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Need for woods nickel strike

I want to activate ss product for plating and I need info for Woods nickel strike.

La Sfida
- Athens, Argiroupoli, Greece
2003

A woods nickel strike consists of:

240 g/L nickel chloride.6 H2O
360 ml/L Hydrochloric acid

40-100 amps/sq foot cathodic. (Some references recommend reverse current then direct, however, reverse current leads to iron and /or chromium contamination and and early failure or adhesion or cause to discard the solution and make up new more frequently) I have found that good cleaning and acid treatment prior to the Woods strike works well.

Don Baudrand
Consultant - Poulsbo, Washington
(Don is co-author of "Plating on Plastics" [on Amazon or AbeBooks affil links]
and "Plating ABS Plastics" [on Amazon or eBay or AbeBooks affil links])
2003

May I know the current and contact time for the nickel strike? Normally, do we use high current, short contact time? How high is the current? time?

Pauline [surname deleted for privacy by Editor]
- Singapore
2004

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