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I need to know how to do some electroplating with copper sulfate [linked by editor to product info at Amazon]. I have a metal key which I would like to plate. last time I used powder copper sulfate and water to make it a solution and used a strip of coper and a key tied to the - of the batty and the + to the copper strip but it was not good it was rough and like rusted can you help ps. my English is not too good I am srilankan iam in grade 9

Jeremy W
student - Sri Lanka

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Get help from the science teacher with adding a little bit of sulfuric acid. Then you must plate much slower by using a lower voltage battery.

Ted Mooney, P.E.
finishing.com
Brick, New Jersey

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