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Spotting on the nickel tank

When I go to nickel plate some of my pieces, the pieces will come out with shuffling, or white spots in which I have no idea why because all of my pieces do not come out this way. I was wondering how I can avoid this

Michael Ballack
employee - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
April 12, 2008

Without knowing anything about your base metal, pre-clean and plating cycles, type of nickel bath, it is difficult for us to give you an educated answer. Please advise.

Mark Baker
Process Engineer - Syracuse, New York
April 20, 2008

Hello,

Your parts are not well cleaned therefor such coating difference. Why I say this? Because I can see on regular basis when we use bad parts for sampling.

Jose Castellanos
- Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
April 21, 2008

Lots of IF'S.
If the tank is within spec and is not contaminated,
If the part is properly cleaned and activated.
If the parts are run on a proper cycle.
If the plating procedure is proper and is followed exactly, then you will not have any problem.
So, which one are you not doing?

James Watts
- Navarre, Florida
April 21, 2008

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