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Metal Plating in Indian Wells, CA

Desert sun fades finishes. We bring them back.

We provide metal plating for Indian Wells homeowners, resorts, country clubs and the designers who work for them. Everything is handled by mail: you send fixtures and hardware to our Oceanside shop, and they come home replated and insured.

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A small city with very fine fixtures.

Indian Wells is one of the smaller cities in the Coachella Valley, and one of the most polished. Golf course homes, resort properties along Highway 111 and the tennis stadium that fills up every March. The desert is hard on all of it. Sun bakes outdoor fixtures, and hard water spots faucets and shower trim.

Since the valley is in Southern California, a box from Indian Wells usually gets to us in one business day by ground. We start with your photos and a written quote. Once the parts arrive we strip the old finish, repair the metal, plate it and check every piece before the insured trip back.

Requests from Indian Wells tend to be about matching. A homeowner replaces two faucets and wants the old towel bars to match. A designer needs twelve door levers in one tone of satin brass. A club wants its locker room trim to look new again.

What We Do

Plating Services in Indian Wells

Indian Wells orders usually involve gold 24k plating, polished or satin nickel plating and brass plating for bath and lighting pieces, along with chrome plating and metal polishing for fixtures that only need their shine back.

Metal Plating Near Indian Wells

Bath trim, door levers and poolside lanterns.

Much of the metal in an Indian Wells home is solid brass under the finish, and that is good news. Solid brass can be stripped and replated many times. We take faucets, handles, drains, shower trim and cabinet pulls down to bare metal and build the finish back up, with a nickel layer under every gold job.

Resorts and clubs send work in larger counts: door hardware, lamp bases, railing parts, bar trim. Summer is the quiet season in the desert, so many properties ship then and have everything back before visitors return in the fall. We plan those orders so sets come back together.

One Piece or a Thousand

Big order or a single knob, same care.

Homeowners send us one faucet. Companies in and out of state send production runs of hundreds or thousands of parts. Both get a written quote and the same inspection before anything ships back.

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    How It Works

    From Indian Wells to Our Shop

    From the Coachella Valley, shipping to us is quick and insured both ways.

    01

    Get your quote first

    Send photos of every part with a short description. We reply with a written quote and a lead time, usually the same business day. Never ship before you have a quote number.

    02

    Pack it like it will be dropped

    Wrap each piece individually, keep metal from touching metal, and use at least three inches of padding on every side. Double box long trim and bumpers.

    03

    Insure and send the tracking

    Ship with any carrier, insure the box for what the parts are worth to you, and email us the tracking number so we know it is on the way.

    04

    Approve, then we ship back

    We send photos when the work is done. Once you approve and pay, your parts go back to you packed the same careful way.

    What Our Clients Say

    Trusted by Professionals

    From custom builders to industrial manufacturers, our clients trust us to deliver the same result every time.

    Where We Are

    Our Location

    One shop, one set of tanks and one inspection standard. Every part from Indian Wells is plated in this building.

    Decorative Metal Coatings

    Southern California's metal plating and finishing shop since 1989.

    Business Hours

    • Monday to Friday 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM
    • Saturday 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM
    • Sunday Closed
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    Sending parts from Indian Wells

    Boxes from Indian Wells usually arrive at our shop the next business day. If you are closing a seasonal home for the summer, ship before you leave and we can time the return for when you are back.

    Nearby Cities We Serve

    Other desert cities we plate for:

    Palm Desert La Quinta Rancho Mirage Indio

    How Indian Wells Customers Ship Parts to Us

    Frequently Asked Questions

    Indian Wells homeowners and designers ask these often.

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    Yes. Hard water leaves mineral spots that slowly eat into a finish. If the spots no longer wipe off, the plating itself is worn. We strip the fixture, polish the brass underneath and replate it in chrome, nickel, brass or gold.

    We can plan around your dates. Tell us when you leave and when you are back, and we will schedule the return shipment so nobody has to sign for a box at an empty house.

    We do. Our gold is 24k, available in bright, satin and two tone looks, and we put a nickel barrier under every decorative gold job so the color stays true. Heavier deposits are available for pieces that get handled daily.

    Most send a count, photos and one sample of the target finish. We quote the whole set, plate one piece for approval if needed, then run the rest together so the color is the same on every lever and pull.

    Sun and heat are tough on any coating. For outdoor lanterns we usually suggest a sealed plated finish under cover, or powder coating in full sun. Tell us where the fixture hangs and we will be honest about what lasts.

    Yes, and most of our work starts that way. We strip the old plating down to the base metal, repair what needs repair, then plate it fresh. New plating over a failing layer never lasts, so we don't do it.

    We do. Along with single pieces for homeowners, we run batches of hundreds or thousands of parts for companies in California and other states. Send a photo of a sample, the quantity and the finish, and we'll quote the whole run.

    Steel, stainless steel, aluminum, brass, bronze, copper, pot metal and zamak. Some of them need extra prep so the plating bonds well, and we'll tell you up front if your part does.