Great video. Thanks for making it. Would also like to see a video with only the correct formula. But it's good to see the mistakes to. Judging from what I see it looks like you have a solid electroplating on your items. Also I like the idea that you are trying with safer to use chemicals. I did electroplating years ago and it was an arsenic based solution which I bought from a company , nasty stuff. So I am also looking around at videos for safer products. Thanks again
Thank you so much! It’s a great idea. I think I will research a bit more on the brightening and passivation steps and then share a full step by step guide. Thanks again for your support! 🥰 It encourages me to keep sharing more helpful content💪
Thanks for uploading! Very informative video. I have heard that TIN is an old world go-to for brightening nickel plate solutions, perhaps it is worth a test on zinc.
Hi. I am little bit late, because it is one year gone all ready from publishing this video. But I will say this anyway. I found up, that good zinc plating is always alcalic. Yes, it can be done with vinegar, but it is not that good results. But sodium hydroxide works just fine! And there is no need of any zinc salts. I just used 2 zinc anodes/catodes and add some electric to those. I used at firs 10 ampers lika an half an hour, so oxides goes away. Then dropped ampers to abaut half of that, so something like 5 ampers. And let it just do its job. It takes time many hours. At least for me, it took propably abaut 5-8 hours. And thats it. Then just do as always, put some zinc anode and item what want to plate and thats it. No salts, no acids, no nothing, but metallic zinc and sodium hydroxid. Ps. It took very long time for me to get enaugh zinc to the solution. Do not know why, but it gets working after several hours. I tried it after couple of hours and it did not work. Then waiting and solving zinc and at the end it did work just grat! Result is just like from factory. Shiny and nice silver color plating. And PPS. Do not use very much amperes at the plating. I found out, that lover the amperes, better the result. Example: for item size of 2 euro coin, I used 50-250mA current. Lover is better, at least on my experiments. And Extra ps. For copper it works exactly the same system, but only use copper instead of zinc. So, no acids, no salts etc. Only copper and alkalic solutions. For some reason almost every video on youtube, they use acids!?!? And it kind of works.. but result is dark and not very good at all.. Alcalic solutions are just better for zinc and copper. PPPPS. After doing first layer of copper at alcalic solution. Then it is ok to make next layer of copper at acid solution. And why so? Because then it is possible to make it faster. And second layer of copper will attatch ok good on the first layer of copper. I havent tried yet acid copper plating on alcalic copper plating. But I will on near future. Good luck for you on your platings! And thanks for the video!
search for two videos: DIY Bright Zinc Plating and DIY Bright Alkaline Zinc Electroplating. Here in Brazil I didn't find these or similar products, I would like to discover something alternative to replace the brightners used in these videos.
If they show a branded product, search that name in google and add MSDS, you should look for a SAFETY DATA SHEET in which there are always a good bit of information about what kind of chemicals are used in the product.
THE BRIGHTENER IS BASICALLY SUGAR. iT MAKES THE SURFACE CRYSTALS FORM SMALLER AND THEREFORE LOOKS BRIGHTER, OOPS Caps Lock! A tablespoon of ordinary white sugar in the electrolyte should do the job. I found that online, have not yet tried it myself.....
Great video. Thanks for making it. Would also like to see a video with only the correct formula. But it's good to see the mistakes to. Judging from what I see it looks like you have a solid electroplating on your items. Also I like the idea that you are trying with safer to use chemicals. I did electroplating years ago and it was an arsenic based solution which I bought from a company , nasty stuff. So I am also looking around at videos for safer products. Thanks again
Thank you so much! I will share a full correct process once I have a good brightener and pasivation formulas that I don't have yet. Hope you like it!
good job. i would make another video of the method that works in step by step version. thank you for sharing
Thank you so much! It’s a great idea. I think I will research a bit more on the brightening and passivation steps and then share a full step by step guide. Thanks again for your support! 🥰 It encourages me to keep sharing more helpful content💪
Thanks for uploading! Very informative video. I have heard that TIN is an old world go-to for brightening nickel plate solutions, perhaps it is worth a test on zinc.
Use pva or macrogol as primary brightness enhancer, additionally vanillin
I have yet to test it myself, but it seems that Vanilin can be used as a brightener.
Hi. I am little bit late, because it is one year gone all ready from publishing this video. But I will say this anyway. I found up, that good zinc plating is always alcalic. Yes, it can be done with vinegar, but it is not that good results. But sodium hydroxide works just fine! And there is no need of any zinc salts. I just used 2 zinc anodes/catodes and add some electric to those. I used at firs 10 ampers lika an half an hour, so oxides goes away. Then dropped ampers to abaut half of that, so something like 5 ampers. And let it just do its job. It takes time many hours. At least for me, it took propably abaut 5-8 hours. And thats it. Then just do as always, put some zinc anode and item what want to plate and thats it. No salts, no acids, no nothing, but metallic zinc and sodium hydroxid. Ps. It took very long time for me to get enaugh zinc to the solution. Do not know why, but it gets working after several hours. I tried it after couple of hours and it did not work. Then waiting and solving zinc and at the end it did work just grat! Result is just like from factory. Shiny and nice silver color plating. And PPS. Do not use very much amperes at the plating. I found out, that lover the amperes, better the result. Example: for item size of 2 euro coin, I used 50-250mA current. Lover is better, at least on my experiments. And Extra ps. For copper it works exactly the same system, but only use copper instead of zinc. So, no acids, no salts etc. Only copper and alkalic solutions. For some reason almost every video on youtube, they use acids!?!? And it kind of works.. but result is dark and not very good at all.. Alcalic solutions are just better for zinc and copper. PPPPS. After doing first layer of copper at alcalic solution. Then it is ok to make next layer of copper at acid solution. And why so? Because then it is possible to make it faster. And second layer of copper will attatch ok good on the first layer of copper. I havent tried yet acid copper plating on alcalic copper plating. But I will on near future. Good luck for you on your platings! And thanks for the video!
search for two videos: DIY Bright Zinc Plating and DIY Bright Alkaline Zinc Electroplating. Here in Brazil I didn't find these or similar products, I would like to discover something alternative to replace the brightners used in these videos.
If they show a branded product, search that name in google and add MSDS, you should look for a SAFETY DATA SHEET in which there are always a good bit of information about what kind of chemicals are used in the product.
THE BRIGHTENER IS BASICALLY SUGAR. iT MAKES THE SURFACE CRYSTALS FORM SMALLER AND THEREFORE LOOKS BRIGHTER, OOPS Caps Lock! A tablespoon of ordinary white sugar in the electrolyte should do the job. I found that online, have not yet tried it myself.....
QUAIS OS PRODUTOS DO BANHO ZINCO ACIDO?
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What is "chlorhydric acid"..?
Pretty sure it's Hydrochloric acid.
Brightening in 1% Nitric Acid for 1 to 2 seconds.
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