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Category: "Non-Industrial, Hobbyists, DIY, Around Home"
617/80. Preparing Part for Replating with Chrome
- 11/27/24
339/56. How to darken aluminum. Want golden yellow look on aluminum - November 16
202/40. Penny isn't copper color - what do I have?
- October 29
185/19. Cleaning & polishing gold plated flatware - October 24
617/56. Anodizing aluminum: dye is splotchy - October 21
289/63. What could be causing the pitting and corroding to chrome fixtures - October 8
26/62. Preserving heat coloring of copper when clear coating - October 6
443/80. Nickel plating, how much SLS for wetting agent? - October 6
301/86. Lime-Away Damaged Stainless Steel Sink - September 19
331/43. Stiffel Lamps: need screws that hold laurel leaves - September 10
229/03. Ospho prep left tacky film - September 8
617/18. Barbell discolored in storage
- September 2
191/05. Found a silver penny - August 29
163/04. Need 29 Emtek Brass Door Knobs Refinished RFQ open to all: Texas
- August 28
386/28. Gold plating of lead - August 28
128/41. Arcing, Popping & Hydrogen "Explosions" in Plating - August 27
381/37. How to Paint Bathtub Jets - August 19
372/05. Sterling silver vs. silver plate -- How to tell? - August 11
106/64. Touching up powder coated aluminum outdoor furniture (Tropitone) - August 10
559/51. Home nickel plating with vinegar and salt - August 1
85/75. Remove Water Stain from Teak - August 1
601/91. Restoring black exterior door hardware - August 3
166/99. Want Geneva Metal Kitchen Cabinets RFQ open to all: New York - August 2
30522. Clear coating to seal a rust patina finish - July 31
14995. Fixing Brown Rusty Water (Excess Iron) in Swimming Pool Water - July 24
23245. What paint for Wellie gumboots? - July 14
15267. Daisy BB Guns / Air Rifles and Their Black Nickel plating
- July 5
38809. Antique baby carriage restoration RFQ open to all: Massachusetts - July 1
39638. Gillespie Antique Restorer
- June 26
24079. Nickel plating is peeling off nickel
- June 23
5465. Zinc-nickel plating on aluminum - June 20
57688. Repair metal roof with fiber silver coat - June 15
4785. Polishing Silver with Aluminum Foil and Washing Soda -- Thanks 24 years later! - May 28
36210. Painting posts of recycled plastic - May 27
20988. Silver Damaged by Hydrogen Peroxide
- May 9
8937. How to refinish cast iron and cast bronze fireplace surrounds
- April 27
37205. Sterling silver vs. silver plate -- How to tell? - April 27
11988. Cleaning an old copper kettle for apple butter
- April 25
38061. Silver polish (Tarn-X) stained my stainless steel sink - April 23
61663. Mustard Stripped the Copper Plating from Tart Pan
- April 22
61659. Vintage Kerosene Lamp: cleaning Copper Plating & Japanning - April 16
25553. Nickel plating of copper cooking utensils - April 14
34076. Artistic copper plating from hydrochloric acid
- April 14
7229. How to refinish brass lamps
- April 6
20967. Gold/Silver plating of natural objects Q&A - April 5
20193. Chroming carbon fiber/plastic - March 30
21868. Rings Made from U.S. Coins - March 29
0338. Zinc plating & chromating of Carburetors - March 26
30965. Can't remove old plastic protection film from stainless steel - March 21
52028. Staining on anodized aluminum window frames - March 21
26845. How to paint a stove top - March 20
61649. Electroplating as forge welding prep - March 20
61644. Oxide Finishing
- March 3
56879. Have Blue Gun, Want it Chrome appearance - February 8
4148. Ruined the finish on my stainless steel fridge
- February 8
61631. How to Remove Zinc Phosphate from Frying Pan - January 20
41214. Sticky surface after anodising
- January 19
21595. Remove black antiquing from my Citadel class ring - January 18
38108. Jewelry cleaner took finish off ring - January 7
21437. "Rainbowing" and "Bluing" Stainless Steel - January 7
2986. Bright Dipping of Brass Q&A - December 21
25652. Need to reapply silver / gold rims onto crystal stemware - December 21
44251. Removing Paint from Vintage Chandeliers & Candelabras
- December 19
61496. Repair enamel coated steel tea kettle?
29227. Need Rechroming of Drum Hoops & Lugs RFQ open to all: Lufkin, TX - December 8
28032. Electroforming with Brass - November 27
54707. How to Dull Bright WW2 German Dagger
21527. Silver tarnishing -- is body chemistry responsible?
44569. F.B. Rogers Silverplate Q&A's?
- November 11
41408. Painting cast iron fountains / restoring rusty fountains
33758. Wearing gold rings & jewelry turns my skin black - November 8
34465. Pre-coating for sublimation transfers onto ceramic
35145. Brass is Pink not Yellow - October 27
22798. Can't color Zinc/Zamac/Pot Metal gun parts
25532. How to Rust corrugated steel
12873. Removing Silica Water Stains
32106. Remove rust with muriatic acid (HCl / hydrochloric acid)
31806. Cleaning copper roofs
- October 15
61582. Metal Gaming Chair Finish
60510. Washing machine broken aluminum spider arm? What coating needed?
24937. Need Noxon 7 Metal Polish - October 14
0023. Not succeeding with ultra-black Ruthenium plating
0545. Plating leaded stained glass
50888. Damaged finish on copper table
• Chrome over Black Chrome or vice-versa for highlighting
• "Frosted Duco" Finish" / National Resophonic 'Duolian' - September 18
• Model railroading: Effect of oxidation of nickel silver on its conductivity?
• Can I un-polish my polished ring?
• Restore Silver damaged by bleach ... toothpaste is the answer - September 14
• Removal of clearcoat on copper cookware - September 14
• Pewter cleaning, finishing & polishing - September 13
• How can I make copper turn black?
- September 7
• Silver polish (Tarn-X) stained my stainless steel sink - September 6
• How to Give Aluminum an Aged Look?
• Repainting wrought iron planters
• Hexavalent chromium released from stainless steel anodes - August 24
• Paint a roof to look like real copper - August 18
• Refinishing, painting, or powder coating fireplace screens
• Polishing Silver with Aluminum Foil and Washing Soda
• Tin ceiling restoration help please
• How to remove chrome plating peeling off of rims! - August 5
• Repairing chrome plated aluminum wheels
• Graphite coating as metallizing for electroforming - August 1
• Solid rhodium rings? Why or why not - August 1
• Scratched and Dull Surface on Stainless Steel Refrigerator Door
• Brass electroplating for amateurs and students
- July 29
• Finger prints/hand prints on Corten - July 29
• Water for Cold Rust Bluing - July 28
• Paint adhesion is poor on Welds - July 28
• Nickel Plating Brighteners: Everything to Know - July 28
• Scrubbing with cleanser left white patch in bath tub
- July 28
• Can I leave a vintage brass microscope outdoors? - July 27
• Sterling silver vs. silver plate -- How to tell?
• Need a saxophone gold plated RFQ: New York City - July 24
• Bronze disease or just calcium deposits?
• Sealing aluminum renaissance fair armor to prevent oxidation?
• How to remove rust on vinyl siding - July 18
• How do you clean lead coated copper roofing?
• Painting asphalt roof shingles - July 8
• Cast iron kettle used as fountain: corrosion, suggestions for finishes and care
• Can You Paint a Car with House Paint? - June 30
• How to paint a stove top - June 28
• Dishwasher ruined gas burners; how to fix?
- June 15
• Removing fire smut from my tools
• Restore dark brass doorknobs - June 7
• Muriatic Acid for Fuel tank cleaning? - May 27
• Dissolve Steel Screw and NOT Gold in a Watch - May 26
• Cleaning Dirilyte Gold-tone Flatware - May 24
• Remove oven cleaner damage from aluminum
• Gas tank rust removal methods
• Plating thick copper layer; using plating to cold weld items together
- May 12
• Pre-coating for sublimation transfers onto ceramic
• How to glue copper pennies together
• Washing-up tools exposed to plating solutions
• Matching shades on polished and unpolished areas of brass bed?
- April 29
• How To Decoratively Rust Metal like Jingle Bells & Safety Pins
• Preparing acid copper brighteners - April 18
• How to Antique or Blacken Gold rings and jewelry - April 13
• Pyrophosphate and non-cyanide copper strike/plating process problems & solutions - April 12
• Fasteners replated in yellow zinc for my car are randomly shiny or dull
- April 12
• Looking for "NicSand" Aluminum Oxide Sanding Gel - April 11
• Galvanic Compatibility of Aluminum and Copper
• Restore Silver damaged by bleach ... toothpaste is the answer - March 30
• Need Gillespie Antique Restorer - March 28
• I like the pink on the brass. Will it stay?
- March 27
• How can I coat for sublimation printing on a low budget? - March 25
• Grout cleaner stains on my stainless steel fridge!
• Blackening stainless steel without using Potassium dichromate? - March 21
• Copper plating onto Silver - March 21
• What could be causing the pitting and corroding to chrome fixtures - March 15
• Stripping plating from welding clamps leaves them copper color - March 15
• How to turn 18-8 fasteners black? - March 13
• How to get beautiful galaxy-like vintage finish on pot lids?
- March 10
• Geneva Metal Kitchen Cabinets: Painting, Removing Dents, Parts
• Remove tin plating from copper pots, trays, cookware - March 6
• Best type of clearcoat for wheel application?
• Clear coat sealer/varnish safe for birds? - March 5
• How to paint screw heads - March 2
• Damaged finish on copper table
- February 19
• Dishwasher ruined shiny aluminum
- February 19
• Restoring a black & copper "japanned" antique finish - February 10
• How To Rust Metal like Jingle Bells & Safety Pins - February 10
• Restoring rusty cast iron wood stove, painting it
• Sealing lightly corroded aluminum engine parts with crude oil
- February 6
• Clear coating to protect rust patina finish - February 2
• Carburetor re-plating / re-coloring
• Magnetic, silver-color, 1998 penny
• Removing Teflon non-stick coating from Glass Cookware
• Restoring the yellow dichromate finish on automobile carburetors
• D-I-Y Yellow gold engagement ring to white gold?
• Solving an electrolysis problem in home plumbing
• Acid copper plating is not responding to brightener
• Copper plating of lead bullets, cheap & simple
• Chemical removal/stripping of chrome from bicycle parts
• Karat gold (10k-18k) electroplating using dissolving donor anode
• Making aluminum look like copper
- January 10
• Where to find ZAP professional restorer
• Which metal is safest for fireplace heat exchanger?
• Painting a car with house paint
• Penny Floor Problems & Solutions
- January 1
• Is black Hard Chrome as hard as White?
• How to make polyresin coated real flowers
- December 25
• Thru-hull fitting w/brass hose barb & bronze valve
• Prepare milled steel mailbox for priming, painting, or clear coating
• White gold turning to yellow - December 8
• How to Re-do nickel-lined copper cookware
• Changing a chrome shower head to black chrome - December 2
• Dishwasher is making our Emsonware mugs ugly
- December 1
• Tilex stained my bathtub, can it be removed?
- November 27
• Removing brass paint from a gold plated chandelier - November 23
• Cleaning/restoring vintage tin humpback trunk
- November 21
• Blue Quarter? Why did it turn blue?
• Cleaning gold that has been burned in a fire - November 20
• Sterling silver vs. silver plated -- How to tell?
- November 20
• Steel plating of copper etchings/engravings - November 18
• What screw material for aluminum caravan?
- November 14
• Removing remaining chrome from motorcycle parts?
• Want gold colored finish for a sword - November 11
• Removing dye from anodized aluminum; changing the color - November 11
Repair enamel coated steel tea kettle?
- November 2
• Painting or plating magnesium alloy wheels - October 31
• Cleaning damaged Eagle Alloy aluminum rims - October 29
Steelcase Tanker Desk Restoration Tips
• How to Get the Look of Aged (Antique) Nickel Plating
• Dishwasher ruined shiny aluminum -- How to fix it? - October 26
• Lime-A-Way on stainless steel fridge door took away the shine
Q&A on Theda Sterling Silver Medals, Crosses, & Jewelry
- October 20
• How to polish, finish, & protect a copper table
• Iridescence with patinas and metal restoration - October 12
• Value of silver plated nickel silver? - October 10
• Dirilyte Gold-tone Flatware - October 9
• Cleaning an old copper kettle for apple butter - October 5
• Cause of black mark on skin from gold jewelry
Gold plated copper sneaker caps - September 29
• Improving adhesion of paint to polypropylene - September 27
• Dried-on Brasso removal - September 27
• Restore Silver damaged by bleach - September 27
Home made Hull Cell and Acid Copper Plating additives - September 23
• Mineral spirits to clean rancid oil off my teak dining table?
• QS8 Connector Issues / Plating - September 14
• Problems and solutions about aluminum chain-mail - September 12
• Ashes from bonfire effect on paint - September 12
• Rust finish for galvanized tin? - September 9
Blue bathtub turns white only when dry - September 6
• Remove water stains / water marks from Corten - September 6
• 1977 Silver Penny - September 6
Restoring dark metal finishes on old Craftsman houses and farm houses - September 3
• Removing protective plastic film adhesive residue - August 31
• Brass is pink from improper cleaning - August 31
• How to remove oxide from our terminals?
• Dirilyte gold-tone flatware: Cleaning / Polishing / Storing - August 16
• Wood stove: Can't find high temperature enamel in right color
• Removing Teflon non-stick coating from Visions and Pyrex Glass Cookware
Polished Aluminum Clearcoat Secret - August 16
• Nickel Plating Appearance in the Late 19th Century
• What will take tarn-x stains off a stainless sink?
• Why Noxon Brass and Silver Polish (and Quick Dip) Disappeared
• Seasoning & Restoring Cast Iron Cookware
• Dishwasher ruined shiny aluminum -- How to fix it?
• Need to find Hawes Lemon Oil
• Problems and solutions in copper electroforming
• How to Fix mercury damage to gold jewelry
• Could ashes from our bonfire have ruined the paint on neighbor's car?
• Sulfur springs turned my silver jewelry black. How to fix?
Lime-Away damaged stainless steel sink
• Acid copper sulphate plating problem: copper concentration is growing
Cleaning corroded pennies and coins18
• Questions & Answers about Zinc or galvanized countertops
• 18K gold ring turned my finger black
• Kenrick 19th century cast iron
• Refinishing bronze table legs
Penny isn't copper color - what do I have?2
Re-Finishing Zinc/Zamac/Pot Metal gun parts and replicas2
• Copper plating of lead bullets, cheap & simple
Allergic reaction to gold rings - June 26
• Sealing asphalt shingles with soybean oil?
• How to maintain/protect zinc plated steel shelving - June 14
• Restore Silver damaged by bleach ... toothpaste is the answer - June 12
• Damaged finish on copper table - June 2
• FB Rogers Silver Co. -- Is it Sterling or Plated - May 29
• Discoloration of black zinc plated parts - May 27
• Nickel plating old gold clubs at home - May 25
• Acid testing for silver & precious metals - May 23
• Etching of steel texture plates for rolling mill with copper sulphate& salt - May 20
• Spray chroming with silver nitrate
• Looking for "NicSand" Aluminum Oxide Sanding Gel - May 19
• Blacken a copper sink - May 17
• Black anodizing is purplish not black - May 16
• Bluing/Black Oxide/Zinc Phosphate Thanks! Resolved :-) - May 13
• Replating of silver jewelry Thanks! Resolved :-) - May 11
• Painting inside of galvanized stock tanks (underwater use) - May 10
• Electroplating & grinding vs. a piston bush to repair piston
• Cleaning/repairing zinc tabletop
• Painted yard art now lacks patina - May 8
• Paint a roof to look like real copper - May 8
• Alternatives to achieve rainbow effect - May 5
• Brass Finishers in the 1800's
• Painting an aluminum boat - May 3
• Re-do nickel-lined copper cookware
• Can gold be reclaimed from old ceramic dishes with gold trim on the edges
• Decorative anodizing of titanium - April 25
• Oxidize copper without patinating solution - April 25
• How to do Gold Plating of Vinyl Records
• Problems and solutions in copper electroforming19
• Dishwasher ruined shiny aluminum -- How to fix it? - April 19
• Restoring the yellow dichromate finish on automobile carburetors
• UV light is tarnishing silver?14
• Remove copper-nickel cladding from copper core coins?
• Clear Coating Stainless Steel? - April 13
• Silver polish (Tarn-X) stained my stainless steel sink
• Copper plating steel in home shop - April 9
• How to Make Aluminum Corrode / Patina?4
• Theda Sterling Silver Medals, Crosses, & Jewelry
• Copper-plating of leaves and bark - April 1
• Remove Teflon coating from pot with oven's self-cleaning temperature? - March 31
• What kind of finish is on my grill? Thanks! Resolved :-) - March 28
• Grout cleaner stains on my stainless steel fridge!
• Cold galvanising over black oxide or solid rust Thanks! Resolved :-) - March 23
• Want to plate nickel silver watch dials RFQ: London, England - March 21
• Allergic to black rhodium - March 20
• How to remove epoxy from stainless steel floor
• Decorative painting of a metal mailbox
• Gold leaf for ornate bronze lamp? - March 10
• Want my stainless steel table brushed or dulled down RFQ Philadelphia - March 8
• Clear coat sealer for cast iron bird bath - March 5
• Cleaning/restoring vintage tin humpback trunk
• Making black watch dials brown
• Silver Pennies - March 2
• Artist Anodizing of Aluminum - March 1
• Cleaning Dirilyte Gold-tone Flatware Thanks! Resolved :-) - February 23
• Corten Rusted Steel -- Q&A, Applications, Problems
• Why would yellow gold turn silver? - February 18
• Is Rit Dye Effective for Anodizing? - February 18
• Copper/Aluminum interaction and galvanic/hydrolysis problems
• Need replating of dark brass coffee table RFQ Miami FL (February 15)
• Medallion Liquid Gold electroless (replacement-catalytic) product
• Need fiberglass and resin mask gold plated RFQ Kansas City MO (February 15)
• "Rainbowing" and "Bluing" of Stainless Steel (February 11)
• Recipe for red patina on brass & copper (February 10)
• Restore brass doorknobs, ashtrays, etc. (February 10)
• How to Strip nickel plating from iron or steel (February 10)