in january which is the cage i want to get it done correctly on. Then my current helmet will become a back up and they both share the same cage ---
**Author:** ![KrazyKid](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/krazykid/32/6371_2.png) [@KrazyKid](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/KrazyKid)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2011, 11:48am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/odd-request-copper-plating/261661/13 "2011-12-07T11:48:51Z")
> [@FS: 2005 Suzuki GSXR 1000 (Yellow and Black) \*MORE PICS\*](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fs-2005-suzuki-gsxr-1000-yellow-and-black-more-pics/32203/168): > > I’ll have a spare cage when my new helemt gets here in january which is the cage i want to get it done correctly on. Then my current helmet will become a back up and they both share the same cage you lost me at spare cage. LOL I think what you meant is I will see you in a month. :rofl ---
**Author:** ![DeathbyRT](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/deathbyrt/32/6648_2.png) [@DeathbyRT](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/DeathbyRT)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2011, 11:51am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/odd-request-copper-plating/261661/14 "2011-12-07T11:51:37Z")
I think we should do it to my roll bar! Mike! MIKE!! ---
**Author:** ![KrazyKid](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/krazykid/32/6371_2.png) [@KrazyKid](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/KrazyKid)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2011, 11:53am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/odd-request-copper-plating/261661/15 "2011-12-07T11:53:26Z")
dont think my oven is big enough! ---
**Author:** ![DeathbyRT](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/deathbyrt/32/6648_2.png) [@DeathbyRT](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/DeathbyRT)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2011, 12:05pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/odd-request-copper-plating/261661/16 "2011-12-07T12:05:23Z")
![http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q311/Xpaywtithdeath/151f2cfa.jpg](http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q311/Xpaywtithdeath/151f2cfa.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![b-ri](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/b-ri/32/6376_2.png) [@b-ri](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/b-ri)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2011, 1:45pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/odd-request-copper-plating/261661/17 "2011-12-07T13:45:34Z")
> [@risk + simcity with a pinch of civilization for good measure](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/risk-simcity-with-a-pinch-of-civilization-for-good-measure/46848/515): > > I think we should do it to my roll bar! Mike! MIKE!! are we gunna take slapshots at your roll bar? ---
**Author:** ![b-ri](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/b-ri/32/6376_2.png) [@b-ri](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/b-ri)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2011, 8:38pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/odd-request-copper-plating/261661/18 "2011-12-07T20:38:49Z")
Lefts gold, rights your copper color. I don’t think your ever gunna get the bling color your looking for with powder ☹ but we can still do the old one in any color. I hit them together pretty hard with no real damage ![http://i365.photobucket.com/albums/oo96/ef_u/IMAG0074.jpg](http://i365.photobucket.com/albums/oo96/ef_u/IMAG0074.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Boxersix](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boxersix/32/6327_2.png) [@Boxersix](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Boxersix)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2011, 9:30pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/odd-request-copper-plating/261661/19 "2011-12-07T21:30:14Z")
I can copper plate them. Would benefit to know what type of stainless it is. The more chromium in the metal, the harder it is to plate. ---
**Author:** ![Skidplate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skidplate](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Skidplate)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2011, 7:06am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/odd-request-copper-plating/261661/20 "2011-12-08T07:06:34Z")
oooh boxersix, do you hve the capabilities to do a set of bike bars? overestimating here on purpose 30" wide x 10" tall [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/odd-request-copper-plating/261661.md?page=2)