Posted by Neil MacQuarrie on May 03, 2001 at 13:34:02:
good day folks. Thought I'd relay the details from a recent mouthpiece experiment. I had been looking into gold plating mine for that slipperier feeling. A friend's uncle said he would be more than happy to do the plating but reccomended not plating the rim in gold as he has gas little luck with wear resistance. This fellow (a jeweler who has done manny a mouthpiece before mine) suggested he plate the rim in platinum. It looks like silver, but has the same feel as gold. It is also a much harder metal and should last much longer than gold.
For those of you that may be looking into plating or replating, platinum on t he rim may be something to look into. I'm rather enjoying it!
cheers,
Neil M.