Electropolishing vs electroetching (dalic)?

A. Hi,
I think Dalic is a brush pretreatment method and also can help you better if you only will polish or etch on a small area. You can also try to see if Sifco has the same electrolyte.

A. As far as I know, there are basic and minor differences. Electropolish baths are intended to provide surface enhancement (brightness) and rely on their very high liquid viscosity to perform a microscopic selective rapid etch on the peaks and little or no etch on the valleys of a surface roughness. In this process the liquid layer (interface with surface) must have the minimal disturbance to perform. Brush electroetch does the contrary, by agitating this liquid layer, the etch rate can be accelerated but it will not have the aforementioned microscopic selectivity, thus, you will end up with some or even more roughness. Vendors of both chemical processes or a professional consultant might be able to better help your specific needs.

A. Mr. Lopez,
What kind of metals do you want to coat with nickel before brazing? What size, shape, prior condition are they and what are the steps taken to braze and the common temperatures and environment found during the process?

A. Brush Electroplating is an electrolytic plating process like the more conventional immersion plating. Therefore brush plating vendors use different solutions to electro polish and to electro etch metals. Guillermo is correct in his description of the different solutions. In short these are different applications and require different solutions.

One would typically use an electro polishing solution to obtain a smooth and bright finish on a stainless steel substrate. Just as one would use an etching solution that removes passive or smeared metal which results in a roughened surface to aid in adhesion of a plated metal. Your brush plating supplier should have this information and product available.