I mixed up the solution and added the 4 bottles of brightner ( 1 bottle per each gallon as instructed )
I put in one of my tank bars to be nickeled as a test run, I acidently connected the leads backwards and an hour later I found myself with a copper plated anodes.. ugh
I cleaned the anodes best I could and changed the polarity for another hour - this deplated the nickel anodes but pitted them out as well and grew large coral like structors on the copper pipe ( tank bar )
I threw out the tank bar, cleaned the pitted anodes and put in a scrap peice of copper pipe.
I let it sit for 15 minutes and took it out, it seems to have a nickel plate over it though it is very crusty, rough and green salt like particals are stuck all over it - also the high areas have a differnt plate then the low areas.. its a mixture of copper and nickel in color , not really one or the other.
I'm afraid I managed to screw it all up, I'm using a 12v battery charger on 2amp setting, I just wanted to see it work while I waited for my rectifier.. ugh
Any ideas?
-Tad
I put in one of my tank bars to be nickeled as a test run, I acidently connected the leads backwards and an hour later I found myself with a copper plated anodes.. ugh
I cleaned the anodes best I could and changed the polarity for another hour - this deplated the nickel anodes but pitted them out as well and grew large coral like structors on the copper pipe ( tank bar )
I threw out the tank bar, cleaned the pitted anodes and put in a scrap peice of copper pipe.
I let it sit for 15 minutes and took it out, it seems to have a nickel plate over it though it is very crusty, rough and green salt like particals are stuck all over it - also the high areas have a differnt plate then the low areas.. its a mixture of copper and nickel in color , not really one or the other.
I'm afraid I managed to screw it all up, I'm using a 12v battery charger on 2amp setting, I just wanted to see it work while I waited for my rectifier.. ugh
Any ideas?
-Tad
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