Nickel and copper are often used as an intermediate layer in decorative plating.

	Product name	Hardness [HV]	Brightness	Colour	Applications
Nickel baths	Nickel pre-plating bath 216 H		lasting shine	metallic grey	to create a pre-plating layer on passive metals such as stainless steel
	Bright nickel bath 219 G	approx. 400	high lustre smooth	metallic grey	high lustre, smooth nickel coating for rack and barrel plating
	Nickel bath 218 HG	approx. 350	lasting shine	metallic grey	ductile layers with lasting shine
Alloy bath	Tin-nickel alloy bath 217	600	lasting shine	metallic grey	to achieve an alloy layer with good contact and sliding properties and high corrosion resistance
Copper baths	Copper bath 500 (acidic)		high lustre smooth	copper light red	to achieve high lustre, smooth copper layers on surfaces pre-plated with copper
	Copper bath 540 (cyanidic)		bright lasting shine	copper light red	copper plating of iron, brass, tin and zinc alloys before nickel or bright copper plating