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-----Nickel strike bath
Would like some help on how to make-up a nickel strike bath. I have a 76 gal tank. Here are the materials I have, nickel chloride, hydrochloric acid, nickel anodes. I trying to plate nickel into stainless steel parts. How often should I make up a bath and how? Please help.
Pedro Galvez- Paso Robles, California
Mr. Galvez,
The best source for the information you are requesting can be obtain from your chemical supplier. They can supply you with all the information needed to properly operate a nickel strike bath.
Hope this helps.
Regards,
Joel Garcia- McAllen, Texas
Pedro:
The bath you want is known as Wood's strike. Composition range is Nickel chloride 16-64 oz/gal, Hydrochloric acid 8-32 oz/gal, room temperature current density 20-200 A/ft2, time 1-4 minutes. Best to add salt and acid in a 1:1 ratio.
Bye.
Guillermo MarrufoMonterrey, NL, Mexico
Go to MetalFinishing.com, they have their guidebook on line. Included in there is the make up for a Woods Strike. This is what you are looking for. You might find it advisable to read some of the other related information regarding nickel plating.
process supplier - Great Neck, New York
Ed. note: The Metal Finishing Guidebook was on line for a while in 2002 but is not any longer. But you can obtain it by following the link.
Durney's Electroplating Engineering Handbook ⇦ this on eBay, AbeBooks, or Amazon [affil link] has the Wood's nickel strike formulation that you need.
Tom Pullizzi
Falls Township, Pennsylvania
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