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Jimmyd
22nd December 2008, 06:56 PM
Hi All,

Anyone here any experience with DIY electro plating of any kind?? Zinc, Nickle etc

Jimbob

Bonzo
26th December 2008, 07:20 PM
Hi,

I have dabbled in the art of electro plating, got as far as the electro cleaning of parts & managed a little copper-plating :)

I have done a mountain of research, the 2 main obstacles to overcome appear to be finding a suitable power suply & obtaining some very hard to come by chemicals. :(
I also forgot the Health & saftey & enviromental regulations. A complete nightmare.

Multi stage electo plating for medium to large size parts has a very large initial outlay, cost wise that is.

For one off jobs it would probably be best to find a local electro platers.


Ronnie :)