Local electroless plating process for plastics

摘要

A local electroless plating process for plastics comprising the steps of: coating the nonplating surface portion of a shaped plastic product with a pasty masking composition comprising a polymer and at least one compound selected from the group consisting of a sulfur compound, nitrogen compound and silicon compound; roughening the surface portion of the plastics product to be plated and applying a catalyst to the rough-surfaced portion; electrolessly plating the plastics product; and removing the polymer coating from the nonplating surface portion of the plastics product.