Do it yourself plate of small items. Recommendations
Posted: Tue Apr 11, 2023 11:19 am
Can anyone recommend an affordable setup enabling one to professionally electroplate plate small items himself? Thank you. Jim Patrick
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Do it yourself plate of small items. Recommendations
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Re: Do it yourself plate of small items. Recommendations
Posted: Tue Apr 11, 2023 11:24 am
What type of plating? If it's nickel, you tube has a number of videos. It's very simple, and very cheap. Hardware store items
Re: Do it yourself plate of small items. Recommendations
Posted: Tue Apr 11, 2023 11:35 am
YouTube does indeed have some very good videos and instruction...I'll add that Caswell is pretty much the go-to place for do-it-yerselfers
Re: Do it yourself plate of small items. Recommendations
Posted: Tue Apr 11, 2023 12:08 pm
Jim,
Check this out. I have never before seen such a user friendly, easy to understand technique. I will state however that I have not yet tried it.
Start at the Page #3, 9/21/2021, 7:35PM entry... https://www.owwm.org/viewtopic.php?f=1& ... r&start=30
Check this out. I have never before seen such a user friendly, easy to understand technique. I will state however that I have not yet tried it.
Start at the Page #3, 9/21/2021, 7:35PM entry... https://www.owwm.org/viewtopic.php?f=1& ... r&start=30
Re: Do it yourself plate of small items. Recommendations
Posted: Tue Apr 11, 2023 7:23 pm
I second Scott Congers endorsement of Caswell Plating. I have their setup for zinc for doing early fasteners, and it works wonderfully and gives a perfect looking product. It isn't silver cadmium, but it's as close as you can get nowdays.
Re: Do it yourself plate of small items. Recommendations
Posted: Tue Apr 11, 2023 8:27 pm
I’ve set up for small scale copper and nickel using vinegar. This works for hardware sized parts, stronger acids are said to work better on larger parts…