Gold plating for luxury handbag metal parts

The use of gold-plated parts for handbags is a go-to for any type of bag. Whether it's cheap or expensive bags, you can find gold-plated parts everywhere. Gold-plated parts are easily noticeable when the gold shine is peeling off until the color of the original material inside or when it's old from gold. Generally, when the gold-plated hardware gets old, It will peel or faded to silver but mostly are not black.

The handbag parts, generally divided into 2 types

Type 1 is metal parts that are molded from that material such as brass, copper, stainless steel, etc. When it is old, it can be noticed because the color will change to black or there is a dirty black stain that can be cleaned. Let's follow the link to see how to clean this type of handbag hardware.

Type 2 is the parts that are machined from other metals and electroplated to the desired color. This article will focus on the gold-plated metal that is popular in the manufacture of expensive luxury handbags for both functional and decorating the bag to look expensive. This type of metal parts, if they start to peel and turn silver, then cleaning will only help to shine, and remove fingerprint stains, but will not be able to change silver to gold until it is electroplated again.

Electroplating is able to change the color of the metal, and the procedure is similar to other material re-coloring methods. However, it a kind of differs from the general metal plating in other industries such as jewelry or automotive parts. The electroplating of jewelry or automotive can be less complicated than the handbag hardware parts because the whole piece is metal and can be immersed in an electroplating tank but restoring an electroplating bag's spare parts, the complexity may not lie in the plating alone, but also in removing the electroplating parts from the bag to dip in electroplating tank. Doing so has a high risk of damaging the entire workpiece, old and fragile, as well as the leather or strap parts attached to it, until the small nut or stitches that cannot be sewn back are beautiful as the original Also, some spare parts such as rivets may be damaged.

Therefore, from all the problems that might occur, we are simplifying the system from the automotive spare part electroplating system to the friendly use which suits the handbag electroplating hardwares restoration without removing them. You can be replating the handbag hardware like paint the color with electricity.

The procedure is similar to ordinary recoloring.

1. Wash with electricity.

2. Apply the primer with electricity to make the color last longer.

3. Paint with an electric pen

4. Coating paint

It's really not that difficult. If you have the budget to invest, this is another very attractive option as this method of impregnation is not a high investment compared to the return on which customers are willing to pay. Moreover, it's a business that can be done alone or can be expanded to be one of the services in a bag spa shop to complete the full range as well. The business or service is one of the choices that you guys shouldn't miss.