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Nickel Strike needed OVER Ag plated over ceramic

I am in need of a nickel strike to be plated OVER Ag which has been plated over a ceramic base... any ideas?

Thank you...

Rick Hinkle
Plating Director - Phoenix, Arizona
September 27, 2011

September 28, 2011

This is one of the few cases that I would recommend a sulfamate strike rather than a Woods strike.

Reason, it uses a much higher pH and it plates a lot faster.
I would try it on scrap pieces starting with the highest recommended pH and lowering it as required.

James Watts
- Navarre, Florida

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