Troubleshooting

Lustre lost before plating

Final shine degrades during preparation for plating.

Weakened, dull lustre on a metal component during pre-plating inspection.

Symptoms

Final shine degrades during preparation for plating.

Likely causes

Surface not flat enough
Wrong final path
Cleaning/pre-plating mismatch

Checks

Check flatness
Review final compound choice

Recommended fixes

Use LUXI Orange only on a prepared flat surface
Validate pre-plating cleaning sequence

Related products

Recommended workflows

Preparation before electroplating and coatings Final lustre for gold Final lustre for silver Gold, silver, bronze and brass — basic LUXI polishing workflow