DIY Electroplating With Copper and Metal! TKOR Experiments How To Do Electroplating At Home

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In today's video we're doing DIY metal plating using some copper pipe and guitar strings! TKOR shows you EVERYTHING you need to know how to do DIY electroplating. King Of Random has the tips, tricks and secrets for everything you need to know how to do metal plating!
This project is as super easy as it looks, but ONLY if you avoid the mistakes and follow the instructions we highlight in the video. This is perfect for those wanting to know how to do electroplating, copper plating basics, metal plating hacks, how to do electroplating at home, plating metals, DIY zinc plating, and more.
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@dhruvthakur1036 6 лет назад

I have an experiment for you king of random. I really like your videos and I have seen you help ppl with curiosity I wanted you to do this small experiment. Take three jars Label them 1,2,3 One should be able to handle high pressure and other low pressure and the other one a normal one. Put water in those containers and then pressurize, vaccumize(if that's a word) and then put all the three containers in the freezer. Then which one freezes faster and which one slower. Explain in details Thank you. Like if you want him to do the experiment Edit: you can replace water with other liquids to insight us more or for fun!

@corndoghead1 6 лет назад

dhruv thakur I have seen you on Action lab...

@sebiwiessner 6 лет назад

dhruv thakur higher pressure = longer, lower pressure = shorter

@aliyyahnafanaf3832 6 лет назад

to much thing to read in this comment makes me feel dizzy.

@rileystoner2196 6 лет назад

dhruv thakur )

@lsedanolg 6 лет назад

engrish

@thicknick734 6 лет назад

My dad is the owner of a small business where they design and manufacture electronics and they actually used this metal platting technique for one of their client's project, pretty cool

@stedwards311 6 лет назад

You should nickel plate a copper plated nickel. Then put it in the fire until it turns golden. Also, fun fact, copper pennies since 1982 are 97.5% zinc. You could copper plate a recently minted penny and patina it to get that old copper penny look on a new design.

@mikemcqueen1870 5 лет назад

Take Grant's G19 slide. Sandblast it, copper plate it then nickel plate it. It Should look pretty cool.

@mehul2000rekhi 6 лет назад

Hey i had this awesome video Idea while i was doing my studies last night. If someone who knows Optical branch of physics is reading this they will appreciate this. So if you put a source of white light and the light passes through the prism, placing a screen in front of it you will get a rainbow formed. But if you set this up in vacuum, theoretically the rainbow shouldn't form as speed of different components of white light is same in vacuum. I hope i see this get implemented. Much love to TKOR team ! Keep going strong !

@mehul2000rekhi 6 лет назад

GLD_AV3NG3R COD and Fun Thanks man ! Hope it someday gets to the eyes of TKOR.

@iu6iu6 6 лет назад

Can you try extracing Mecury from fish?

@saamady 6 лет назад

iu6 is that a reference to chubbyemu?

@denism8494 6 лет назад

ask codys lab

@iPelaaja1 6 лет назад

Youd need a lot of fish to do that... Also, CodysLab is planning to do it. Just wait for his video.

@greenjoe4202 6 лет назад

You know mercury is fish comes from water pollution.

@Turbo44mag 6 лет назад

iu6 Easily, induct variable current greater than 3 Amps in short term ionizing. Problem solved and fish kinda cooked.

@AdmiralAwsm 6 лет назад

It's theorized that Ancient Egyptions used a similar technique for electroplating. It's one of the theorized uses of the Baghdad Battery

@britishjohn04 4 года назад

Put them on ebay: "rare copper quarters".

@ehrmanehrmann7115 4 года назад

🤣😂😄

@fffdddaaa3089 4 года назад

Bruh.... I mean your not wrong not every day you see a copper quarter

@edwardphillips8753 6 лет назад

Try melting salt in the trash can foundry and if you can try casting with it

@corndoghead1 6 лет назад

Edward Phillips I don't think you can.its a crystal not a metal so it would default to a cube... It what salt crystal looks

@pureslowmotion2918 6 лет назад

No, you can melt and cast salt, it definitely doesn't just go into a cube lmao

@leotan5601 6 лет назад

First what type of salt are we talking about? Normal sodium chloride has a melting point of more than 800 degree celcius if the foundry can reach such heat casting with it might be possible

@edwardphillips8753 6 лет назад

Leo Tan Tito4re did it in a foundry like grants

@SUPERMAR10312 6 лет назад

What We Made did what you are talking about

@awesomenessbrahadhish 6 лет назад

Can you melt rock please … loved the ☝🏻video.

@SamScott99 6 лет назад

He already did headass

@awesomenessbrahadhish 6 лет назад

Inactive Wall don’t be a potheadass

@SamScott99 6 лет назад

Awesomeness Brahadhish how is this relevant to the conversation?

@cheem2952 6 лет назад

If u melt rock it's lava🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

@silver_235 6 лет назад

Awesomeness Brahadhish that would make lava. I thing thats a little bit dangerous

@CrucesNomad1 5 лет назад

Recently my bank gave me some change that included a 1943 steel penny that looked copper. While it did stick to a magnet, it made a wondeful collection piece. For a few moments I thought I have a copper 1943 penny which is a very rare penny. Copper plating is easy, but glad to learn the nickle plating part. Thanks.

@bradwatson6084 2 года назад

I believe that there is only one 43 copper penny not accounted for.

@Subduality 6 лет назад

Thanks! I will likely use this method in the future. So many great ideas in one location!

@TheKidWilderness 6 лет назад

Try casting a sword with the metal foundary then copperplate Edit: Thanks for all the suport

@deathwish-dk3xf 6 лет назад

The Kid Wilderness that sounds sweet

@mptlpcola 4 года назад

I from Lithuania

@gpnt 6 лет назад

Thanks guys it helped in my studies. ❤️

@Magnetshroom Год назад

If your silver medal put to the experiment, you'll get a bronze medal.

@ConnorAustin Год назад

I have this video saved and I will soon be using this nickel plating method to make cooling channels for a project I am beyond stoked

@kissingbanditt 6 лет назад

I specialize in plating, etc.....your Stainless spoon would need higher voltage, not so important the current...Try 12 or 24 V....It will get the job done...

@carolynmmitchell2240 6 лет назад

Theo T basically a car battery

@specificorb3 6 лет назад

carolyn mmitchell car battery's are 12volt DC

@fabulosss 6 лет назад

What? in electroplating the important thing is current density... what do you mean by higher voltage?

@MGSLurmey 5 лет назад

Despite the simple fact that Chromium doesn't like taking electroplating? I mean, it's stainless for a reason.

@blazetownsend8785 5 лет назад

Stainless already has nickel in it. Food grade 304 has two variants in the alloy. 18/10 and 18/8. The first number is the percentage of chromium, and the second is the percentage of nickel. (18% chromium and 10% nickel for example.) Even the, not so oxidant resistant, 18/0 still has 0.75% nickel.

@khizirfarrukh 6 лет назад

My chemistry teacher told me that Lithium Aluminum Hydride (LiAlH4) reacts violently with water and gives an explosive reaction. How about doing this experiment?

@AnAngryCoffee 6 лет назад

Khizir Farrukh LiAlH4 is pyrophoric (spontaneously combusts in air) so it’s extremely hard to handle and store as any moisture will likely react with it. If you want to see something v reactive on a video, try searching for “t-butyllithium” reacting

@heh2393 6 лет назад

Lets do this!!!!!!!!! TKOR!

@jesusahernandez4257 5 лет назад

bro this is amazing I was awed!!

@ARCSTREAMS 5 лет назад

very nice vid buddy,,i am glad to see you using the fine steel wool as i am using this now to clean prep my parts then giving them a quick acid and water rinse before plating and it works where before i was failing,i cant believe how fast my dime turned to shiny copper where before it was going muddy and black and it wiped off easy,,learned alot every time

@alexiskinkead8601 6 лет назад

It would be cool if you took something that you cast in the metal foundry and then plated it. Just tie all the projects together.

@Mr.SheriffGames 6 лет назад

Stainless steel resists staining? Mind Blown

@X02switchblades 5 лет назад

very helpful video from start to finish!

@thatguy8813 6 лет назад

Works perfect. I did the same deal and it works out

@nostep1107 6 лет назад

You guys should try anodizing aluminum!

@michellemillet3035 6 лет назад

Hunter Leeth I was about to say that because I wondering if I could do this but with aluminum so I can plate my 1920 wheat penny and sell it off as the rare aluminum wheat penny 😂. But the guys who check coins would probably be able to tell it's a fake haha.

@maasmorin8659 6 лет назад

Michelle Millet if you've ever held an aluminum coin you know they are so light they feel like plastic

@nostep1107 6 лет назад

Also anodizing isn't aluminum plating. It is a controlled oxidizing of the aluminum. It creates an extremely tough surface on the aluminum

@michellemillet3035 6 лет назад

Maas Morin never held one but I found a 2k copper wheat penny today lol

@koslisted9458 4 года назад

Pencil Eraser works best for buffing.

@RealVladCrapula 6 лет назад

Great video!

@kaimitroy5233 5 лет назад

This is so amazing!

@reybis3016 6 лет назад

Do a video on chrome plating🤔

@georgesaliz8727 6 лет назад

Chrome plating is expensive and far harder. I doubt this would ever happen.

@nicamarvin 5 лет назад

Instead of Nickel wire he can use Cobalt, cobalt has a bluish tint that is very close to real chrome

@CodyWhitlock 6 лет назад

So in theory, I could make all my stainless steel look like gold 🤔🤔😂😂🙌🙌

@pushparadhakrishnan7343 6 лет назад

Cody Whitlock but you'd need 10+ grams of gold

@jackkajee339 6 лет назад

Cody Whitlock I

@sahirdiesh6386 6 лет назад

You’re just everywhere aren’t you?

@dhruvthakur1036 6 лет назад

You can do it in practical too. And it's being done economically

@olliefoxton1193 6 лет назад

Go visit Cody’s lab

@KJ7JHN 5 лет назад

Would love to see some old tools restored and nickle plated.

@whitefordpipeshandmadebymi7238 6 лет назад

Cool experiment I learned a lot thanks 😊 peace from Welland Ontario Canada 🇨🇦

@inesarudenco4783 6 лет назад

I miss the old king of random.I miss the DIY!!!!!!

@wolffang489 5 лет назад

This is pretty DIY.

@marshmallowmaster1853 5 лет назад

Mmmm this is a great way to make slurp juice

@silverblue3499 4 года назад

Just say you don’t like the new guy because this is diy lol

@brandonallen5930 6 лет назад

Can you show us how to Gold Plate things ? A Gold Nail would be cool !!!

@pauliewalnutsgualtieri8779 6 лет назад

Brandon Allen same thing as what he is doing here just with a scrap piece of gold

@carolynmmitchell2240 6 лет назад

Gypsy TV and you need aqua regia

@ggstudios8225 6 лет назад

Codys lab did that

@drew856856 4 года назад

thanks for the random knowledge

@kangrew 6 лет назад

Cool! I was actually want to know how to electroplate stuff. Lol thanks

@leotan5601 6 лет назад

Can you make a copper foil using this method?

@MicahS70T5M 6 лет назад

You can copper plate a piece of foil, but I don’t think there is a way that you will be able to just form copper in the jar without you forming it on something. You could possibly, however, melt down the pipe rather than using this method and kind of paint the copper onto wax paper or something. Paint very thinly, and then let it cool. (I have no idea if this will work, but it makes sense in my mind.)

@jinxmetwice420 6 лет назад

The copper would be way to thin, it's like nao scale depth, it's not enough to even hold together, I may be wrong but my experience's would say no

@doubledarefan 6 лет назад

Copperplate a sheet of stainless steel, then peel off the copper. Keep the process going longer for thicker foil.

@KaitouKaiju 6 лет назад

Melted copper would just burn the wax paper. You have to roll out metal in order to make foil and it takes many, many passes with a ton of pressure to get it that thin.

@saluteblaster2638 6 лет назад

You should go to your local Walmart to see if their change machines pick up the currency width, or there metal makeing

@thesassmann2709 6 лет назад

Salute Blaster the width added on is probably not enough for the best micrometers to detect

@christopherpowell4001 4 года назад

well done will try this out on my motorcycle nuts and bolts thanks

@thatmcgamer3106 6 лет назад

Oh cool, it’s nice to see the activity series have some uses. Like for fun..

@caseycopeland9979 6 лет назад

what about trying to extract gold from a computer or phone with the foundry. this would be cool if it worked.

@MGSLurmey 5 лет назад

Go over to Cody's Lab. He has a whole series about metal mining and refining and a couple of the episodes are about extracting metals from computer scrap. There's a lot more to refining metals than just "throw it in somewhere hot".

@isaiahstephens3509 5 лет назад

Now try to pay someone with a copper plated quarter.

@aliciadragoon8797 5 лет назад

Mind Blown 🤯

@JeriyantBaramcity 3 года назад

this is interesting information. I will try to collect materials and try it at home

@ADVANCEthinking 6 лет назад

Please make liquid hydrogen

@plushnekolin 6 лет назад

Benny Paulose that's hard to do ya know

@plushnekolin 6 лет назад

Elijah Wolf noice

@geeteshsonwani5089 6 лет назад

Its really hard as the boiling point of hydrogen is -252°C or 423°F But still it may be possible with a vaccum chamber as we can make solid nitrogen inside it

@therealspaghetti208 6 лет назад

geetesh sonwani you mean negative

@geeteshsonwani5089 6 лет назад

Thomas Glfs yup

@1d10tcannotmakeusername 5 лет назад

Is this what they were talking about when they said alchemy?

@germancatboy8668 2 года назад

One reason why this video is fun im interested in electroplating and that's kinda cool

@alexfishersfamilyvlogs9533 6 лет назад

Awesome!!

@nmrdkl 6 лет назад

Amazing, now do it with Gold!

@qps9380 6 лет назад

cody's lab did that

@nicholassjogren6312 6 лет назад

You know how some wrist watches are gold plated. Wouldn't it be cool to take a cheap watch and plate the metal parts with copper?

@Skwerll 6 лет назад

It would be cool, but bare copper is not recommended for prolonged skin contact. Also, it tarnishes very quickly and that tarnish can stain your skin green for a few days. A clear coat of some sort would deal with all of those issues though.

@Rikigoya 6 лет назад

that was super cool :D

@emg1395 6 лет назад

You guys make science look awesome 😎

@Mindful_Explorer721 6 лет назад

You should copper coat the blade of a pocket knife

@jinxmetwice420 6 лет назад

Jacob Reid I've done an exacto blade at work, it's the knife I use daily

@a-lphaofzeldaformegaming7907 6 лет назад

Make copper sulfate

@chaseweltzin5853 6 лет назад

a-lpha of Zeldaforme Gaming ight bet dawg

@MisterLepton 6 лет назад

a-lpha of Zeldaforme Gaming easy. Just dissolve copper in sulfuric acid.

@kelvinluk9121 6 лет назад

The concentrated one

@MisterLepton 6 лет назад

3.14159265358979323846264338327950288 ok, fine. Add hydrogen peroxide to it first.

@finemyu69 6 лет назад

Did someone say pie

@opz_7ox1c59 5 лет назад

I've learned alot of this

@paritoshsharma1634 6 лет назад

i like your all experiment

@chaseee__ 5 лет назад

Heh AC/DC I love your vids by the way! :). Heh Nickelback How many bands are in this video?

@riverrat499 6 лет назад

Copper plate your gold play button

@aaronking2020 5 лет назад

rip playbutton

@thewildbean4413 5 лет назад

I actually try this it totally works

@marccres6619 5 лет назад

Stainless has a lot of chrome in it so you have one do a bit different process to plait it ,when I was a plating metal, we used a acid bath and high amps to plate the metal to start then in a low amp after ,the lower the amps the better it lays on the part. Thanks for showing us it was great to relive those days.

@nicamarvin 5 лет назад

Woods nickel strike the Stainless teel first then copper plated, Woods nickel strike is 100% Nickel Chloride very acidic and will make stainless steel reactive to the nickel coating

@JDoactive 6 лет назад

That's a redox reaction,right? Because the copper solution gains electrons to turn from ions to atoms,hence from aqueous to solid

@kjellbjorge5271 6 лет назад

Can you do this with gun shells ?

@GummyBearRacing 6 лет назад

Kjell Bjorge that would look awesome. Also i don't see why not.

@carolynmmitchell2240 6 лет назад

yes FMJ rounds are made like this

@seasong7655 6 лет назад

This is clever. When you fight vampires just silver plate the bullets

@seangoodro8159 6 лет назад

I wouldn't mess with the brass shells. It could make them more brittle and cause them to split when fired.

@marinemike01 6 лет назад

Yes Speer actually copper plates there hallow point bullets to jacket them.

@chilidog2469 6 лет назад

I have been looking for this since I found it on Cody’s Lab (Even though it might not work on gold, it’s still a start)

@351kostakis 2 года назад

Fantastic

@khizirfarrukh 6 лет назад

Will Sodium + Liquid Nitrogen react with water?

@carolynmmitchell2240 6 лет назад

Khizir Farrukh basically it would make frozen salt water

@khizirfarrukh 6 лет назад

carolyn mmitchell How can it make frozen SALT water? I am saying to react Sodium with Water in the presence of liquid nitrogen. Sodium + Water ---> Sodium Hydroxide, Not salt

@generalfranky0385 6 лет назад

Try pouring molten any metal into liquid nitrogen and pouring liquid nitrogen into the molten metal when it is still in the foundry

@simona625 5 лет назад

I'd love to see you plate a plastic 3D print or any other plastic item

@reekymirror6764 3 года назад

That’s... not how it works...

@user-pg8qv1nl5c 5 лет назад

I would love to see you trying to remove hard water spots from outdoor windows . I tried every single tip on the internet and every available product, with no success!

@Aiden-mj6dz 6 лет назад

What happens to diesel fuel if you mix it with sulfuric acid.

@johnnywulff4816 6 лет назад

It farts

@PantsB4Squares 6 лет назад

I just pooped

@MrAndrew990 6 лет назад

You get an acidic solvent. I even doubt that they would bond at all.

@carolynmmitchell2240 6 лет назад

Nuclear_ Nube your mother bonds

@hunterhunt360 4 года назад

Something about Nate is off...... 👇 if you noticed too

@owenclark1011 4 года назад

Hairyicejuice I know he seems so monotone and has no enthusiasm I noticed this in another video

@hunterhunt360 4 года назад

Yea it’s kinda weird, Nate is so different from how he films nowadays

@edspencer5122 4 года назад

I'm going to try copper plating on some brass beads for jewelry making.

@dougbarnett715 4 года назад

I think it would be cool to measure the continuity with an ohmmeter before and after the coatings on each item. I would love to see the differences in resistance if you ever end up doing this again.

@dogwalker666 Год назад

A basic ohm meter won't be sensitive enough, a Wheatstone bridge might possibly.

@joonieathiccie 6 лет назад

I want to see you freeze bubbles with liquid nitrogen or maby it would work with dry ice🤔

@korbindalton8636 6 лет назад

I think they've done that before

@sub0sandwich32 5 лет назад

Gracie Mccall you cant freeze bubbles. They are air pockets

@asianpersuasian3758 5 лет назад

Gracie Mccall no, ni it won't. Common sense

@dan8yearsago600 6 лет назад

1,2,3.... *10*

@man-hg7uw 6 лет назад

LOL

@finemyu69 6 лет назад

11,12,13

@howardthealien52 6 лет назад

14,15,16 *20*

@eu2177 6 лет назад

Lol I was about to comment that 😆

@andrewrichardson3135 6 лет назад

You got ten seconds to run.

@serafincastilla 6 лет назад

Plate a bicicle frame! It looks cool!

@randomrandom5 5 лет назад

2:54 "DAWN HELPS SAVE WILDLIFE" Like those DUCKIES!!!!

@abhi.m6165 6 лет назад

Can we use 9volt battery instead of old charger???

@among-us-99999 6 лет назад

rocky hudson yes

@JacobBLivingLife 6 лет назад

I dunno

@among-us-99999 6 лет назад

i tried it a few years ago (with copper sulfate), and it works.

@among-us-99999 6 лет назад

However, they are too weak for the second method

@patrickgallagher6318 6 лет назад

Now the quarter is worth 25c!

@commanderdeo8611 5 лет назад

BUT A QUARTER IS 25 CENTS

@its-joey 5 лет назад

A quarter is 25c😂

@commanderdeo8611 5 лет назад

True tlh

@NeoOelmannHD 5 лет назад

r/woooosh

@codypierce7674 5 лет назад

Wait

@pganeshg 6 лет назад

I have watched your all video

@crimsoncut8425 6 лет назад

Counting with Nate! 1, 2, 3... 9, 10!

@ChandlerSeita 6 лет назад

Nah bro you just made a slurp juice

@ajee3229 6 лет назад

Chandler Seita yeah lmao

@Ian_Johnson 6 лет назад

Do it with Keys!

@frenzscivola3099 5 лет назад

13:57 , my favourite band

@axsdnied 6 лет назад

Take and copper plate one of the casted Master Swords you guys made. That would look wicked awesome!

@Najvalsa 6 лет назад

How about plating some fruit?

@mrbenjiboy9527 6 лет назад

Fruit isnt metal

@hamzakhabir9639 6 лет назад

But some fruits have iron in it 😂😂

@mrbenjiboy9527 6 лет назад

...

@hamzakhabir9639 6 лет назад

Aah am gonna make some gold plated banana

@hehet_yeosang 6 лет назад

“mummy can I have a silver plated apple for my lunch?”

@meep7979 5 лет назад

You should see if they work in vending machines

@zaxanity7919 4 года назад

Vending machines use the ridges/size as a guide. They don't care what color the coin is.

@andrian6361 6 лет назад

Great content. Can you do something more complex, like silver plating on the copper things?

@raynobles3736 4 года назад

That's so cool

@atlasaerospace 6 лет назад

Plate the end of a USB drive in copper

@specificorb3 6 лет назад

It wouldn't work

@mitchelll899 6 лет назад

Leopard Mechanic you'd short the hard drive inside

@atlasaerospace 6 лет назад

i never said we should use it again im just saying it will look cool

@snorremanskaas5396 6 лет назад

First Comment and then watch

@morrismercier9849 6 лет назад

Try cleaning surfaces with finger nail polish remover (Acetone) then alcohol. This system works well to clean surfaces for stickers or prep for paint. I use it in rc plane/car building. Works very well.

@RenshiMichael 6 лет назад

Copper plate a RU-vid gold play button!

@gamikos1958 6 лет назад

Can you try this with 9 or 24K Gold?

@MGSLurmey 5 лет назад

Why specifically those karats? What about 6? 10? 12? 16? 20? lmao

@two-face1041 6 лет назад

Can electricity light gas on fire?

@6.9millionviews63 6 лет назад

Absolutely

@greenjoe4202 6 лет назад

derp

@roanvanwort527 6 лет назад

yes

@markhensens5989 6 лет назад

Ofcourse, an electric arq can be something like 2000 degrees celcius

@PantsB4Squares 6 лет назад

Durps

@perdien2922 6 лет назад

i think liquid sand would be an awesome experiment to show it looks so cool. you should check it out.

@jungojerry1658 6 лет назад

I used to do gold plating. had fun plating quarters. Sometimes do it at a gold show so people could see - then sell them for $2 ea.

@Laflamablanca969 6 лет назад

Buff it with steel wool?? Are you kidding lol??

@bruceatkins284 5 лет назад

I have been doing this for years. I use steel wool on a Dremel. By hand doesn't do it. Just puts scratches on the coin. Nothing works better for me. Don't even have to clean it other than rubbing with a qtip and iso. If it doesn't plate to your satisfaction. Hit with Dremel again and repeat process. Never had to do this more than 4 times. The plating has remained on the coins for years with no sign of wearing despite being handled over and over

@pkdiealationzcc 5 лет назад

It's most likely not the steel wool you're thinking of, like the scratchy kind that feels equivalent to 220 grit sand paper.. He's talking about the kind that's actually met for buffing and polishing, like 00 to 0000 grit (fine to super fine) ...i used to fabricate counter tops, the darker the surface, the easier it is to see ANY miniscule scratch.. If u don't have an MX pad on hand, steel wool is definitely your best bet for a shined surface