electropolish a plated plastic to improve surface finish?
electropolish a plated plastic to improve surface finish?
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I have some plastic parts with an inadequate surface roughness. My colleague had the idea to get them plated and then electropolished, to achieve a really smooth finish. Has anyone encountered such a plating-polishing process before? I've only found info on plating or polishing separately, and not on using them consecutively.
Thanks for any help! I'm happy to clarify if something in my question doesn't make sense. I'm very new to this topic.
Thanks for any help! I'm happy to clarify if something in my question doesn't make sense. I'm very new to this topic.





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Are your plastic parts molded, machined, printed, or other? Contrary to what irstuff has mentioned, many "cheap" plastic parts are not very cheap at all, and require plating as a critical function of the end use, but it sounds like you're more interested in surface finish. You've actually not given much information in your original posting to offer much in the way of helpful commenting.
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RE: electropolish a plated plastic to improve surface finish?
For printed parts, don't expect miracles.
Mike Halloran
Pembroke Pines, FL, USA
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I would not expect the process to be fast, and you may need a relatively insane amount of process control to get uniformity.
Mike Halloran
Pembroke Pines, FL, USA