Gold plating (disambiguation)

Gold plating may refer to:

• Gilding, various traditional methods of depositing a thin layer of gold on the surface of other materials in goldsmithing, jewellery, furniture etc.
• Gold plating, various methods of depositing a thin layer of gold on the surface of other metals in the modern electronics industry
• Gold-plating (European Union law), the practise of national bodies exceeding the terms of European Union directives when implementing them into national law
• In software engineering, government contracting, or other project management, the adding of unneeded enhancements to a product or service in order to inflate the final cost to its buyer and the associated profit realized by its producer