I've plated copper on steel before, but it was just for kicks and it was so
long ago that I have no of durability, corrosion protection or life span
etc.
If there's two solutions, one is probably a solution that has zinc suspended
in it (in some type of acid). This isn't powdered zinc, it's zinc dissolved
in the acid, which is the real trick of it all -which acid and how strong of
a solution will do the job best (or at all).
The second solution may be a cleaning bath for after the plating, or a
solution to mix at some ration to get solution #1 to the right
concentration.
A third point: you can buy copper-copper sulphate (Cu+CuSO^4) at industrial
supply houses as a jar of blue crystals. This stuff dissolves in water and
can be used in a vinegar bath to plate steel.
A final point, and probably the most helpful:
Try this link [http://www.finishing.com/faqs/howworks.html]
-C.Mason
'58 apache 3200
>From: TOUCANMAN@aol.com
>Reply-To: TOUCANMAN@aol.com
>To: oletrucks@autox.team.net
>Subject: [oletrucks] cad or tin/zinc plating kit ?
>Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2003 10:11:38 EST
>
>hello, im interested in plating some nuts n bolts to make things look newer
>than rust........i have been considering the eastwood kit.but it looks like
>i
>have most of the parts already like a battery pack ,goggles,funnel,some
>alligator clips, a brush,zink strip,metal polishing compound ect...does
>someone know how to do this with out buying the kit....like does anyone
>know
>what the electrolyte solution is????these 2 solutions are the only thing i
>don't seem to already have....can anyone help out here???....any help would
>be appreciated.....thanks Steve
>53 GMC 228
>Ps i have a 6 ft long 3 inch wide strip of zink i was hoping to use as the
>anode. would this work?
>oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
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