[ohohyodafarted]

Much depends on the depth of the rust. If it is surface rust, most likely it can be sand blasted and polished. Then copper, nickel, brass is the plating cycle. First is a heavy layer of copper plating. Then the copper is polished again. Then nickel plated and finally brass plated. AFter the brass plating, it must be polished to a bright shiny finish or a satin finish. I believe the original Predicta finish was bright brass.

In all decorative plating, the manual labor involved in polishing, is what adds to the cost. Industrial finishes are not polished and so all you pay for is the actual electro plating.