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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;clutteredcloset49, post: 127865, member: 85&quot;]Right here looks like the original silverplate was lifting up&nbsp; Does your nail snag on it?</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]32660[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Pam, resist would have been a coating to keep the silver from depositing into the grooves.&nbsp; </p><p>I think when I took Materials way back in the 70s, we used a wax based solution.&nbsp; But it has been so long I don&#039;t remember the details.</p><p><br /></p><p>Found this on wiki about silver plating</p><p><br /></p><p><i>&quot;When plating is not desired on certain areas of the substrate, stop-offs are applied to prevent the bath from coming in contact with the substrate. Typical stop-offs include tape, foil, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lacquer" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lacquer" rel="nofollow">lacquers</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wax" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wax" rel="nofollow">waxes</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electroplating#cite_note-dufour3-4" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electroplating#cite_note-dufour3-4" rel="nofollow">[4]&quot;</a></i></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electroplating" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electroplating" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electroplating</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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