Chrome Plating
Copper, nickel and chrome with hand polishing between layers, for parts that need a bright, lasting shine.
View in InglewoodOur metal plating serves Inglewood homeowners, venues, restaurants and businesses that mail their parts to our Oceanside shop. Door hardware, rails, fixtures and equipment parts are refinished and shipped back insured.
New arenas, old bungalows and planes overhead.
Inglewood has changed fast. Big new sports and concert venues sit near the historic Forum, new restaurants keep opening, and LAX is right next door. Meanwhile neighborhoods like Morningside Park and Fairview Heights still have Spanish revival and Craftsman homes from the 1920s and 30s, full of original metal.
Everything travels from Inglewood by shipping. Send photos, receive a written quote, and ship the parts by ground. Expect about one business day each way. Each piece is stripped, plated and inspected in our shop before the insured return.
Venues and hospitality businesses send rails, door pulls and fixtures. Restaurants on Market Street send trim and lighting. Airport area businesses send equipment parts for powder coating, and homeowners send hardware from older houses.
Inglewood asks for chrome plating, brass plating and nickel plating on hospitality pieces, powder coating for equipment, and patinas for older homes.
Copper, nickel and chrome with hand polishing between layers, for parts that need a bright, lasting shine.
View in InglewoodAn even nickel layer applied without electric current, so threads, bores and complex shapes get the same coverage.
View in InglewoodA warm decorative finish or a smooth underplate before nickel, chrome or paint.
View in InglewoodClassic gold tone for fixtures, hardware and decor, sealed to keep its color.
View in InglewoodReal 24k gold over a polished nickel base for fixtures, emblems and decorative pieces.
View in InglewoodBright or satin nickel that protects steel and brass and gives a soft silver tone.
View in InglewoodSilver for flatware, serving pieces, instruments and heirlooms that deserve to shine again.
View in InglewoodHand applied aged finishes like oil rubbed bronze and antique brass, sealed to last.
View in InglewoodLamps, door hardware, mirrors and keepsakes stripped, repaired and refinished.
View in InglewoodA tough baked on color coat for frames, furniture, railings and equipment.
View in InglewoodTrim, emblems, knobs and small parts brought back to original condition or better.
View ServiceCleats, rails, hawse pipes and fittings restored to stand up to salt air again.
View ServiceMass finishing that deburrs and smooths large runs of small parts evenly.
View ServiceWorn, bent or broken metal pieces repaired and rebuilt before they are refinished.
View ServiceHand buffing to a mirror, satin or brushed look, with or without plating after.
View ServiceConcert halls, Market Street and Morningside Park homes.
Venues and hospitality spaces in Inglewood need metal that looks good under bright lights and heavy crowds. Hand rails, door pulls and bar fixtures come to us for brass, chrome or nickel, often in batches scheduled around event calendars.
The airport side of the city has service and logistics businesses with steel equipment that needs tough coatings. In the residential neighborhoods, owners of Spanish revival homes send iron lanterns and dark bronze hardware that we refinish in period patinas. Many of those homes also have mail slots and house numbers in solid brass, which plate beautifully.
You don't have to live nearby to work with us.
Customers all over the country pack their parts and ship them to our Oceanside shop. We finish them, inspect them and send them back insured. It starts with a few photos.
Inglewood orders come to us in four steps.
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.
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.
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.
We send photos when the work is done. Once you approve and pay, your parts go back to you packed the same careful way.
Metal Finishing Gallery
A look at recent work from our Oceanside shop: plated hardware, lighting, hospitality and casino pieces, marine fittings and industrial parts.
From custom builders to industrial manufacturers, our clients trust us to deliver the same result every time.
One shop, one set of tanks and one inspection standard. Every part from Inglewood is plated in this building.
Southern California's metal plating and finishing shop since 1989.
Inglewood parcels generally take one business day to reach us. For venue orders, tell us your event dates so we schedule the return around them.
Nearby LA area cities we plate for:
Frequently Asked Questions
These are the first questions we usually get from Inglewood.
Yes. Send pieces in rounds that fit your calendar, and tell us the dates they must be back. We plan the work so you are never short of rails or pulls on a show night. Many venues refresh hardware during the slower months between big events.
Chrome and nickel are the hardest wearing. Brass looks warmer and lasts well when sealed with lacquer. We help you pick based on how the space looks and how it's cleaned.
Yes. We remove rust and old paint, repair small damage and finish in black or oil rubbed bronze, with highlights rubbed back by hand.
They do. Carts, brackets and guards are common. We blast, pretreat and coat them in a tough finish that handles daily knocks. Bright colors and matte black are both popular for this kind of equipment.
Yes, ground shipping from Inglewood normally reaches Oceanside in one business day, and returns take about the same. We email you when the box arrives and again when it ships back.
Not at all. Most of what comes through our door is home and business hardware: faucets, light fixtures, door handles, cabinet pulls, railings and decorative pieces. We also work for hotels, restaurants, boat owners and manufacturers.
Tell us what the part is, roughly how big it is, how many pieces you have and the finish you're after. If you know the metal, mention it. If not, that's fine. We can usually tell from the photos.
Every part is quoted on its own. The biggest factors are condition, the base metal, size and shape, the finish you choose and how many pieces you send. A part with deep pits or broken spots takes more work before it can be plated.