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Re: plating xmas balls

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Subject: Re: plating xmas balls
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Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2003 14:45:31 -0700
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Original poster: "Steve Cook" <steve-at-g8cyerichmond.freeserve.co.uk> 

Be very careful if you go the ammoniacal copper route, its really nasty
stuff, it even dissolves paper. Mind you a lot of plating solutions are
really nasty anyway including cyanides. if you can get hold of it a coating
of "Aquadag" makes a good base for copper and nickel plating. Aquadag is a
colloidal graphite suspension in de-ionised water. Before coating anything
it needs to be thoroughly de-greased and then only handled with gloves. For
degreasing I suggest propan-1-ol (iso-propyl alcohol)

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