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How to do plating on stainless steel, and where can I buy the product?
Q. My name is Don, I have lots of headache when I tries to do plating on stainless steel. Sometimes it work fine and sometime it's not. I am using nickel plating (midas) 1.5 volts before I do gold plating, but result's no good. Please help, Wood's Nickel is ? Do I need to buy this and where can I buy .... please show me how to buy and the methods of plating (How many volts, etc....) Thank you
Don Truongjewelry design - Houston, Texas
June 1, 2010
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A. I think that Midas is a brush plating vendor. Get their operations sheet and follow their recommendations. For several metals, like SS, you will need a strike before the nickel build before the gold. I would expect that they sell this. since you do not have extensive plating experience, it is normally best to stick to one company's products. - Navarre, Florida
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sometimes on AbeBooks or Amazon (affil links) ![]() free pdf is currently available from academia.edu A. Don- ![]() Jon Barrows, MSF, EHSSC Independence, Missouri A. Nickel Chloride Strike (Woods), 2 pounds per gallon nickel chloride, one quart per gallon Hydrochloric Acid, Bagged Rolled Depolarized Nickel Anodes (removed when not in use), 9 volts rack, 12 volts barrel, 2 minutes. Look in the Yellow Pages for chemical suppliers of nickel chloride and HCl. ![]() Robert H Probert Robert H Probert Technical Services ![]() Garner, North Carolina ![]() |
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