Bill,
Man your piece looks nice. There has to be some fatal flaw in what I am doing for it to come out so bad. I just dropped it in the bath, and I think I did it right but we will find out. I have a question about preparing the anodes before you put them in, and when you take them out. Before I put them in the first time, I put them in the degreaser and cleaned them. When I took them out after plating, I rinsed them off with distilled water and wrapped them in the little bandages that came. When I went to put them back in just now, I put them in the degreaser again (just in case there was **** on there from last night) and rinsed them with distilled water again before dropping them in. Let me know if that is correct, and what is the purpose of the bandages. Also, if there is contaminate in the solution, can I used one of the plates as an anode, and the other plate as a cathode, then turn it on for a few minutes. I figured after that I would take the cathode plate out and clean it thoroughly. Let me know if that makes a difference.
thanks again,
Kenny
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