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Letter 38023
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James Totter,
CEF |
Plating on plastic is much more complicated than plating on metal,
plus it only works on a few selected plastics.
Your teacher is correct, there is some level of dager with any
plating solution. The solutions in the FAQ section of this site are
relatively safe if handled with some care.
Your choice of projects is out of the league of most 12 year olds
unless they have superb help, references and equipment.
James Watts
- Navarre, Florida
Hi mary,
The way industries plate on plastics involves a lot of steps which
use many nasty chemicals that are not appropriate for 6th grade.
However i dont want to discourage you. I think you could do this
safely with proper supervision if you cheat and use a different
method to what industries would use.
You could try getting a conductive metallic spray paint (sorry i dony
know any suppliers in your area) and coat the plastic peice then
plate it in copper. Once you spray paint the part then you can then
follow the electroplating guide for students which is :
http://www.finishing.com/faqs/howworks.html
good luck
Peter Van de Luecht
- Melbourne, Vic, Australia
Good Day
Yes some harmful thir because it is not inorganic chemicals only in
this methods but organic chemicals also and depending on the types of
plastics in the way of microetching
Yasser Metwalli Osman
Senior Chemist in military factory
Yasser Metwalli Osman
- U.A.E, Ajman

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