


I am very frustrated! Normally I am a very patient person, but I have been trying to plate for nearly 2 months with no success. My latest experiment goes something like this:
I have a steel rotor off of a Harley Davidson motorcycle. It is 12" in diameter with holes in it. I am figuring the surface area at 196 sq in. by calculating Pi(r*r)-holes. I have tried plating it in Flash Copper at 12 & 8 amps. Result both times: burnt plate, bubbled and easily peeled. So I removed all of that again and tried it at 4 amps. Result: not burnt but still bubbled and easily peeled. My parts are cleaned using a combination of ammonia, dish soap, and water, and unless I'm doing it wrong, they pass the waterbreak test. My tanks are a little on the cold side because I live in the NW and my garage isn't insulated, but even at 80 degrees the flash copper should work, right?
WHAT AM I DOING WRONG?!?!??! IS THERE AN EASIER WAY!?!?!?!?!? WHY ME??!?!?!?!?!?!?
I'm going to go to bed now

P.S. Does anyone have a cheat sheet with useful tips and easy to follow operating instructions that they are willing to share with me? Excel format? Pleeeeeeeeeze

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