Copper is a soft metal with excellent electrical and thermal conductivity and is plated for use in industrial and decorative\ applications. The process of copper plating include layer of copper is deposited on the item to be plated by using an electric current. The Copper is an active metal and so difficult to plate onto a passivity surface, making direct plating of iron based metals difficult. Such surfaces often require a nickel strike base coat for the copper to adhere to.
The Copper has a high plating efficiency and many copper plating processes offer good coverage and throwing power. It is an excellent undercoat for subsequent deposits, since it is a good metal to cover substrate defects such as holes and splinters. Buffing copper, which is very easy to do, even improves upon its ability to be an excellent substrate. Copper, and especially buffed copper, can provide an easy-to-plate, highly level and bright substrate.