Your part spinner is an awesome solution to getting an even metal plating. I found something over the Christmas season for people who rather buy something: Christmas tree ornament spinners! There's a few different types and some have multiple spinners per cord.
This is a great idea! I already bought all the chemicals etc. and want to start with the process sometime soon. I want to use it as a tool and not for tinkering. Therefore, I will buy the spinners. Thank you very much!
I've been plating for years and while I use a bubbler as well as utilizing a temperature-controlled stirring station but I constantly inspect and turn my pieces around. I absolutely loved your idea of making a rotating cathode tool to keep your pieces also in constant motion that would help prevent one side of plating being closer to the anode than other areas of the plated item. I definitely need to DIY something up for that soon. Thanks for the idea (earned a subscribe here).
It tried bubbling but my electrolyte forms a lot of foam while doing this. I guess it comes from the brightner, not sure. Turning and stirring improves the surface quality a lot. I‘ll now investigate in better anodes as you said.
@@SAMEDOKAWA I'm actually getting ready to post a helpful tip on my channel as well you guys may want to try. Instead of the tumbler that may be a bit rough on the plating, when you have applied for example an extra thick layer for your customer or maybe left your plated item too close to the anode where it can turn gold a dark brown, silver a bright white, or copper can go black on you, an easy fix rather than the tumbler is to use baking soda with a little water and a drop of dishwashing soap in the palm of your hand and lightly rub it on your burned or overly plated item. You'll probably be amazed how brilliant bright your item will come out with just that alone in only seconds (not hours). I sometimes use a toothbrush or for deep pourous jewelry an aggitating toothbrush with baking soda. I'm not sure of anyone else doing this, I just thought it made sense many years ago and it works really good. Further, if you for example blacken your copper you probably know anything after that like gold would allow the dark shade show through but this little hack will make it so bright that you'll be able to apply your next layer whether it be a base, barrier, or final layer without any shading issues. Hope that helps and thank you again for your tips to Hindrick here, I'm exited about 3-D printing up a spinning DIY turnstile like he made 👍
First of all, thanks for this perfect tutorial! I have a question, for the diy conductive paint you use pure acetone or the one used for nails (not pure acetone)? Could I use something else like isopropyl alcohol? In Brazil is realy hard to find pure acetone.
Really amazing. Every time i watch one of your video about electroplating, I daydream about doing it myself, but then I remember that other than 3D printer I haven't the right equipments.. yet
Sir, can you give a strength test of electoplating product, compare with same metal bar, with same size and dimension. For example copper plate from electroplating and copper plate from casting, or from press.
man you always seem to have something new to add to the process, love your work makes me glad i have ben working on my brush plating/ pen plating stuff.
Amazing video, another perfect guide to creating some brilliant finishes. Thank you for putting such a detailed list of resources in your video description also it’s a great help. Would love to see what results you would get if you did multi material plating on a single print - like a miniature or jewellery piece which has a silver base and copper/gold highlighted features for example. Keep up the amazing work and can’t wait for your next video!
Very well done and well worth the wait. Thanks Hendrik! I'm trying different graphite paint recipes at the moment. I tried different kinds of binders available in Germany as did you. So far i had best results with indian ink, graphite plus a tiny bit of different binders. Haven't tried super glue and acetone yet. Did you find super glue gives a more durable paint cover? I'm mixing up a batch as i write this
Hey Hendrik habe mit Nassschliff bei Resin Drucken die beste Erfahrung gemacht. Trockenschliff setzt das Papier bei feiner Körnung zu schnell zu. Am besten Schleifpapier mit Textilträger. Die gibt's oft in 600-1500er Körnung. geht auch per Hand. danke für den coolen content.
I’ve been following you for months, and I’ve to say your content it’s excellent! I’ve a question, How resistant to daily use wear and pressure against other surfaces for example steering wheels could the rings be? Will they break or have dents? By the way, happy new year 🎆
I am always interested in your videos. They are great. Do you know how to get a „brushed aluminum“ appearance? Would be very interesting - since you said it should be polished.
Great tutorial, thanks! I had been waiting for this one. How do you apply and polish the graphite coating on parts with inaccessible interiors like the double pyramid pieces?
I've been waiting for this video for a month and it was well worth the wait! Thank you so much for those detailed tutorials, you inspired me to do 3d printing and electroplating for jewelry. I'm super excited to give it a try soon now that your video came out! I was wondering what kind of resin you are using? I saw online that some people were saying that we should use biocompatible resins to do jewelry, as normal resin are only 'touch safe', but they are usually way more expensive than usual resin. I’m guessing the electroplated layer would dramatically reduce any potential resin leaching onto the skin, but I’d still prefer to stay on the safer side. What would be your opinion on resins for rings meant to be worn every day?
Good to hear! I actually have no long term experience in jewelry and resins but it will not diffuse through the metal for sure. Don’t use nickel, this is much more critical. Thank you!
I started electroplating ~10d ago thanks to your videos and reached my 1st mirror effect yesterday. I’m grateful for the time you spend making this content. Can't wait to get a tumbler myself ahah. Where do you find yours ? Amazon ? Thank you so much ✨✨
*Question regarding putting a coffee filter over your copper anode...* Why would you do this? I use a 99.9% pure copper anode and find it beneficial to allow the pure copper to transfer from the anode to the plated item which gives my copper solution a lot more longevity by doing so. In the process, I've never experienced any issue with contamination or debris markings that I would find useful in needing a coffee filter. Maybe this is just a matter of preference but I'm just curious.
Excellent question! I don’t use phosphorus added copper anodes but sometimes some from the hardware store. So I get some sludge. It’s not as bad, as it seems to be a very pure copper but still I have that issue. Not so bad, so I still use it. 😃
Man i love ur videos and i’m really excited to start since i’m into 3D printing since 2016. Do u have any advice where to buy elecrolites? Here in italy they seems impossible to find
Revisa sus anteriores videos, en uno de ellos explica cómo fabricarlo, sin embargo utiliza productos disponibles solo en Alemania, dependiendo el país en que te encuentres, tendrás que ocupar diferentes compuestos.
HELP! Day 6 of trying to even get a single item electroplated. The Paint just is not conductive I think. I'm using the exact same copper paint from the same company.
Bro built a channel around electroplating. Respect.
Not surprised electroplating is very interesting
Your part spinner is an awesome solution to getting an even metal plating. I found something over the Christmas season for people who rather buy something:
Christmas tree ornament spinners! There's a few different types and some have multiple spinners per cord.
This is a great idea! I already bought all the chemicals etc. and want to start with the process sometime soon. I want to use it as a tool and not for tinkering. Therefore, I will buy the spinners. Thank you very much!
I've been plating for years and while I use a bubbler as well as utilizing a temperature-controlled stirring station but I constantly inspect and turn my pieces around. I absolutely loved your idea of making a rotating cathode tool to keep your pieces also in constant motion that would help prevent one side of plating being closer to the anode than other areas of the plated item. I definitely need to DIY something up for that soon. Thanks for the idea (earned a subscribe here).
It tried bubbling but my electrolyte forms a lot of foam while doing this. I guess it comes from the brightner, not sure. Turning and stirring improves the surface quality a lot. I‘ll now investigate in better anodes as you said.
@@hen3drik Moin!. What brightner do use?
@@SAMEDOKAWA I'm actually getting ready to post a helpful tip on my channel as well you guys may want to try. Instead of the tumbler that may be a bit rough on the plating, when you have applied for example an extra thick layer for your customer or maybe left your plated item too close to the anode where it can turn gold a dark brown, silver a bright white, or copper can go black on you, an easy fix rather than the tumbler is to use baking soda with a little water and a drop of dishwashing soap in the palm of your hand and lightly rub it on your burned or overly plated item. You'll probably be amazed how brilliant bright your item will come out with just that alone in only seconds (not hours). I sometimes use a toothbrush or for deep pourous jewelry an aggitating toothbrush with baking soda. I'm not sure of anyone else doing this, I just thought it made sense many years ago and it works really good. Further, if you for example blacken your copper you probably know anything after that like gold would allow the dark shade show through but this little hack will make it so bright that you'll be able to apply your next layer whether it be a base, barrier, or final layer without any shading issues. Hope that helps and thank you again for your tips to Hindrick here, I'm exited about 3-D printing up a spinning DIY turnstile like he made 👍
@@hen3drik Hey Hendrick, props on making such a professional-looking video here. I wish my videos looked this good 😎
I was waiting for this tutorial, thank you!
I can't believe the quality and clarity of these videos. Superb stuff.
Thank you so much.
Truly amazing, my benchy boat from SMRRF 2023 is still in incredible condition
😃
Great tutorial. Best I have seen yet.
First of all, thanks for this perfect tutorial! I have a question, for the diy conductive paint you use pure acetone or the one used for nails (not pure acetone)? Could I use something else like isopropyl alcohol?
In Brazil is realy hard to find pure acetone.
Really amazing. Every time i watch one of your video about electroplating, I daydream about doing it myself, but then I remember that other than 3D printer I haven't the right equipments.. yet
…yet 😃
Sir, can you give a strength test of electoplating product, compare with same metal bar, with same size and dimension.
For example copper plate from electroplating and copper plate from casting, or from press.
man you always seem to have something new to add to the process, love your work makes me glad i have ben working on my brush plating/ pen plating stuff.
I try hard 🙂
Amazing video, another perfect guide to creating some brilliant finishes. Thank you for putting such a detailed list of resources in your video description also it’s a great help. Would love to see what results you would get if you did multi material plating on a single print - like a miniature or jewellery piece which has a silver base and copper/gold highlighted features for example. Keep up the amazing work and can’t wait for your next video!
You are right, I haven’t done multi metal plating. I will correct that, thank you for your nice words!
Very well done and well worth the wait. Thanks Hendrik! I'm trying different graphite paint recipes at the moment. I tried different kinds of binders available in Germany as did you. So far i had best results with indian ink, graphite plus a tiny bit of different binders. Haven't tried super glue and acetone yet. Did you find super glue gives a more durable paint cover? I'm mixing up a batch as i write this
Excellent video!
You make it look easy :-)
I know 🙈. I’m sorry!
Nice work!
Hey Hendrik habe mit Nassschliff bei Resin Drucken die beste Erfahrung gemacht. Trockenschliff setzt das Papier bei feiner Körnung zu schnell zu. Am besten Schleifpapier mit Textilträger. Die gibt's oft in 600-1500er Körnung.
geht auch per Hand. danke für den coolen content.
Very cool, had no idea
love your videos. you might want to add a bit on how to calculate the amps required though
Yes, I skipped it this time. Some day I’ll do a 110% all-in-one fullFULL tutorial 😅
I would love to see the effects on strength/rigidity for functional parts.
Awesome! I will try the new formula of graphite paint since mine didn't work
Would the acetone be incompatible with ABS prints and better used with PVB smoother with alcohol vapor? Love the content!
What tumbler do you use for the polishing?
Anyway great tutorial as always.
I use a lortone, but any other would probably work as well
I’ve been following you for months, and I’ve to say your content it’s excellent!
I’ve a question, How resistant to daily use wear and pressure against other surfaces for example steering wheels could the rings be?
Will they break or have dents?
By the way, happy new year 🎆
Oooohhh I gotta try this sometime.
Id like to see their wear factor, maybe put them in the tumbler with different objects...
I am always interested in your videos. They are great. Do you know how to get a „brushed aluminum“ appearance? Would be very interesting - since you said it should be polished.
you are awesome
Great tutorial, thanks! I had been waiting for this one. How do you apply and polish the graphite coating on parts with inaccessible interiors like the double pyramid pieces?
Good question.
Would mechanical polishing with the cylinder be possible in this part of the process?
Thank you.
Tumbler + coarse walnut grain
I've been waiting for this video for a month and it was well worth the wait! Thank you so much for those detailed tutorials, you inspired me to do 3d printing and electroplating for jewelry. I'm super excited to give it a try soon now that your video came out!
I was wondering what kind of resin you are using? I saw online that some people were saying that we should use biocompatible resins to do jewelry, as normal resin are only 'touch safe', but they are usually way more expensive than usual resin. I’m guessing the electroplated layer would dramatically reduce any potential resin leaching onto the skin, but I’d still prefer to stay on the safer side. What would be your opinion on resins for rings meant to be worn every day?
Good to hear! I actually have no long term experience in jewelry and resins but it will not diffuse through the metal for sure. Don’t use nickel, this is much more critical. Thank you!
I started electroplating ~10d ago thanks to your videos and reached my 1st mirror effect yesterday. I’m grateful for the time you spend making this content. Can't wait to get a tumbler myself ahah. Where do you find yours ? Amazon ? Thank you so much ✨✨
Congrats, I got it at a time where these were hard to find. Just buy any tumbler :-)
Sort of makes me wonder if new materials like carbon fiber impregnated filaments could work well enough to skip the conductive primer layer.
That's a cool quotation, would love to see some testing of this in future videos
*Question regarding putting a coffee filter over your copper anode...*
Why would you do this? I use a 99.9% pure copper anode and find it beneficial to allow the pure copper to transfer from the anode to the plated item which gives my copper solution a lot more longevity by doing so. In the process, I've never experienced any issue with contamination or debris markings that I would find useful in needing a coffee filter.
Maybe this is just a matter of preference but I'm just curious.
Excellent question! I don’t use phosphorus added copper anodes but sometimes some from the hardware store. So I get some sludge. It’s not as bad, as it seems to be a very pure copper but still I have that issue. Not so bad, so I still use it. 😃
Super geil! :D Gibt es eigentlich Firmen die sowas als Dienstleistung anbieten?
Ich bin mir nicht sicher. Ich vermute dass es sich für die meisten Dienstleister nicht lohnen würde.
Man i love ur videos and i’m really excited to start since i’m into 3D printing since 2016. Do u have any advice where to buy elecrolites? Here in italy they seems impossible to find
Do you need to add a brightener over time to your electrolyte solution?
What type of superglue you use for your recipe?
That damage on the jewelry from the tumbler is probably due to it rubbing against other jewelry, not the process or the grinds itself.
make a strength test video plz
I'm wondering how strong the item become with such metal plating
Are the polishing stones in the tumbler reusable after mixing them with water and the polishing compounds?
Yes, just rinse it.
How can you determine the thickness of the layers base on the time spend in the bath?
I do calculations on the deposition rate from time to time and sometimes I just ripp off the metal and measure it to make sure I’m correct 🙈
I may have missed it, but how do you find the surface area of a part?
Could you do video of electroplating figuring like Dungeon and Dragons miniatures 😁
Do you have a discord for questions?
1:23 yes!! no one wants to get an acrylate allergy, wear protection 🫡🫡🫡
Can you recycle the electrolytes?
filter them?
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Exactly. Over an over.
I really want to try that too, but electroplating is not the cheapest hobby :D
Start small. Scale as needed. 🙂
What Anode you use 0.3 0.5 0.8 1 did thats change something like reussbility and how much copper liquid do you have 5l or more ?
Very cool and clear to understand. But when about gold and silver... not so clear... anyway Thank you a lot
I‘ll improve 🙂
Como hace la tinta de grafito?
Revisa sus anteriores videos, en uno de ellos explica cómo fabricarlo, sin embargo utiliza productos disponibles solo en Alemania, dependiendo el país en que te encuentres, tendrás que ocupar diferentes compuestos.
HELP! Day 6 of trying to even get a single item electroplated. The Paint just is not conductive I think. I'm using the exact same copper paint from the same company.
In English, ceramic is pronounced starting with an S sound, not a K sound.
Thick german accent😂