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E- Nickel plating? How much, .001?

We are a distributor of fasteners . We sell stainless steel and plated fasteners to the agricultural industry. All products are not available in stainless steel, so we are looking for a solution. At the present time we have been advised to use E-Nickel plating ,.001 thickness to provide a corrosion free product. The fasteners that are being plated in E-nickel are submerged in "Hog Manure". Is this Sufficient? Please inform.

JOHN BRUYNS
- Delaware, Ontario, Canada
2002

2004

Hog manure may be sufficient however you may wish to try a combination of: 10 gallons of coke, coca-cola that is , 10 gallons of hydrogen peroxide, 2 gallons of ammonia, 5 gallons of vinegar [in bulk on eBay or Amazon], 5 pounds of salt.

Mix well and let the fasteners soak for 1 month.

Stand back. Do not try this in your basement.

have fun. TB

trudy bruyns
Bruyns Bastions - London,Ontario, canada

2004

John, I don't know how corrosive hog manure is, but .001" is a lot of electroless nickel, and I strongly doubt that you would want to go heavier. Testing is the only way to know for sure, but the application sounds fine to me.

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What do you mean by 'stand back', Trudy?

Our readers should know that it is dangerous to mix either ammonia [on eBay or Amazon] or hydrogen peroxide with other chemicals, except when you know exactly what you are after and how to do it.

I don't know this mixture to be dangerous because it's out of my field, but a very powerful oxidizing agent like hydrogen peroxide mixed with ammonia sounds like possible trouble.

Ted Mooney, P.E.
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finishing.com - Pine Beach, New Jersey

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