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Firstly, thanks for the great kit. Took me awile to setup the workplace, but after that it was a breeze. For some reason the aquarium heater you supplied didn't work, i measured the resistance and it shows that the circuit is open. I had my plating solution sit in a bigger tank filled with hot water. All that aside, these are my questions:
1. Zinc brightener, do I need to add a teaspoon BEFORE EACH plating batch, how long does it last? I've added two teaspoons (4 gal kit) initially, plated a dummy, then 6 batches of parts (20 mins each), the third batch was much brighter then all the rest. Conditions were identical for all batches, they are all the same parts, same current, temp, everything.
2. Do plastic objects immersed in the zinc plating solution contaminate the solution?
3. When filtering the solution through a coffee filter, should the solution be hot or cold?
1. Zinc brightener, do I need to add a teaspoon BEFORE EACH plating batch, how long does it last? I've added two teaspoons (4 gal kit) initially, plated a dummy, then 6 batches of parts (20 mins each), the third batch was much brighter then all the rest. Conditions were identical for all batches, they are all the same parts, same current, temp, everything.
2. Do plastic objects immersed in the zinc plating solution contaminate the solution?
3. When filtering the solution through a coffee filter, should the solution be hot or cold?
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