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Metal Plating in Fort Worth, TX

Cowtown silver and aircraft grade care.

Metal plating for Fort Worth is available by mail to Western collectors, aerospace suppliers, restaurants and homeowners. Send your parts or pieces to our Oceanside, California shop and receive them back finished and insured.

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Why Fort Worth Sends Its Plating to DMC

Where the West begins, and planes get built.

Fort Worth holds on to its cattle town roots. The Stockyards still walk a herd of longhorns down the brick street every day for visitors. At the same time, the city builds military aircraft and supports a deep bench of aerospace suppliers. Fairmount, on the near south side, is one of the largest bungalow districts in the region.

Fort Worth customers send photos or drawings first, and we reply with a quote in writing. A ground shipment usually takes two to four business days to reach us. We do the plating and inspection in our shop and insure the return. Total time is easy to plan once you know those numbers.

Western collectors and rodeo families ask about buckles, bits, spurs and saddle silver. Aerospace suppliers ask about even coatings on machined parts. Stockyards businesses ask about bar and door fixtures. Fairmount homeowners send hardware and lighting.

What We Do

Plating Services in Fort Worth

Fort Worth orders range from silver plating and nickel plating on Western gear to electroless nickel plating for suppliers, with brass plating, patinas and metal polishing for saloon style fixtures.

Plating Company Near Fort Worth

Saddle silver, supplier parts and Fairmount porch lights.

Western silver takes abuse. Conchos, buckles and bit shanks rub against leather, sweat and dust until the plating is gone on every high spot. We replate with silver or nickel and can darken the engraving so the pattern stands out. Remove leather where possible before shipping.

Suppliers to the aircraft plants need predictable results. Electroless nickel gives uniform thickness on complex shapes, which protects threads and bores as well as open faces. We run lots in planned batches and inspect throughout. Tell us your requirements plainly and we will answer the same way.

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 Fort Worth to Our Shop

    Fort Worth work ships by ground both directions.

    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 Fort Worth 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 Fort Worth

    Ground packages from Fort Worth usually arrive in two to four business days. Wrap silver pieces in soft cloth and keep them from touching each other in the box.

    Nearby Cities We Serve

    Other Texas cities we serve:

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    How Fort Worth Customers Ship Parts to Us

    Frequently Asked Questions

    Fort Worth collectors and suppliers ask these.

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    Yes. We clean, repair and replate them in silver, bright or antique. Tell us if they will go back on a working saddle, because we may suggest a heavier deposit for pieces that rub on leather.

    We plate machined parts in electroless nickel and other finishes. Send the drawing and callout. We will confirm what our shop can do and will not claim any approval we do not hold.

    They can. Nickel is tough and has a warm silver color that suits working gear. For show pieces, silver over nickel gives a brighter look. Send photos and tell us how they are used.

    Dark bronze, antique brass and aged copper tones are typical for that period. For a fixture fully exposed to weather, powder coating in a bronze color lasts longest. Send a photo of the fixture where it hangs, because shade and full sun call for different finishes.

    Yes. Foot rails, brackets, tap towers and door pulls are polished or replated and sealed. Send lengths and counts. Long rails need to break down into sections for shipping. Tap towers often hide plastic inserts, so pull those out before boxing the metal.

    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.