Electroplating: Plating Metals

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meatheadmerlin

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I came across this eBook on Electroplating Metals.
It's not exactly a book on refining, but may give ideas for other processes.

It doesn't seem to give the actual title and author.
There are many MSDS sheets at the end of the file, before the index.

Electroplating_Plating_Metals.pdf

Other downloadable formats can be found on this page:
https://archive.org/details/Electroplating_Plating_Metals

<-> Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION 2
THE PRINCIPALS OF PLATING 3
SAFETY PROCEDURES 5
SETTING UP A WORKSHOP 6
AVOIDING TRAPPED GASSES ON WORKPIECE 14
HEATING THE PLATING SOLUTIONS 15
THE POWER SOURCE 20
WIRING UP THE PARTS 29
REPAIRING PITTED METALS 31
CASTING A NEW PART 35
BUFFING AND POLISHING 36
PREPARING YOUR SOLUTIONS 43
INTRODUCTION TO PLATING PROCEDURES 50
METALS CHART 51
BRIGHT ACID TIN PLATING PROCESS 52
REGULAR NICKEL & COPY CHROME PLATING PROCESS 53
NICKEL & COPY CHROME PLATING TROUBLESHOOTING 55
ELECTROLESS NICKEL & KROME PLATING 56
ZINCATE INSTRUCTIONS 65
STAINLESS STEEL ACTIVATOR 66
FLASH COPPER PLATING 67
BRIGHT ACID COPPER PLATING 69
COPPER PLATING TROUBLESHOOTING 70
PLATING PLASTICS & NON CONDUCTIVE MATERIALS 71
BRONZING BABY SHOES 74
PLATING GLASS TABLEWARE 75
GOLD & & SILVERING GLASS 75
CHROME PLATING 77
OPERATING THE NEW DECORATIVE CHROME SYSTEM 80
GENERAL HARD CHROME PLATING INSTRUCTIONS 81
DEVELOPMENT OF HARD CHROME SOLUTION 82
THE PRINCIPLES OF HARD CHROME PLATING 87
PREPARING HARD CHROME SOLUTION 90
HARD CHROME PLATING THE USE OF CONFORMING SHAPED ANODES 93
HARD CHROME PLATING MILLING CUTTERS, DRILLS & FLAT PLATES 98
HARD CHROME PLATING PLATING MULTIPLE PARTS 100
HARD CHROME PLATING MULTIPLE PARTS NON CRITICAL DIMENSIONS 101
HARD CHROME PLATING MULTIPLE PARTS TO CRITICAL DIMENSIONS 105
HARD CHROME PLATING INSIDE DIAMETER PLATING 107
HARD CHROME PLATING DEPOSIT LOCATION CONTROL 110
HARD CHROME PLATING FINISHING 116
INTERRUPTED CHROME PLATING CYCLES 117
PROCEDURE FOR THE REMOVAL OF CHROME PLATE 118
CHROME PLATING TROUBLESHOOTING 120
ANODIZING ALUMINUM 121
BRUSH PLATING WITH PLUGNPLATE 136
GOLD EMBLEM PLATING USING PLUGNPLATE 138
DIP PLATING WITH PLUGNPLATE 140
RUB ON SILVER PLATING 141
SILVER PLATING KITS 142
24 CT GOLD TANK PLATING 143
FASTGOLD 145
BLACK OXIDIZING OF STEEL 146
COPY CAD & ZINC PLATING INSTRUCTIONS 148
CHROMATE PROCESSES 154
ZINC & COPY CAD BLACKENER 155
ANODIZE & CHROME STRIPPER 156
ANTIQUING OXIDIZERS 158
PLATING LEAD, PEWTER AND STAINED GLASS OBJECTS 159
BRASS TANK PLATING 160
MANUFACTURING GUILDING FOILS 161
WASTE DISPOSAL & EMMISSIONS 162
PROBLEM RESOLUTION SYSTEM 169
<->
 
That book is done by Caswell and is written for amateurs. It's actually pretty good. Caswell is probably the biggest seller of plating kits to amateurs in the US. Amateur plating has gone far beyond "bronzing baby shoes."
 
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