[ggerhardt]

Sean,

Thanks for your reply. I sort of hijacked this post as I was having similar problems to the original poster. I think you may have identified my problem, tho - I am not doing the acid rinse after the plating bath. This is the first I've heard that that was req'd, but that makes sense. I'm an analytical chemist, so, I won't have any problem getting nitric or sulfuric acid. I'll make some solutions up tomorrow and try it this weekend.

I'm just plating a part now to give you an idea what a typical part of mine looks like before and after plating. I'll post some pictures later this evening.

I was looking the pictures of your parts and noticed the basket you used with the screen in the bottom. Do you need to jiggle the parts every once in awhile so they don't get a screen imprint on them? That's exactly what I need as I've got a lot of odd shaped small parts that would not work well in a rotating drum.

Thanks again for your help.

Geoff