Help! How To Get White Silver Blades?

[ING]

I couldn't find French white silver blades #6.

There is any method to turn polished silver plated blades to white silver?

Thanks 

Edited October 10, 2014 by ING

[cadman]

What is white silver? Are you referring to white on one side and silver on another?

[ING]

Thank you for replay!

I mean white matt silver blades like
http://www.randblures.com/white_matte_silver_french_blades.html

At first: This RandB Lures company has stopped production of that kind of blades and

Second: They never made #6 of white matte silver blades.

I've called them and they are referred me to E-bay where somebody selling assembled spinners with white blades but that lures are small and expensive.

I have a lot of shiny polished silver blades and would like to turn them somehow to non-shiny white silver bades

[cadman]

What you can do to get a dull finish, is to take some really fine steel wool, and you can run it one direction which will give you an eve grain, along with a soft satin finish. Do not polish too long as you will take the plating off and get down to the brass mat'l. I am assuming these are high quality brass plated blades. You will not however get a white plating by doing this. The steel wool you want to use is (000) extra fine or (0000) super fine. These grades will dull yet not take off too much plating.

On another note, you can use a silver mist powder paint on one surface. It looks like galvanized steel.

Edited October 10, 2014 by cadman

[mark poulson]

If you're up for painting and then top coating, try shooting some Wildlife Sparkle White over the blades, and then top coating them.

 

http://www.mckenziesp.com/WCP6514-P13070.aspx

[ING]

Thank you Cadman! Problem 1: the matte silver is not same as white silver or white matte silver. Huge difference! Problem 2: leer of plated silver is so thin that any rubbing could kill it.
White silver is highly recommended by salmon and steelhead top fisherman. In the bright days polished silver looks non-natural. White silver working much better.

Edited October 10, 2014 by ING

[goodtimesfishing]

What he is wanting in the matte silver is the reflectivity. Real gold and real silver blades reflect WAY more light then your typical brass and nickel blades. Paint is way lower then brass and nickel (reflectivity)They make all the difference in the world when fishing for salmon and steelhead. The matte finish is the most popular. Not sure where to get in size 6 but should be easy to find size 5 and smaller.

[21xdc]

I paint some blade baits similar for the same reason... I use Rust-Oleum  Universal Metallic Paint and Primer in One... Satin Nickel color.

 

Most home centers and department stores carry it...

[ING]

Thanks everybody!

I've found that staff:

Cool Amp Silver Plating Powder

http://www.cool-amp.com/cool_amp.html?gclid=CIWs-c75ocECFQKSfgodebAAjg

May be it will help and will be useful for somebody else 

Edited October 11, 2014 by ING

[mark poulson]

Thanks everybody!

I've found that staff:

Cool Amp Silver Plating Powder

http://www.cool-amp.com/cool_amp.html?gclid=CIWs-c75ocECFQKSfgodebAAjg

May be it will help and will be useful for somebody else 

Sound like neat stuff.  Let us know how it works for you.

[LimpNoodle]

Thanks everybody!

I've found that staff:

Cool Amp Silver Plating Powder

http://www.cool-amp.com/cool_amp.html?gclid=CIWs-c75ocECFQKSfgodebAAjg

May be it will help and will be useful for somebody else 

 

I have a feeling that plating your own blades will be the way to go.

[wchilton]

If you try plating blades yourself, just remember that the smoothness of the finish will be the same as the smoothness of the blade before you plate it.  So if you want a really shiny finish you need to mirror polish the blades before plating and if you want a matte finish you need to have a matte surface on the blades before plating with silver.  Also, since silver tarnishes you'll want to give your blades a protective clear coat after they are plated.

 

 

[mark poulson]

Cool Amps says prevents power loss from oxidation and corrosion, so would it tarnish?

[ING]

I think it will tarnish but less that copper or iron. Basically silver prevents power loss because it has better conductivity and less resisting to current in the point of contact. Contacts are less heating and oxidizing.

Long time ago all big computers had boards with silver contacts that required periodical cleaning by alcohol.