Pot Metal Or Not?

[rabiddog22]

Thank you.

[mcaswell]

Re: Pot Metal Or Not?

You can take a drop of acid, muriatic or sulfuric and drop it on the part. If it fizzes violently, it is pot metal.

[rabiddog22]

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Would battery acid work? I would prefer to not tamper with my car battery. Is there a similar household cleaner/chemical that contains enough acidic trace amounts to produce the same chemical reaction?

[mcaswell]

Re: Pot Metal Or Not?

Yes, battery acid = sulfuric acid.

You can go to a hardware store and buy some swimming pool/concrete cleaner...that's muriatic acid.

If you are doing plating, having these acids on hand is useful anyway. They're the basis for the pickels used to de-plate etc.

[rabiddog22]

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caswell wrote:
Yes, battery acid = sulfuric acid.

You can go to a hardware store and buy some swimming pool/concrete cleaner...that's muriatic acid.

If you are doing plating, having these acids on hand is useful anyway. They're the basis for the pickels used to de-plate etc.

Thank you! I'll go to Ace first thing in the morning. Then hopefully to my friend's, to collect the bet money I will win.

[mcaswell]

Re: Pot Metal Or Not?

I think a 50/50 split would be fair

[rabiddog22]

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caswell wrote:
I think a 50/50 split would be fair

Well, maybe if he did'nt already owe me so much money. Maybe I'll be nice and deduct it!

But if it is pot metal,what extra materials/solutions will I need?

[mcaswell]

Re: Pot Metal Or Not?

What kit of ours do you have?

Most likely, you'll just need a Pot Metal Primer kit.

[rabiddog22]

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caswell wrote:
What kit of ours do you have?

Most likely, you'll just need a Pot Metal Primer kit.

I have the Copy Chrome Kit. When I am better at plating I will purchase the triple chrome kit.

[mcaswell]

Re: Pot Metal Or Not?

Then you'll need the Pot Metal Primer Kit to plate over the Pot Metal before Copy Chroming.

[rabiddog22]

Re: Pot Metal Or Not?

[mcaswell]

Re: Pot Metal Or Not?

It's not just regular electroless nickel, it's a special Pot Metal electroless nickel.

Yes, nickel can be buffed to a high shine, but the Pot Metal E-Nickel can't. It's not designed as a finish plate.

You bought the Copy Chrome kit because you wanted a chrome-like finish without the hassle of real chrome. You can plate a part with Zinc and buff it to a high shine also, but it's not chrome and won't look like chrome. The copy chrome kit will.

[rabiddog22]

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[mcaswell]

Re: Pot Metal Or Not?

Not to worry - no offense taken.

The tank needs to be able to be heated to high temperatures and needs to be non-conductive. Glass and ceramics usually work best.

[mcaswell]

Also consider the new FLASH COPPER kit. Plates directly onto Pot Metal