For goodness sake! Just take the blame thing to one of those people
that  bronse baby shoes. They can plate anything, literally. I spoke to
one about doing some plastic parts a couple of years ago and although I
don't remember how much, it was quite reasonable. Besides, they usually
work out of a small place and you could negotiate your own price.
They'll even plate that pair of undies that gal left in your place last
month, so you can hangem on the wall and not get stinky.
Besides, if you have a bunch and want to do it yourself, you can buy a
kit.

Spehro Pefhany wrote:
>
> At 08:24 AM 7/21/01 -0400, you wrote:
>
> >Instead of all these electrodeposition shenanigans, why not just use an
> > electroplating "pen" to plate copper on the surface?
>
> You'd need a conductive surface to start with, and the ceramic is
> a quite good insulator. The "activation" techniques used to make
> plated-through-hole PCBs might work to provide a surface for the
> electroplating.
>
> I suspect (don't know for sure) that it is done commercially by
> printing a conductive ink onto the ceramic disks and then firing
> the disk in a controlled atmosphere (to prevent oxidation).
>
> But, for a one-off, maybe it's possible to use the conductive
> stuff you can buy to repair car rear window heaters.. I think auto
> supply shops stock that.
>
> Best regards,
>
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