When it comes to selling products, you have a number of choices available to you if you own an antique shop. You can give antiques a new lease on life by modernizing and enhancing the items you sell, in addition to restoring them in their original form and selling them as-is. Metal Plating is one of the available options.

Metal plating can take on a number of different appearances and can be composed of a wide variety of metals, including precious metals like gold. Discover the many ways that metal plating can improve the appearance of antique products that you sell in your shop. Because there are so many different plating choices, you will have the ability to give your customers a wide range of different product options to choose from.

1. Furniture Restorations

In an antique store, the bulkiest items are frequently those that are classified as furniture. By plating a piece of furniture in metal, you can give it a more contemporary appearance. On older pieces of metal furniture, rust stains and worn spots can be covered up with metal plating, which is one of the benefits of this surface treatment.

Choose to apply metal plating to wood furniture in order to reap the benefits of doing so multiple times over. The metal plating gives the furniture a new look and expands the variety of uses for the furniture by providing protective metals that allow the furniture to be used either indoors or outdoors.

Additionally helpful is the functionality of the metal plating. For instance, you could have a vintage metal farm sink plated in metal using a process known as metal plating. Customers will no longer need to be concerned about the possibility of rust or old metal causing damage to their dishes if the sink is equipped with the new metal. This may encourage customers to use the sink for washing their dishes.

2. Goods Sold in Masses

During the process of planning out products for your company, you might come across collections of items sold in bulk. Utilizing Metal Plating can provide bulk items with more variety and options to choose from. For instance, you might have an extensive collection of bar stools and kitchen stools.

There was a possibility that some of the stools would have a finish of copper plating, gold plating, or silver plating. Each design takes into account the wide range of hobbies and preferences in kitchens held by customers. In the event that a customer is interested in purchasing a complete set rather than just one stool at a time, the color options should be presented in set form rather than on an individual basis.

You could also put together your own sets with the items purchased in bulk. For instance, you might have a kitchen table with four chairs that aren't quite the same size or shape as one another. When all of the chair plates are made from the same type of metal, you will be able to create a cohesive set by including a matching cushion and making the chairs look like they belong together. This will make it more likely that a customer will buy the set.

3. Items for Decorating the Wall

By applying metal plating to decorative wall items, you can give many antiques the appearance of being sleek and contemporary. For instance, the corners of old picture frames made of wood may be worn down or otherwise compromised. The ability to hang the photo frame and use it as decoration is restored when a full Metal Plating is applied.

You might decide to add plating to large collections of photo frames in order to produce coordinated decor and offer customers a selection of sizes to choose from. You will be able to make out the structure, outlines, and patterns of the antique frames even after the metal plating has been formed directly over the original design.

4. Animal Products and Designs (APD)

There is a good chance that some of the antiques you sell feature either animal designs or animal parts. For instance, you could sell old skulls of animals such as deer, alligators, and other types of animals and creatures. A metal plating helps to maintain the shape and design of the skull while also blocking out the bone areas and any potential germ problems that people may have.

The plating transforms the skull into a decorative piece that can be displayed on any level surface inside the house. The application of metal plating to taxidermy animals, such as fish, can help create a one-of-a-kind design.

In addition to skulls, other products derived from animals may include statues of various animals that are used to decorate gardens and yards. A wide variety of metal plating provides protection from all types of weather as well as attractive finishes. For use in a garden or next to a pond in the backyard, for instance, you could have a statue of a frog given a gold plating treatment.

Get in touch with us at General Brite Plating if you would like any further information regarding the metal plating process. We have many years of experience adding metal plate designs to a wide range of products, and we can assist you in bringing your vision to fruition using our expertise.