ELECTROPLATING PROCESS

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ELECTROPLATING PROCESS

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I AM WANT TO LEARN ABOUT THE BASIC PROCESS AND PROCEDURES OF ELECTROPLATING BECAUSE I WANT TO START A SMALL PLATING BUSINESS.

RODEL M
- MANILA, PHILIPPINES

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Hi, Rodel. We have a few on-line articles here that may be a start for you, including our: Chrome Plating Tutorial, and Electroplating: How It Works.

There are a number of good introductory texts listed on our Books Page. One that is both good and very inexpensive is the Garden State Branch AESF "Practical Electroplating" book. Another that can usually be picked inexpensively, because it's an annual, is the Metal Finishing Guidebook.

In the USA all plating businesses are "Categorically Regulated". This means all of the waste, even hose water, must be permitted and regulated as hazardous regardless if it's pure enough to drink -- and you are legally responsible for it forever, no matter how much you pay to dispose of it. For that reason we urge a real investigation before you buy any chemicals.

It you wanted to open a restaurant but had never worked a day in one, it would be a risky proposition despite the hundreds or thousands of hours you may have spent in restaurants in your life, seeing how they work and what's important. To open an electroplating business, when you have probably not even set foot in a plating shop, is a huge leap. We encourage you to pursue your dreams, but suggest that working for a while in a plating shop first, if at all possible, is only common sense. Good luck!

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

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