I was wondering to I'd like to maybe offer some services for stuff like this car stuff etc around where I live I'm wondering what happened to that big mobile brush plating set up you guys used to sell
Okay so I've been using all your solutions for some years. It's common practice for me to poor all the solutions back into a air tight bottle each night because I figured some chemicals could evaporate such as chlorine which I believe you use in woods nickel strike and want my solutions to last as long as possible but in a larger setup like this, how do you keep your system air tight (or do you) if you are going to keep a heavy amount of solution layed out like that or do you also seal the top to every container each night?
How do you prevent the soul ions from entering the holes and channels on the underside of the slide? Is the coating not enough to mess you p the tolerances?
Price may seem expensive for the 4/5 module complete kit, but this wouldn't be for just doing 1-2 items and letting it get dusty. Ask around for how much shops charge to do this service. Then compare that with the price vs how many jobs you can complete with it to equal the price for getting started.
You put it very well. Getting a service done like this is typically around $300-$600. Our raw cost to plate this slide was roughly $30.00, so the kit pays itself off very quickly if the business is there. Thanks for your great comment!
Im getting my desert eagle gold plated with pearl handle grip purely for aesthetic reasons, also Im just really in love with my pistol.. And I can resell it for a lot more later.. But I probably won’t
Are there fumes that result from this process/what kind of protective gear do you wear besides the latex gloves? Wondering if i need a respirator/proper exhausting system and safety googles just in case of splashes etc
Does the paper towel not scratch the gold? I just know I would never use paper towel on anything BC it scratches it unless it's glass and even then you use a soft cloth depending... Anyways super cool video! Thanks 👍
what hardeners need to be added to a gold plating solution to obtain "hard gold" plating, or does the 18K Gold Plating Solution - Bath solution listed on the website already come with the added hardeners to form hard gold?
My brother I had a question, would this kit be the one you recommend for strictly firearm gold plating (gold, rose gold, & white gold). Or is there another specific kit you sell that is better for all firearms?
Plating for extended periods of time even at lower than normal voltage in my experience typically creates burn marks yet I didn't see you have that problem gold plating for 15 minutes. When I do more items like jewelry and a typical ring for instance at 4v for more than 5-10 minutes (I like to apply thick coats as well being that they are items worn) blacken especially where my copper wire which is what I use touches the item to be plated. The only solution I've found is constantly moving it around and rotating the ring around where the copper (-) line touches the item. Is this because I don't use bubble agitation or am I missing something I should be aware of here? When it happens I typically have to use some #0000 steel wool to remove it and start over on those areas. Always love learning something new and look forward to a reply. I'll definitely be checking out your new PRO kit here.
@@olivernavarro6237 Yes, the industry standard typically plates most jewelry at around .5 microns thick while I plate my jewelry at an industrial level of 4 microns or 8x times the normal thickness.
So do the solutions work multiple times or is it 1 and done then you have to remove and refill it? Can I just leave it there forever and use it when I want to or does it need to be air tight? Can I use a brush plating wand, have it plugged in and just dip it in those solutions because I'm cheap as shit and wouldn't want to pour out more for the brush. Of course making sure that the brushes don't cross contaminate. Also after and in-between solutions are you just dipping it in water? One looks like its soap water ?
does this process cause embrittlement or stress in steel that would require heat treating? or just plate and its good to go? is there any need/way to seal the gold plating to further protect it?
I just purchased this system. Am I able to gold plate a blued slide from the inside but polished on the outside or does it all need to have blueing removed
Here's where you can get it! We will be happy to assist you. www.goldplating.com/collections/prolab-complete-kits/products/copy-of-prolab-cm-stainless-steel-4-station-setup-with-trival
I've spent about 12 years learning, both experimenting and learning from our customers. I develop a close relationship with many of our frequent customers and we always are improving the process. This is a craft and the mastery never stops, I'm still learning every day! Thanks for the comment! -Robert with GPS
Can you just bright nickel plate a slide and leave it like that? I assume that's prolly common for those that want nickel or silver if you will over gold
What do I know? Nothing...but if you pull the object out of the nickel bath doesn’t nickel oxide form immediately preventing subsequent nickel from adhering?
You can do the calculation in a few different ways I'm not a chemist but the easiest I think is to calculate the molarity of a solution and then on a sensitive scale measure the weight difference before and after gold plating and do the calculation of how many moles of gold you used by plating using the weight difference and then recalculate the molarity. Of course you would have to have some idea of how much material you are depositing based on your surface area, plating thickness and the molecular geometry vs time, molarity of solution, current and voltage or your deposition rate. That's gonna be a bit more complicated if you want it down to the micron/nanometers of material like this guy. Again not a chemist but just how I believe the basic math behind this is going to work. It requires some level of research even if you aren't going through the trouble of solving all these equations yourself and just doing this by trial and error and experience
You can plate 320 square inches of area to 10 microinches thickness, with 1 gram of gold. 1 Gallon contains 8g of fine-gold. We sell gold replenisher, which comes with 1g per fluid ounce of solution. This replenisher is poured directly into the bath to maintain the gold content and keep the deposition rate up. At high gold content, the bath will deposit 10 microinches in ~2 minutes in the gold bath.
Hi my best friend dug a 5 foot hole and put a latex pipe with a revolvr and a Glock 23 and all ammo fixed into the gun already. As far as I know it's watertight seal so I just wanted to know will my bulletts misfire or will it fire ok without any blow back?? The package has been there since he passed away RIP Anthony Z.Sylhamc. Almost around since 2007-2010-2021. After a gruesome fight between 81#H.A's and commos. Rip. Do you have any ideas on how to clean it before firing it. Thanks bruv. Peace out cuzzie.
when I first started tank plating I did all errors there is xD . Feels good with knowledge, Also experienced if you do gun parts there is a risk your parts wont fit together.
