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Cyanide copper plating onto electroless nickel

I need to get a coating of cyanide copper onto electroless nickel (the substrate is cast aluminum) we are getting blistering from the base material every time we try.

RYAN DAVIES
EMPLOYEE - England
September 1, 2010

Hi, Ryan. If you are going to do cyanide copper plating anyway, is there a reason that you precede it with electroless nickel? Apparently the cyanide copper plating is a good test for adhesion of electroless nickel onto aluminum :-)

Are you double zincating? Are you using an alkaline electroless nickel strike?

Regards,

Ted Mooney, P.E.
Striving to live Aloha
finishing.com - Pine Beach, New Jersey
September 1, 2010

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