Patent ID: 7384532

Claim:
A process for electroplating a non-conductive substrate, comprising: providing a non-conductive substrate; applying a platable thermosettable coating composition to a surface of the substrate, the thermosettable coating composition comprising: (a) 20.0-25.0 weight percent epoxy resin; (b) 8.0-15.0 weight percent acrylic alkyd resin; (c) 20.0-35.0 weight percent solvent; (d) 15.0-40.0 weight percent filler; (e) 0.5-2.5 weight percent surfactant; and (f) 0.2-4.0 weight percent cross-linker; curing the thermosettable coating composition on the surface of the substrate to convert the thermosettable coating composition to a thermoset layer; electrolessly plating an electrically conductive coating onto the thermoset layer; and electroplating at least one layer of metal on the electrolessly plated thermoset layer.