Silver Plating Solution/Formula

[Martivs]

Thanks to all for the useful suggestions. I am tempted to try out them all as an experimental excercise. I will take my old balteus that I no longer use and treat each plate differently according to each of the suggestions. That way I will gain the experiance of each technique (except the electroplate which I will have to get done elsewhere), and be able to make a fair comparison as far as looks, wear, ease of application etc.

Well, most solid and durable would be to put some real silver sheet (.05 to .1mm) to the piece. Of course this needs some work and can be expensive.

Where would I go about obtaining silver sheet of this thickness? The only silver sheet that I have been able to find is similar to gold leaf and extremely thin.

Martin