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Spotting on the nickel tank
When I go to nickel plate some of my pieces, the pieces will come out with shuffling, or white spots in which I have no idea why because all of my pieces do not come out this way. I was wondering how I can avoid this
Michael Ballack
employee - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
April 12, 2008
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Without knowing anything about your base metal, pre-clean and plating cycles, type of nickel bath, it is difficult for us to give you an educated answer. Please advise.
Mark Baker
Process Engineer - Syracuse, New York
April 20, 2008
Hello,
Your parts are not well cleaned therefor such coating difference. Why I say this? Because I can see on regular basis when we use bad parts for sampling.
Jose Castellanos
- Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
April 21, 2008
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Lots of IF'S.
If the tank is within spec and is not contaminated,
If the part is properly cleaned and activated.
If the parts are run on a proper cycle.
If the plating procedure is proper and is followed exactly, then you will not have any problem.
So, which one are you not doing?
James Watts
- Navarre, Florida
April 21, 2008
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