24k gold electroplate on my Oakley x squared x metal

[supersharp]

The 3rd and best method of achieving gold colour requires highly specialised industrial equipment but costs about $4000 per run and can only accommodate 20 frames. It's a permanent molecular bond that will never come off by normal means... unless you deliberately scratch it with diamonds

Or u could just make molds of each piece then cast them in solid 14 or 18k gold. That would probably be the most expensive and ineffective way, but guaranteed the gold won't flake or scratch off. Lol

 

[Megahurtz]

another reason for sending the x squared in for a tune up before the dip is oakley rejects any thing aftermarket i would be throwing away my shades and they would be sent back . this way the screw is removed and i have all new rubbers oem for 80$

 

[jdd32]

Or u could just make molds of each piece then cast them in solid 14 or 18k gold. That would probably be the most expensive and ineffective way, but guaranteed the gold won't flake or scratch off. Lol

You'll have a new problem of gold chipping off

 

[supersharp]

You'll have a new problem of gold chipping off

Why would it chip off if it's solid?

 

[jdd32]

Why would it chip off if it's solid?

oops my mind wandered off onto something else. I need my morning coffee....

 

[supersharp]

oops my mind wandered off onto something else. I need my morning coffee....

I think you would have to worry about people chipping pieces off of them to sell lol.

 

[kronin323]

Some people have posted other options to get a gold look, such as anodizing. If you still want to pursue plating, forum member Ry.1982 came up with a method that yielded good results; IIRC he'd first plate a base nickel layer to ensure a better bond with the 24K.

He no longer has time to offer the service so he handed it off to @InfiniteHero.

 

[Megahurtz]

thats what the guy offered in willsonville . thought it was copper my mistake . thank you im doing the right thing to get it done . just hope i get my glasses back .

 

[Megahurtz]

getting a brand new pair of x squared from Oakley amazingly enough they had some in stock ! ? i had totally stripped the titanium and they offered a new pair for just $100I am a do it your self guy ! so im going to purchase a
Plug N' Plate® Nickel/Gold Kit
from Caswell . first step dismantle fully and polish in a rock tumbler ! does any one know what grit is what i want to be using ? then im plating with a brush a nickel and then the gold . do need to do something to stop the gold from going in the screw holes with something ? or is the light coat not enough to matter . does any one have any other helpful hints ?. thank you

 

[Sun & Sand]

Perhaps not a similar enough situation to be relevant, but my experience with having M4- and M6-size bolts professionally gold-plated is that, after plating, the bolts do not fit. Re-forming the threads allows the plated bolts to fit, but they are tight. Re-cutting the threads makes the plated bolts fit the same as they did before they were plated.