Copper plate them now, heat with torch just lightly. Brass plating done. I do it to my suspension bolts, nuts etc. MOT testers always drop jaw when they bring car up.
Hi Mark, A really interesting video... I am very impressed with the finish that can be attained with extra preparation (wet & dry). Thanks for sharing. Take care Paul,,
will the parts get a better longer lasting zinc coating the longer they are left in the solution ? say you left them overnight in the solution rather then 20-30 minutes etc ?
The bad: Anything over an hour would cause undesired results. It would start plating uneven and eventually have a wrinkle finish. This would just be wasting the zinc and look like that wrinkle finish paint. The good: If you had a set of handles from a wrench or plyers you could plate it for 5 or 6 hours and you would have a awesome rust proof slip free grip on the handles.
Hi William, I wasn't too scientific and just threw in an amount, probably a couple of table spoons. The salt just helps with conductivity so it's not crucial. Good luck 👍
Just a warning from an old timer who has recently retired from 48 years in the Electrophoretic, Electroplating, Powder coating industry ,processing automotive and aerospace components. The gas that is given off during the 20 minutes of "plating", and I use that word loosely is Hydrogen. Very volatile if allowed to build up in enclosed or poor ventilated areas. A tiny spark, which could occur when disconnecting the power or moving the component while live could result in a loud bang at best or a tiny explosion at worst. Not a lover of these DIY plating videos tbh. My advice is to look up your local metal finish factory and take the parts to be properly plated. The parts shown here will cost a few pounds to process and will be a far superior quality to these which tbh will have hardly any plate on them and would not last a week outdoor use. One more thing if your thinking of a more prolonged plate time to increase the coverage /thickness, the parts could become brittle through Hydrogen Embrittlenent. In a commercial process any parts that are Safety critical go through a De-Ebrittlememt process whereby they are heated to over 200 deg for at least 4 hours to drive of any Hydrogen absorbed during the process. Important if the parts are used in steering or braking devices or load bearing parts. Sorry to be a bore, but as I say, not a fan of DIY plating videos and none of the above was mentioned by the poster. Cheers from the UK
Nice bit of stop motion
Copper plate them now, heat with torch just lightly. Brass plating done. I do it to my suspension bolts, nuts etc. MOT testers always drop jaw when they bring car up.
How about a long term report about how these held up over time??
Hi Mark,
A really interesting video... I am very impressed with the finish that can be attained with extra preparation (wet & dry). Thanks for sharing.
Take care
Paul,,
The degreaser is probably just caustic soda. Hydrochloric acid can be obtained from the builder's merchant - sold as mortar cleaner/remover.
It's called muriatic acid in Canada
@@jakefriesenjake caustic soda is NaOH (often found in drain cleaner), muriatic acid is HCl
@@KACPER050599 yes exactly
Hi Mark, nicely explained, even I could understand it! BobUK
Great result
very helpful video - thanks for posting - subbed.
Thanx for uploading such a useful video regarding electroplating... kindly confirm how long this vinegar n zinc mixture will last?
I don't think it goes off, but I don't really know.
will the parts get a better longer lasting zinc coating the longer they are left in the solution ? say you left them overnight in the solution rather then 20-30 minutes etc ?
The bad: Anything over an hour would cause undesired results. It would start plating uneven and eventually have a wrinkle finish. This would just be wasting the zinc and look like that wrinkle finish paint.
The good: If you had a set of handles from a wrench or plyers you could plate it for 5 or 6 hours and you would have a awesome rust proof slip free grip on the handles.
Hey Mark, can you let us know what the ratio of salt to white vinegar for your solution? Thanks.
Hi William, I wasn't too scientific and just threw in an amount, probably a couple of table spoons. The salt just helps with conductivity so it's not crucial. Good luck 👍
Hi Mate. What is the water / vinegar ratio?
How to achieve a bright finish without polishing?
you can get 10% HCL of ebay easy, 5l for less than 18gbp
would the 10% HCL replace the vinegar in the solution?
Or yellow pasavate from youplate
zinc electroplating plant Yahan per hai kya adress chahie
After the zinc you can dip in chrome
Chrome is over nickle not zinc
@@sinner3482
He means as a passivate, not a coating
@@quietman2672 Jinke electroplating ka kam chahie
zinc electroplating Ka Jawab chahie
Just a warning from an old timer who has recently retired from 48 years in the Electrophoretic, Electroplating, Powder coating industry ,processing automotive and aerospace components. The gas that is given off during the 20 minutes of "plating", and I use that word loosely is Hydrogen. Very volatile if allowed to build up in enclosed or poor ventilated areas. A tiny spark, which could occur when disconnecting the power or moving the component while live could result in a loud bang at best or a tiny explosion at worst.
Not a lover of these DIY plating videos tbh.
My advice is to look up your local metal finish factory and take the parts to be properly plated. The parts shown here will cost a few pounds to process and will be a far superior quality to these which tbh will have hardly any plate on them and would not last a week outdoor use.
One more thing if your thinking of a more prolonged plate time to increase the coverage /thickness, the parts could become brittle through Hydrogen Embrittlenent. In a commercial process any parts that are Safety critical go through a De-Ebrittlememt process whereby they are heated to over 200 deg for at least 4 hours to drive of any Hydrogen absorbed during the process. Important if the parts are used in steering or braking devices or load bearing parts.
Sorry to be a bore, but as I say, not a fan of DIY plating videos and none of the above was mentioned by the poster.
Cheers from the UK