Nickel plated my first phonograph part, a needle cup lid. Didn't do much surface prep, just cleaned off the gunk with PB Blaster and steel wool, polished it up a little, then washed it in dish soap and water.
The plating solution I made became contaminated with chromium from the alligator clip so it is a bit dark, still very happy with the result!
Cliff
Nickel Plated my First Part!
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Nickel Plated my First Part!
Cliff's Vintage Music Shoppe, Castle Rock, WA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIz_IpaVrW8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIz_IpaVrW8
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Re: Nickel Plated my First Part!
At least on the picture it looks age-appropriate, not like a shiny new nickel. Where did you get your plating solution and electrodes from?
Thanks for sharing
Andreas
Thanks for sharing
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Re: Nickel Plated my First Part!
Cliff,
I am not even remotely an expert, but from your photo the finished product looks very good.
I can imagine there may be a few people who are curious what you used for plating solution/electrodes.
Regards,
David
I am not even remotely an expert, but from your photo the finished product looks very good.
I can imagine there may be a few people who are curious what you used for plating solution/electrodes.
Regards,
David
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Re: Nickel Plated my First Part!
Add me to the list of those impressed. This is incredible.
What was the secret sauce, and what voltage?
What was the secret sauce, and what voltage?
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Re: Nickel Plated my First Part!
Secret sauce = distilled white vinegar with some salt added to increase conductivity. To create the anodizing solution, I used 22.5 volts dc from my battery eliminator and ran current between 2 nickel anodes suspended in the vinegar. When the vinegar turned green, I replaced the nickel anode on the negative side with the needle cup lid and let it cook at 4.5 volts for about 2 hours, with the positive side still connected to a nickel anode. All this in a 1 quart bowl. I've got a 2 gallon glass jar coming soon to plate bigger parts. Also, gotta spend more time preparing the surface of the piece to be plated to get a 'new' looking piece.VanEpsFan1914 wrote:Add me to the list of those impressed. This is incredible.
What was the secret sauce, and what voltage?
It was as simple as it sounds. Look on YouTube for DIY NICKEL PLATING.
Cliff's Vintage Music Shoppe, Castle Rock, WA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIz_IpaVrW8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIz_IpaVrW8
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Re: Nickel Plated my First Part!
Thanks for the "recipe!" I haven't made a strong enough acetate solution and that's why mine takes forever.
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Re: Nickel Plated my First Part!
Nice job!
I followed the same YouTube route as you did. I use an old charger with 12v 1 amp output. Small parts are plated in 30-60 seconds. This ring took about 90 seconds.
It is so much easier than I expected, so i replated almost everything.
I followed the same YouTube route as you did. I use an old charger with 12v 1 amp output. Small parts are plated in 30-60 seconds. This ring took about 90 seconds.
It is so much easier than I expected, so i replated almost everything.