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Metal Plating in Laguna Beach, CA

An art colony by the sea knows a good patina.

We take care of metal plating for Laguna Beach artists, galleries, homeowners and restaurants who mail their parts to our Oceanside shop. Sculpture pieces, cottage hardware, gallery fixtures and coastal lighting come back refinished and insured.

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Plating and Polishing for Laguna Beach

Galleries, coves and cottages on the cliffs.

Laguna Beach began as an art colony more than a century ago, and it still has galleries along Coast Highway, the Festival of Arts and the Pageant of the Masters every summer. Small coves cut into the cliffs, and older beach cottages sit next to hillside homes with ocean views. Salt spray and fog reach nearly every outdoor surface.

Laguna Beach pieces travel to us by ground and generally arrive in one business day. Photos are enough for a written quote. Each piece is stripped or cleaned, refinished and inspected before it heads back insured.

Artists send bronze and steel sculpture parts and found metal pieces for patinas. Galleries send display fixtures and pedestals. Cottage owners send porch lights, door hardware and outdoor showers, and restaurants send rails and lighting.

What We Do

Plating Services in Laguna Beach

Laguna Beach asks most for patinas, brass plating and copper plating, plus nickel plating and chrome plating for coastal homes.

Chrome, Nickel and Brass Plating in Laguna Beach

Artist studios, Coast Highway galleries and clifftop cottages.

Artists in Laguna Beach work in bronze, copper and steel, and they often want a specific color: verdigris green, statuary brown, a warm rust. We apply patinas by hand, relieve highlights to show detail and seal the finish, or leave it living if the piece is meant to age outdoors. Small and medium sculptures ship easily.

Beach cottages from the early 1900s have small porches, house numbers, mail slots and outdoor showers that salt air pits quickly. Hillside homes send railings and lighting. Galleries along Coast Highway send pedestals and display hardware between shows, and restaurants send rails that face the sea air.

Since 1989

Over three decades of plating, one shop in Oceanside.

Every part is stripped, prepped, plated and inspected in our own building, and our work comes with a 12 month workmanship guarantee. Send photos and we'll take it from there.

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    How It Works

    From Laguna Beach to Our Shop

    Laguna Beach pieces come to us like this.

    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 Laguna Beach 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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    Shipping from Laguna Beach

    Laguna Beach boxes typically arrive the next business day. Wrap sculpture in soft cloth, then foam, and make sure thin parts can't flex inside the box.

    Nearby Cities We Serve

    Other south coast cities near Laguna Beach:

    Laguna Niguel Dana Point Newport Beach Aliso Viejo

    Why Laguna Beach Sends Its Plating to DMC

    Frequently Asked Questions

    Laguna Beach artists and homeowners usually ask these.

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    Yes. Verdigris is one of the patinas we apply by hand. We build the green in layers, relieve high points so the bronze shows through, and seal it with wax or lacquer if you want the color to stay. Send a reference photo of the look you want, and if the piece will live outdoors we'll suggest the best sealer.

    It depends on your goal. A living patina keeps changing with the weather, which many artists love. A sealed patina holds the color longer, though outdoor wax needs renewing every year or so.

    Yes. Brass shower heads and valves are stripped, copper filled where pitted and plated nickel and chrome. Remove cartridges first.

    Some do. Metal pedestals and display brackets are refinished in brass, bronze or black, then sealed.

    Powder coat or nickel and chrome hold up best to sea air. Rinse them every couple of weeks.

    The shop is open Monday to Friday from 8 AM to 5 PM and Saturday from 9 AM to 2 PM. We're closed on Sunday. Shipments are received Monday to Friday, 8 AM to 4 PM Pacific.

    Usually, yes. Send a photo of the piece you want to match, or ship it along with your parts as a sample. We adjust the finish until the new work sits right next to the old.

    When the work is done and inspected, we pack your parts in fresh materials and ship them back insured. If you're close to Oceanside, you're welcome to pick them up instead.