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Gray Matter: Nickel Growing in Trees

Electroplating makes bumpers shiny and rustproof. It also makes these beautiful bits of industrial waste

By Theodore Gray Posted 03.28.2006 at 3:00 am 0 Comments

You may not want to rechrome a '57 Chevy, but you can coat small objects using kits designed for plating jewelry. This $30 plating pen (pmcsupply.com) uses electricity the same as the bumper factory does, just with a couple AA batteries instead of a car-size transformer.

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