Re: Many questions about brush plating over old nickel plating
Thank you CarWiz for your response.
From your response, just to be clear, are these the steps I take?
1. Remove parts
2. Polish the part to the finish you want it to look like after plating. The plating will conform to that finish. Scratches will show as well as pits or flaking. You can polish the part by hand or with a buffing wheel and polishing compounds.
3. Clean/scrub the part with a heated degreaser to remove all buffing compounds.
4. Follow with rinse in distilled water.
5. Clean the part with Acetone or Denatured Alcohol.
6. Then rinse the part again with distilled water.
7. Go to the acid bath for a soak for 2 minutes.
8. Rinse in distilled water.
9. Plate (Don't let the part dry out once it's activated.)
Can I use muratic acid for the acid bath?
Thank you again for the response.
|