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ED Coating on Plastic
Q. I'm Anand. I want to know whether ed coating is possible on plastic components?
Ramnik Anand- Delhi, India
October 9, 2012
A. Yes it is; it's just a little less expensive than plating Chrome on ABS plastics; but the question puzzling me is why and for what?
There is no commercially viable application for this to the best of my knowledge.
Khozem Vahaanwala
Saify Ind
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
December 28, 2012
Q. Hi Sir,
I'm surprise and interest on how ED able to deposit on non conductive surface? Or I shall ask, how to make plastic conductive?
Thanks
- Malaysia
February 26, 2013
Hi KC,
The most common way to make plastic conductive is to do plating on plastic (POP) by roughening plastic surface (sweller then etching then neutralizing) follow by catalyst seeding (e.g., Pd) on plastic surface followed by electroless plating (e.g. Cu, Ni) followed by electrolytic plating (e.g. Cu, Ni, Cr).
Regards,
David
David Shiu
- Singapore
April 3, 2013
A. Getting the paint on the plastic surface is just one half of the solution. Please remember that the Ecoat film will have to be cured at 165 ° C (minimum) for 15 minutes.
Gurvin SinghMohali, Punjab, India
July 29, 2013
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