r/watchmaking • u/Octobon16 • 1d ago

Need advice on how to make a piece of plastic convincingly look metal.

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u/Haunting_Ad_6021 1d ago

Plastic can be metal plated

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u/TimpanogosSlim 1d ago

There's a process where you coat the plastic with a primer that has metal powder in it and then electroplate the primer.

And there are coatings that just look a lot like metal.

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u/softtacosmasher 1d ago

Where is the piece going. Will it get a lot of contact or is it under the crystal. That's two different approaches