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Activating old nickel plate

Trying to reactivate old nickel plating on pewter to replate copper then silver. Any help....OR possibly a nickel stripper that won't hurt the pewter.

Thanks,

Stephen Osborne
silversmith - Gulfport, Florida, USA
2004

First thing is cleanliness from grease, oil, fingerprints, etc. Then, removal of heavy oxides by mechanical means (can be sandpaper, mild sand blast, rubbing with abrasive pastes, etc.) Then clean, rinse, electroclean, rinse, Woods strike (200-250 gr/l NiCl + 250g/l HCl in water, nickel anodes, room temp, 2-20Amp/dm2), rinse, copper or any other plating you need.

Guillermo Marrufo
Monterrey, NL, Mexico
2004

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