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I've looked at some recommended places Caswellplating.com and Antique Phonograph supply Co. But Caswell you can't buy it unless you buy the $300.00 plating set and APSco. Doesn't even sell it, so I don't even know why people recommended it....I'm trying to do some nickle plating but i need the Ammonium Sulfate, so does anyone know where I can get some?

I did a search and found several places selling it as a fertilizer.

I saw that but I wasn't sure if they added extra something something to it to help it as fertilizer which, would be an impurity in the electrolyte bath.

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I looked into doing some plating of my own a few months ago. Decided against it. Here is one possible source. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Cerium-IV-Ammon ... 35c1d7baa4

Good Luck!

Matt

You could try looking for local jewelry supply stores. It's been about 10 years, but I found Nickel plating solution for about $10 a quart at one.

Hi, I tried doing some a while ago and it didn't work very well, you may have more luck. I got my Ammonium Sulphate from Ebay. Gordon.

I know this is not an answer to your question, but if you want to do nickel plating, why not just buy nickel plating solution? I bought some from a jewelery supply house and it works well.
Dave D

There isn't a jewelry store in our town! So I wish I could take that route. The closets jewelry store is like 40 miles away. So I can only do Ebay

Many garden shops handle it in small boxes.It will say ammonium sulphate on the box
label.