Electroplating is an electrical process that plates an object in dissolved metals. In the Nineteenth Century, some inventors thought that it would be an excellent way to preserve a dead body. Why rot away? Inside a thin but solid metal skin, your corpse could slowly mummify.
In a lengthy article, Atlas Obscura describes the history of this idea. Its proponents argued that it was an inexpensive and sanitary process. And since it preserved a body from decay, you could keep your relatives around the house as memorial statues.
-via VA Viper
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Ohboyohboy, I can't wait to die. I'm going to do this and freak everyone out!
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I have roses that impressively thrive from this process. I do not want relatives in the same state.
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Great! Let me know if you need volunteers.
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New horror film villain: The Electroplater.
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Sounds from the link like it's a pretty impractical idea. But that's just because they aren't doing it right! I will make it my life's goal to perfect this process.
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