One can use Silver Chloride, Cream of Tarta and common table salt mixed with a little water to form a paste.
The noble metal, silver, will drop out as a metal on to the less noble brass, but once covered there is no more base metal left to precipitate silver metal, therefore a very very thin coat, and not so durable as a electroplated fininsh.
The noble metal, silver, will drop out as a metal on to the less noble brass, but once covered there is no more base metal left to precipitate silver metal, therefore a very very thin coat, and not so durable as a electroplated fininsh.
