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Metal Plating in Surprise, AZ

Family pieces, polished up for the next generation.

Our metal plating for Surprise helps homeowners, retirees and local businesses restore the metal they care about. You mail the pieces to our shop in Oceanside, California. We refinish them and mail them home insured.

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Why Surprise Sends Its Plating to DMC

Plenty of time and plenty of keepsakes.

Surprise was a tiny farm community for most of its history. Then came the retirement communities, Sun City Grand among them, and a spring training ballpark. Today it is a large city full of people who moved from somewhere else and brought their favorite things along: lamps, silver, clocks and trophies.

Mailing a keepsake can feel risky, so we keep it careful. Send photos first and we reply with a written quote. Pack the item well and ship it insured. It usually reaches us in one to two business days. We restore it, inspect it and insure the return for its full value.

Most Surprise inquiries come from retirees with heirlooms and from homeowners replacing worn fixtures. Golf cart owners ask about trim. Community centers and churches write about lighting, plaques and serving pieces.

What We Do

Plating Services in Surprise

From Surprise we see silver plating for flatware and serving pieces, home decor restoration, brass plating and nickel plating for lamps and hardware, and chrome plating for cart trim and fixtures.

Plating Company Near Surprise

Tea sets, table lamps and golf cart trim.

Silver is the request we hear most. A tea set worn down to yellow metal at the edges. Flatware with thin spots on the backs of the spoons. We polish the base, repair dents and replate with food safe silver. Antique silver, with dark recesses and bright highlights, is an option for ornate patterns.

Lamps come second. Many are brass plated steel or zinc that has spotted over the decades. We take the lamp apart, refinish each part and put the finish back in polished, satin or antique brass. And yes, people do dress up their golf carts, with small chrome trim we replate.

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 Surprise to Our Shop

    Surprise packages reach us fast. Careful packing matters more than speed.

    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 Surprise 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 Surprise

    Carriers usually get a box from Surprise to Oceanside in one to two business days. Wrap silver in soft cloth, not newspaper, and fill empty space so nothing shifts.

    Nearby Cities We Serve

    We plate for these nearby cities too:

    Peoria Glendale Buckeye Goodyear

    How Surprise Customers Ship Parts to Us

    Frequently Asked Questions

    Surprise residents ask us these questions most.

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    With good packing and insurance, yes. Use a sturdy box, wrap each piece in soft cloth and padding, and insure it for its value. We insure the return the same way and inspect everything when it arrives.

    Yes. The yellow is the brass or nickel silver base showing through worn plating. We polish it, fix dents and replate with silver. Bright, satin and antique looks are available.

    It is. We use food safe silver for flatware and serving pieces. We only suggest the optional anti tarnish lacquer for display items, not for anything that touches food.

    We refinish the metal, and wiring is not part of our work. Remove the cord and socket if you can, or tell us they are still in. A local lamp shop can rewire it after it comes back.

    Small metal trim, yes. Hubcaps, bezels and brackets made of steel, brass or pot metal can be stripped and chromed. Plastic chrome parts cannot be plated in our process, so check with a magnet or send a photo.

    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.