"Dirty" Anodes affecting plating

[waylonh]

I have the Copy Chrome setup. I have successfully plated every item i have attempted. However, now that I have plated 10-15 items my anodes are either dirty, or corroded. The first 3-4 items plated great, and looked "show" quality right out of the bath, now parts come out of the dip looking dirty or hazy. I can polish these dirty parts to a shine, but I don't know if it a bare metal shine or a copy chrome shine.


I have noticed that If i scrub the anodes before plating it helps, but this is becoming more of a chore than actually polishing the parts! I don't want to have to polish my parts and my anodes before each plate. IE: "the cleaner the anodes, the less work after the plate"


HOW DO I KEEP THESE ANODES FROM GETTING SO DINGY.
Please help!

[waylonh]

Not everyone chime in at once.

[fly]

Whick anode is it, the only one that I know would give you trouble would be the lead. I haven't tried it yet but they say in the caswell manual on page 11 is a coating you can use on the lead plates to stop the build up. If that is what it is let me know if it works.