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Any active activator for Pd deposition on stainless steel

I am trying to activate Stainless steel substrate for electrodeposition of Pd on it. Conventionally I tried to activate using SnCl₂. But the Problem is Pd film produced not leak proof, There is a lot of holes in the Pd film. Can you suggest me with details procedure any faster activated solution which actually help Pd to deposit without any leak. I am waiting for your reply.

Mohammad Islam
Process Engineer - Dhaka, Bangladesh
2004

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You may know something about this that I don't know, but I did not think it was appropriate to use an electroless plating pretreatment sequence on stainless steel. When one refers to 'activating' plastic, I think the meaning is entirely different than 'activating' stainless steel. I think you need to prepare the stainless, then Wood's Nickel Strike it as the first step in an electroplating sequence.

Ted Mooney, P.E.
Striving to live Aloha
finishing.com - Pine Beach, New Jersey
2003

I cannot understand what process you want to clarify to select by writing this line "I think you need to prepare the stainless, then Wood's Nickel Strike it as the first step in an electroless plating sequence". Would you clarify this

Mohammad Islam
progoti - Dhaka, Bangladesh
2004

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What I was trying to say is that when someone wants to electroplate onto plastic, they use tin chloride and palladium chloride in the process. But when you want to plate onto stainless steel, you usually don't. Instead, you alkaline clean it, acid dip it, apply a Wood's Nickel Strike, and then electroplate it with any metal you wish. Wood's Nickel Strike is a process named after Donald Wood, which has a moderate concentration of nickel and a very high concentration of hydrochloric acid. You can look up "Woods Nickel Strike" for more details.

Ted Mooney, P.E.
Striving to live Aloha
finishing.com - Pine Beach, New Jersey
2003