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"2c. Electroplating & Electroforming"
• Chrome thickness variations on gravure cylinders
open Q. - February 26
• Choosing Plating Rectifier Voltage & Current - February 24
• Zinc plating thickness vs. salt spray resistance - February 23
• Nickel Electroplating is peeling off Stainless Steel - February 19
• Alkaline zinc plating rundown streaking open Q. - February 11
• Zinc-plate appearance problems (white, powdery, rough surface) open Q. - February 11
• Non cyanide copper plating Q&As / Problems & Solutions open Q. - February 11
• Activating old Nickel plating for Replating - February 11
• Peeling problem in reel to reel plating open Q. - February 7
• What Part Does Voltage Play in Electroplating? - February 4
• Hard Chrome Plating Failures on Hydraulic Cylinders open Q. - February 4
• What is the Corrosion Life of Nickel Plated Components?
- February 3
• Nickel plated stainless steel batteries getting pinholes open Q. - January 30
• Tin plating: how to improve Salt Spray hours? - January 29
• Gold plating rubs right off! - January 28
• Very large black rack marks in Zinc-Nickel Plating
- January 26
• Alkaline Zinc Plating Q&A's, Problems & Solutions - January 26
• Plating time too long (acid zinc) - January 16
• Heavy parts chrome plate well; light ones don't open Q. - January 16
• Nickel plating Inconel Q&A: Bumps in low-stress nickel - January 14
• Silver plating delaminates from copper parts but not brass parts
- January 10
• Relationship of Plating Thickness to Current/Amperage - January 10
• ISO a Metal Plater with loooooooooong tanks! 2nd Rqst, open to all RFQ South Florida - January 7
• Why is chromium failing?
- December 25
• DI water stains Nickel plated surface
open Q. - December 23
• Nickel and Gold Plating onto Bronze Workpiece 2nd Rqst - December 19
• RoHS Zinc Plating of Machine fasteners and Bolts - December 14
• Electroforming onto silicone forms/mandrels open Q. - December 12
• Zinc Plating / Electrogalvanizing Mild Steel Wire - December 12
• How to make platinum pen plating solution? - December 11
• Plating Thickness variation in hard chrome plating - December 11
• Tin plated parts turn yellowish - December 9
• Conductive Black Coatings: black zinc 2nd Request open Q. - November 17
• Platinised titanium anode turning black? open Q. - November 23
• Delamination problems in nickel plating
- November 23
• Our nickel plating is white and milky - November 21
• Want plant for Plating zinc diecast RFQ India - November 18
• Need highly Conductive Zinc-Nickel Plating after Chromating open Q. - November 17
• Nickel Anode Disintegration
open Q. - November 15
• Tin Cobalt plating problems open Q. - November 11
Delayed black spots (peeling?) in zinc plating
open Q. - November 10
• Unwanted chrome plating build-up on sharp edges - November 9
Nickel Plating defect: white patches
- November 9
• How to calculate the current density for all plating baths? - November 9
• Satin nickel plating problem open Q. - November 8
• Tin over nickel on aluminum bus bar turns black - November 3
• Problem in Acid Chloride Zinc Plating open Q. - October 31
• Calculating zinc consumption in acid zinc plating open Q. - October 31
• In Search of a Metal Plater with loooooooooong tanks! RFQ: Anywhere in USA - October 29
Bright silver doesn't blister in diffusion bake, but blisters upon 2nd bake
- October 28
Tin plating solution is turning grey
open Q. - October 28
• Can applying a strike solution reduce the usability at high temperature? - October 28
• Trivalent Chrome Plating Q&A's, Problems & Solutions open Q. - October 28
• Tin plated parts are turning black - October 26
• Pitting in hard chrome plated steel - October 24
• Why does dummy plating work? open Q. - October 19
• Zinc Plating Internal Threads: dimensional changes & coverage issues - October 18
• Nickel Electrowinning Q&As, Problems & Solutions open Q. - October 18
Alkaline Zinc Plating Q&A's, Problems & Solutions
- October 11
• How to obtain yellow colour in brass plating? open Q. - October 10
• Nickel Plating Rotary Textile Screens open Q. - October 9
• Hard chrome plating vs. salt spray hours requirement - October 8
• Brass Plating not sticking to underlying nickel plating - October 5
• Plating zinc diecast (Zamak-3): Process sequence? open Q. - September 29
• Zinc-plating appearance problems (white, powdery, rough surface) open Q. - September 29
• Alkaline Zinc plating: How can caustic & zinc concentrations vary independently? open Q. - September 24
• Q&A on Silver plating of flatware, serving platters, etc. open Q. - September 18
Really bad adhesion and lack of shine in Hard Chrome plating - September 16
• White and black rust on zinc plating after salt spray test open Q. - September 13
• Black Chrome Plating - September 9
Hard Chrome Plating Failures on Hydraulic Cylinders open Q. - September 8
• Electroplating / Electrodeposition of Aluminum - September 7
• Hard chrome plating chip off at chamfer - August 31
• Inconsistent appearance of zinc plated with black chromate parts - August 25
• Is brass plating over silver plating possible? - August 21
• Rubber mixed into my chromium plating solution - August 21
• Best plating process for cabinet handles? open Q. - August 19
• Hard chrome plating has high coefficient of friction, not low open Q. - August 6
• Residue when Drawing a Tinned Copper Wire open Q. - August 4
• Plating time too high in alkaline non-cyanide zinc plating open Q. - July 29
• Precipitating stannic ion from tin bath open Q. - July 29
• How to specify Conductive Black Zinc open Q. - July 28
• Cadmium plating and trivalent chromate - July 27
• Immersion gold plating Q&A's, Problems & Solutions - July 20
Nickel plating over copper flash history - July 16
• True that cast iron can't be Zinc Plated? open Q. - July 16
• Copper plating on Inconel adhesion problem open Q. - July 15
• Discoloration of bright acid tin plating - July 12
• Platinised titanium (or niobium) anodes for hard chrome plating? open Q. - July 12
• Effect of Temperature on Alkaline Zinc Plating Operation - July 4
• How to reduce brittleness in copper (PCB) plating - June 28
• Zinc Plating + Iridescent Chromate expected, but parts are white - June 23
• Tin plating peels off copper plating when baked open Q. - June 21
• Nickel plating blisters & peels off open Q. - June 20
• Source of Contamination on Hard Gold Contacts? - June 20
• When did copper flashing on steel for nickel plating begin? open Q. - June 17
• Sn (tin) plating bath has turned violet/purple - June 16
• How to Remove calcium from Nickel Plating Solution open Q. - June 14
• Silver Plating is Blistering open Q. - June 9
• Pitting problem in nickel-chrome plating on brass open Q. - June 9
• "Whitewash" on Chrome Plate - June 8
• Alkaline zinc plating at 40 ASF - June 6
• How to reduce hardness in nickel sulfamate plating? - June 3
• Alkaline zinc plating problem: Black dots/spots that grow with time open Q. - May 29
• Blue Chrome defect in hard chrome plating open Q. - May 27
• Nickel plated parts peel when powder coated but not when heat quenched - May 24
• Acid zinc plating Anodes are black-ish open Q. - May 24
• Sodium Vinyl Sulfonate usage in electroplating industry open Q. - May 24
• Best filler material (ball bearings?) for barrel plating aluminum parts open Q. - May 24
• Pin holes on hard chrome plated bars open Q. - May 21
• Can we use stainless anodes in silver plating to battle rising concentration? open Q. - May 21
• White haze on parts after sulfamate nickel plating open Q. - May 17
• How long can nickel current be interrupted - May 16
• Hard chrome on Stellite: tank is black w/pitting & peel off issues - May 16
• Zinc Plating has unwanted Rainbow Color - May 12
• Alkaline zinc plating goes faster at low temperatures than high Thanks! Resolved :-) - May 11
• Why must diluted acid be used in nickel plating, not concentrated? - May 7
• Cost/pound for FO1 Zinc Plating w/ Clear Chromate on steel open Q. - May 5
• Need Silver or Tin Plating of Low-Voltage Contacts made from Copper & Brass RFQ: Milwaukee, WI - May 4
• Poor Salt spray test results on black zinc plating - May 4
• Some problems in Zinc-Nickel Plating - May 4
• Zinc plating with clear chromate discoloration issues - May 4
• Need Shop to do Chrome Seal per PS 11501 RFQ Concord CA - May 3
• Acid zinc plating: peroxide is doing something to clog our filters - May 2
• Sulfamate Nickel Strike Problems - May 2
• Function of Boric acid in Nickel Plating - May 2
• Activating/reactivating old Nickel plating - May 2
• Alkaline Zinc Plating Rundown Streaking - April 26
• What is Blue Chromate Plating? - April 23
• Weird Hard Chrome on Sulfamate Nickel adhesion problem open Q. - April 23
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• Cloudiness & rainbows after Zinc Plating - April 19
• Substitute/Alternate/Replacement for Rhodium Plating open Q. - April 15
• Nickel or Electroless Nickel plating on nitrided steel open Q. - April 15
• Non cyanide copper plating Q&As / Problems & Solutions open Q. - April 13
• How to make Rhodium Plating Solution Thanks! Resolved :-) - April 13
• Cause of white patches in yellow zinc plating open Q. - April 9
• Copper & Nickel Plating Thickness vs. Salt spray Resistance Thanks! Resolved :-) - April 7
• Acid Zinc Plating: Problems & Solutions - April 7
• Brass Plating Problem: we add zinc salt but analysis shows no increase in zinc concentration - April 6
• How to calculate plating cost? open Q. - April 1
• Brush plating stainless with Wood's Nickel Thanks! Resolved :-) - March 29
• HCl immersion time for replating old car parts - March 27
• Turbulence limit for chrome plating of inner diameter? open Q. - March 27
• Nickel Contamination of Gold Plating Bath - March 27
• Hard chrome broken & burnt - March 26
• Electrical conduction properties of nickel plating - March 25
• We need gold plating consultant RFQ Minnesota - March 22
• Our nickel plating on copper & brass suddenly started peeling - March 21
• Chrome Plating Throwing Power Thanks! Resolved :-) - March 21
• Problem holding Zinc concentration in alkaline Zinc plating bath - March 21
• Black Chrome Plating is making our hands dirty open Q. - March 18
• Rhodium plating of silver rings Q&A's - March 10
• Ruthenium plating on high phosphorous EN open Q. - March 4
• Hydraulic fluid leaks through/over hard chromium plating open Q. - March 4
• Need Cadmium Plating per NAS672 RFQ So. California - March 3
• Zinc plating thickness vs. salt spray resistance - March 2
• Copper Tungsten: Activation / Plating / Surface Treatment Thanks! Resolved :-) - February 28
• Hydrogen embrittlement in zinc plating of auto parts from the 1960's - February 23
• Thin Dense Chrome has Brown Spots open Q. (February 15)
• Nickel plating onto alumina dispersion-strengthened Cu alloy (February 14)
• Barrier layer when gold plating on sterling silver open Q. (February 13)
• Poor plating adhesion on Remko (high purity iron) material (February 13)
• Hard chrome plating on copper open Q. (February 11)
• Matte Tin Plating on top of Bright Tin Plating open Q. (February 11)
• White Spots on Cadmium Plating from wooden shipping crates? open Q. (February 10)
• Cost of hard chroming a cylindrical shaft (February 10)
• Cadmium Plating Problems Thanks! Resolved :-) (February 10)
• How to make gold plating last longer? open Q. (February 9)
• Need Tin-cobalt plating RFQ Wheeling, IL (February 4)
• Need to hold surface finish on Zinc Nickel plated parts open Q. (February 3)
• Clear zinc plating develops brown stains with time open Q. (February 3)
• Fingerprints on silver plated finish (February 2)