How to Electroplate Baby Shoes

Remove the laces from your baby shoes. Wash the baby shoes and laces separately with clothing soap. Let them room dry fully.

Replace the laces, tie them and craft glue their bottoms into a natural position that you'd like to see in the finished product.

Affix 1 foot of copper wire to each shoe, perhaps a heel loop or lace eyelet.

Pour 1 gallon of sealer solution equally into two plastic containers and dip each shoe fully into each container. Leave them for a half-hour.

Remove the shoes from the sealant and place them into two empty plastic containers. Let them dry fully.

Spray on an 8-oz. conductive paint in a corresponding color, using your airbrush according to manufacturer's instructions. Allow it to dry.

Pour your bronzing solution into two plastic containers, enough to cover each shoe. Place your shoes into the bronzer.

Connect your two copper anodes to a DC power adapter. Submerge each of the anodes into a container of bronzer (1.5 gallons' worth) and plug the adapter into outlet power. Let the electroplating proceed for three to five hours; remove the shoes every hour and use fine-grit sandpaper to grind down any clumping.

Remove the shoes from the bronzer and rinse them quickly with water. Set them in containers to dry.

Buff the shoes with a coarse material on your buffing machine, progressing to a cotton attachment.