[bhhodges]

whatever base your plating too dosent really matter except for maybe potmetal. what has improved my copper and nickel plating by far is proper cleaning of the base without a doubt. i use electrocleaner in a stainless steel stock pot with the stock pot being the anode and this way i can clean each item i plate 360 degrees all the way around instead of maybe an anode in the front and back or whatever. since i changed to doing this i never have falied a water breat test ever. have i had bad results in the plating tank?? i sure have---but not that many ----and the ones i have had can be traced back to usually to much voltage or amperage while plating, so dont blame a new batch of plating solution, my opinion would be to look at proper prep and cleaning.

bill