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Originally Posted by KCV6
Hey Steve,
Did you clean the part and activate the copper after baking just prior to nickel plating?
You need to polish all the dark patches out of the baked copper surface and de-grease and then activate in 10% Hydroclauric acid to get a nice bright active copper surface before nickel plating.
All is not lost, just polish the part now and degrease and activate and re nickel plate
Cheers
Mark
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Hi Mark!
I started to sand the dark spots with 400 grit but I sanded and sanded and sanded and wasn't able to remove all of it. Maybe that's part of my problem?
In the 10% acid solution does it need to stay in there with agitation or just dipped in the solution? Is it then sprayed with distilled water then in the nickel bath?
BTW........how's your plating going on your end?
Steve