kenny
i replated a copper pipe that i had plated before with nickel. i replated it with copper and then plated it with nickel i also added 10 pictures of the step by step process at my web site that might help you out . the last 10 pictures are the ones i did today with a description at the bottom of each one. my web space wont let me add a lot of text with each picture but im sure the pictures will make it clear anyway.
http://home.comcast.net/~jhodges87/wsb/index.html