Nickel plating to brittle

[Eddy]

Can the nickel plating bath be change slightly to make it non brittle. I am not worried about the finish.
Or is there another plating I could use that would take lots of heat and be non brittle?

[bhhodges]

the nickel plating should be a permenant bond so if you are seeing flaking or peeling the only 2 things i can come up with are either surface prep or plating with too many amps. i havent tried to heat anything i have plated but since you brought it up im gonna place something in an oven to around 500 degress just to see what happens----


bill

[Eddy]

Sorry I should have told you I am plating on fiberglass and removing it afterwards to have a nickel shell

[bhhodges]

hmmm, sounds intresting , id like to see some results when your finished.


bill

[Eddy]

It works well, but too brittle, I need a softer nickel plating.

[bhhodges]

have you thought about using a wax mold and then just melting the wax away after plating??


bill

[mcaswell]

I'd suggest you spell out exactly what you are trying to achieve here.

"lots of heat" and "non brittle" are rather vague statements.