Editing Gold plating (section)

{{Short description|Coating an object with a thin layer of gold}}
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[[File:The Sounds of Earth Record Cover - GPN-2000-001978.jpg|thumb|right|Gold-plated aluminium cover on [[Voyager program|Voyager]] space craft that protects a gold-plated [[Voyager Golden Record|''Sounds of Earth'' record]]]]
[[File:Stirling Engine.jpg|thumb|right|A gold plated desktop [[Stirling engine]]]]
[[File:National Automobile Museum, Reno, Nevada (23212336632).jpg|thumb|right|A gold plated [[DMC DeLorean]]—one of five known examples to have been plated—on display at the [[National Automobile Museum]] in [[Reno, Nevada]]]]
'''Gold plating''' is a method of depositing a thin layer of [[gold]] onto the surface of another metal, most often [[copper]] or [[silver]] (to make [[silver-gilt]]), by a chemical or electrochemical ([[electroplating]]) process. [[Plating]] refers to modern coating methods, such as the ones used in the [[electronics industry]], whereas [[gilding]] is the decorative covering of an object with gold, which typically involve more traditional methods and much larger objects.