Shining Up Bright Nickel Plating Baths The chemistry in a bright-nickel-plating bath is not inexpensive. Waste treatment of nickel-plating wastes can be expensive. Meridian found a solution that not only lowered costs, but improved efficiency... By Beverly A. Graves, Editor Return To Parent Article | Or, Use Back Button Fig. 1-Total organic carbon (ppm) bright nickel baths.