Re: Too much brightner?
I've been told the bath lasts forever (within reason) but anything I try to plate just turns out dark grey, even with miniscule amounts of power. I put a small bolt in there calculated at roughly .5 sq in at 50ma and it just turned grey. Turning down the power didn't change anything and turning it up just frothed the electrolyte with nearly the same only burnt plate. I assume it's too much brightner but I have no way to verify..
Last night I hooked up a copper tube to "plate out" what I saw as a problem. Ran it for a couple hours. The plate was grey/black and grainy. I had the current perfectly set for the sq in calculated so I know it isn't too much power. I think I'm just going to buy another batch of electrolyte because I'm up against a deadline.
Do the annodes ever go bad? How long can you use them for?
Ken-
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