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Nickel striking and copper plating titanium
Hello, My name is James,I am a rookie copper plater . I have been having trouble electro striking nickel and copper plating onto a prototype titanium piece and I have 400 more that are not. I have tried to activate this metal using a variety of methods the only one that seems to work is a aluminum oxide blast but I doubt that activates titanium. does anyone have any suggestions? so far my method has worked but I happen to also produce hard micro blisters that don't seem to peel of with qc tape but disappeared when I strip the metal. Why? what step should I take to prevent this side effect? I have tried to substitute nitric acid for 629 the same used for ss#300 to hard chrome plate but to no success does any one have a method that will work 100%? Thank you all in advance for you all suggestions.
James Garzacopper plater - Houston, Texas, U.S.A.
2007
Hello, James. Welcome. My only suggestion is to see if your company or town library has ASM Metals Handbook, Vol. 5, Surface Engineering, as it has a great chapter to help you understand and deal with activation of titanium and refractory metals. Good luck.
Ted Mooney, P.E.
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finishing.com - Pine Beach, New Jersey
2007
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