Copy Cad crystal life

[kenrinc]

I've got a couple 2gal buckets full of Copy cad solution from a project a couple years ago. Haven't used it and most of moisture evaporated leaving crystals at the bottom. I just toped them up with distilled water recently hoping that I could possibly reuse them for another project I'm working on. Is this possible? If so anything I should know? I'd be curious if there was a quick way to test the solution to make sure it's at the proper concentrations. I'm going to go ahead and try plating something but it would be nice to know if it's possible to test.

Thanks

Ken

[KCV6]

Should be fine,

Add distilled water to correct level and heat to operating temperature. turn on agitation and leave for several hours. stirr occasionally with a clean plastic or wooden stick. once everything is disolved, filter through cloth filter into clean buckets. Then filter back into tank.

I would plate a couple of corrogated steel sheets (small) or even a couple of flat sheets just to re-season (my term) the solution.

cheers... Mark