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Metal Plating in Alhambra, CA

Main Street kitchens and 1920s bungalows.

We handle metal plating for Alhambra restaurants, shop owners, contractors and homeowners who send their parts to our Oceanside shop. Kitchen trim, storefront hardware, lighting and door sets come back refinished and insured.

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Metal Plating Services in Alhambra

Where the valley begins, and so does dinner.

Alhambra calls itself the Gateway to the San Gabriel Valley. Its Main Street is lined with restaurants and shops, and the city is famous across Southern California for its food. The residential streets north and south of Main hold a lot of homes from the 1920s, with Spanish revival and Craftsman details.

Alhambra orders travel by mail. Your photos are all we need to write up a price. Approve it, ship by ground, and the box usually reaches Oceanside in one business day. After plating and inspection, everything returns insured.

Restaurants send rails, kitchen trim, hood hardware and serving pieces. Shops on Main Street send door pulls, display fixtures and signs. Homeowners send hinges, knobs and lighting from 1920s houses, and contractors send batches from remodels.

What We Do

Plating Services in Alhambra

Alhambra often asks for metal polishing, chrome plating and nickel plating for restaurants, and brass plating and patinas for older homes.

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Busy dining rooms and Spanish revival porches.

Alhambra's restaurants run hard, and their metal shows it. Stainless trim gets polished, chrome and nickel fixtures get replated, and brass serving pieces get a fresh finish sealed for daily use. We plan the work in rounds so kitchens never lose all their pieces at once. Serving trays, chafing dish frames and condiment stands are common too.

The 1920s homes in Alhambra often hide solid brass and bronze under layers of paint. Owners send hinges, knobs, mail slots and lanterns, and we strip and refinish them in polished nickel, antique brass or a dark patina for Spanish revival style.

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 Alhambra to Our Shop

    Alhambra parts come to us in four simple steps.

    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 Alhambra 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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    From Alhambra to Oceanside

    An Alhambra parcel is normally on our bench the next business day. Degrease kitchen pieces before packing so the box stays clean and our inspection goes quickly.

    Nearby Cities We Serve

    Other San Gabriel Valley and LA cities we serve:

    El Monte Pasadena Los Angeles Glendale

    Why Alhambra Sends Its Plating to DMC

    Frequently Asked Questions

    Alhambra restaurant owners and homeowners usually ask these.

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    Yes. Send the pieces you can spare, we return them, then the next set goes out. Stainless often only needs polishing, which is quicker than plating. Tell us your busiest days and we work around them.

    A quick degrease helps. It keeps grease off other pieces in the box and lets us inspect sooner. We still do a full clean before any polishing or plating.

    Very often. Many hinges and knobs from that era are solid brass or bronze. We strip the paint chemically, which protects the detail, and then plate or patina the metal.

    Dark finishes like oil rubbed bronze or black patina, with highlights rubbed back by hand, suit Spanish revival homes. Antique brass is another good option for interiors. Many homes in Alhambra have a little of each, and we can match both.

    Usually. Many shops keep a temporary pull on the door for a few weeks while the original is out. Tell us your deadline and we plan the timing. We email when the pull ships back so you can plan the install.

    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.