Tool Restoration with How To DIY Nickel Plating at Home
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- Опубліковано 9 бер 2020
- DIY your own Nickel Plating at home with this How To video and instructions! Here are some of the things you'll need:
Battery Charger: amzn.to/38F8owa
Nickel Strips: amzn.to/2vIOCCN
White Vinegar: amzn.to/2TK4cFS
Household Salt: amzn.to/2IBEfmI
Glass Container: amzn.to/2PWSRRS
Metal Polish: amzn.to/2wGjfbV
Directions:
-You'll first start by adding your white vinegar and your salt to a glass or plastic container. Measurements don't need to be exact, about 1/8 cup of salt to one gallon of vinegar will do.
-Next you will add you pure nickel strips. It's best to bend them slightly so they will hang on to the edge of your container. If not, secure them in some way that they will not fall or touch each other. Once the strips are in place connect the positive and negative leads from the battery charger. At this point it does not matter which lead goes where, as long as you have a lead on each strip and they are not touching. just make sure that the clamps of your charger are not submerged in the solution, or they will dissolve.
-Your nickel acetate is beginning to form, this will take about 12 hours in a safe, well ventilated area.
-You will know your nickel acetate is ready when it is a rich emerald green color and a lot of the nickel strip on your positive lead (the red one) will be dissolved.
-Attach the part to be plated onto a wire that will suspend it in the solution. A copper wire will work well, but an uncoated wire clothes hanger will do the trick too.
-Attach your positive lead (the red one) to the nickel strip you have left that did not dissolve, and place it in the solution. Make sure the clamp is not in the solution or it will dissolve.
-Attach the negative lead (the black one) to the wire that your part is suspended from. Just make sure it is suspended in a way that it will not fall.
-Once your battery charger is connected to a power source, bubbles should begin to form on your part that you are plating.
-The plating process will take approximately 30 minutes.
-Once your part is plated, remove it and dry it off. It will appear just slightly tarnished, but a quick polish will shine it right up!!
-The best part is; the solution you just made can be reused, in fact it will get better the more you use it. Just put the lid on the container and store it in a safe place away from pets and children.
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The best part of your presentation is the fact that you are someone who cares enough about his tools to take proper care of them. Best wishes and stay healthy.
I love when he shows the sandblaster and you hear the kids cheers. I love that, makes me want to go play with my tools, lol 😆😋
Those kids cheering always make me smile...
Me too,as i get older there is less to cheer about.
@@stevenmontague841 I know how you feel, Steve! 😢
Not nickel-related, but wanted to say that I actually have one of those tools (mine is red, too)! It was my dad’s and I’ve never seen another one like it. How lovely to see what it may have looked like when it was new. 🙂
Absolutely brilliant... Thanks for the lesson!
Blowing my mind with ideas for projects! Thanks!
that´s the first time I have seen the instructions in detail, thank you for the video, very nice work!
Thanks for the knowledge on how to Nickel-plate things !!!!!!!!!!!
Wow, Great job, TRG! One of these days i'm gonna have to try nickel plating!
Can't get enough o' dem kids and the media blaster! TOO COOL!
Great work never new how to do that brilliant thanks
Nicely done, sir. $2 yard sale fits with tools very well now.
WOW! So COOL!!! Excellent presentation.
Thanks for such an amazing video!
Can you do dime plating? Or does it cost twice as much?
Great video. I particularly liked the plating.
Very good restoration job. Thanks for the helpful video!👍🔧
Great job, I really like that socket set.
Brilliant job there bud
Great resto, and very informative video. 👍👍👍
Greatly Improved 👍😎👍
Really nice restoration!!!!
There is some good satisfaction about restoring a item.. Nice Work.. Peace
Great video thanks for the brilliant info.
Nice video! You did some great work!
I ALWAYS chuckle with the kid's voices cheering! 😁
Very cool. I have this same set in just about the same unrestored shape.
Amazing drawers...
Cool tool!
Simple! très bon vidéo
Pretty cool bro
Nice job .
Hi TRG 👋👋👋 awesome restoration tool👍👍👍💣👌🏽✌🏻
Good job
Very nice
Awesome video.
Greetings,, Kitty.
I have the smaller set. Green case. Great job
Excellent job..they look like new..My dad had a socket set just like that..he bought them from western auto back in the 60's..he left them at the junk yard..he was in a hurry..oops..
Nice one, very nifty.
Thanks!
Отличная работа👍
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Q genio👍👍👍
Kids still cracks me up right before blasting
For how long do you leave the sockets in the crushed corn cob vibrating bowl?
Normally minimum one nut is missing...
Greetings from Germany 🧡🧡🧡
And not one comment on that beautiful toolbox and drawer of tools to keep his new tool company. Well here you go.
Was you able to determine the tool manufacture?
I have the miniature set in same condition. Not sure if its rare or not.
If you left that nickel strip in, would the solution become more concentrated, or would it just max out at some point?
it maxes out
What is the painting process of the tray?
Why do I have black particles forming in the liquid?
What is the difference between this method and using Nickel Sulphate?
Three different techniques in one video!!!
It is not working :D It's alive! It's alive :) greetings from Poland :)
hi, great job ! what is the machine you use at 2:10 plz ?
Thanks! It's a Vibratory Tumbler.
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Damn fine job, but the prettiest sight was at 8:37.
"Vernie Clark" channel steal this video.
made in USA!
I have one of those but in better shape!
The amount of salt is not so critical. I use only a teaspoon of salt and it works really fine.
Vinegar is pretty ionized as it is. The salt is just added to increase the conductivity of the fluid to electrical current.
@2:30 What kinda BS move was that?
Aw, man, no, everything about this says you're punking your audience.
How do you figure?
🤨
@@TRGRESTORATIONS There's nothing to this, no assembly needed, no moving parts, nothing requiring skill at all. It's like paying to go watch a professional magician only to find out all they do is the coin behind the ear trick.
This is only disapppointing because I like your stuff.
@@Belzediel there's moving parts. The nickel migrated off the strip through the solution onto the sockets. So it moved.