Hi all,
I suppose that since this is a restoration related forum questions on the aspects of restoration should be considered on-topic so hereby a question about zinc plating.
What is the best preparation before metal is plated?
I've just bought all the needed bits for zinc plating (salts, anodes, adapter, preparation salts, wiring, clips, etc.) and setup the set. But when I try it out with a piece of scrape metal the zinc don't seem to attach evenly over the service and also turns dull dark gray. I've slightly polished the metal before I started the plating process and degreased and prepared it with some special salts which was provided with the set. I made sure the used voltage is not to high (1,5 volts for appr 4 square inches of metal) and allowed it 1 full night (12 hours) to plate. After plating I rinsed it of with water and fixate it with another supplied fluid.
Any additional tips and recommendations out there to get a perfeclty even and shiny zinc layer on my experiments (before I throw in the real Corvette stuff) ?
greetings,
Rob.
I suppose that since this is a restoration related forum questions on the aspects of restoration should be considered on-topic so hereby a question about zinc plating.
What is the best preparation before metal is plated?
I've just bought all the needed bits for zinc plating (salts, anodes, adapter, preparation salts, wiring, clips, etc.) and setup the set. But when I try it out with a piece of scrape metal the zinc don't seem to attach evenly over the service and also turns dull dark gray. I've slightly polished the metal before I started the plating process and degreased and prepared it with some special salts which was provided with the set. I made sure the used voltage is not to high (1,5 volts for appr 4 square inches of metal) and allowed it 1 full night (12 hours) to plate. After plating I rinsed it of with water and fixate it with another supplied fluid.
Any additional tips and recommendations out there to get a perfeclty even and shiny zinc layer on my experiments (before I throw in the real Corvette stuff) ?
greetings,
Rob.
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