You can use our Alkaline Copper Brush Plating Solution to plate onto difficult-to-plate metals such as zinc and zincated aluminium.
If the item you want to plate is going to be used outdoors and exposed to the elements, you will need to plate a layer of at least 5 microns. This makes brush plating impractical, so in this case we recommend tank plating with our Alkaline Copper Tank Plating Solution to achieve these thicknesses.
If the item is going to be used indoors, then the brush plating method will be suitable. You will need to plate to at least 0.5 microns for this application.
Please click on the ‘Videos’ tab to see how you can use this solution to plate on aluminium and zinc. Under the video you will find a list of the equipment and solutions we have used, along with links to the corresponding product pages.
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Copper Brush Plating Solution can be used for plating a range of metals including brass, pewter, nickel and ferrous metals. If plating onto stainless steel, you will need to undercoat with gold or nickel (using Nickel Strike).
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This copper plating solution is great for plating on non-conductive materials. It plates bright and levels out the plating surface. PP Copper also plates very well onto brass and pewter.
When plating very large areas or building up shiny surfaces onto matt surfaces, we advise mixing with PP Stabiliser Powder to supress tarnishing.
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You can use our Copper Tank Plating Solution to plate directly onto brass, bronze, pewter and other tin based alloys.
As well as this, you can use it to build up a thick layer over zinc and zincated aluminium, which has been plated with an adhesion layer of alkaline copper. The thick layer of copper will protect the base layer of zinc or zincated aluminium from corrosion.
If you are plating onto zinc or zincated aluminium we recommend plating at least a 1 micron undercoat of our Alkaline Copper Tank Plating Solution or our Alkaline Brush Plating Solution.
Please use our platinum electrodes and anode bags for plating with our copper tank plating solution.
This solution contains 56 grams of copper per litre and is designed to be used to exhaustion at approximately 15 grams per litre giving a useable copper per litre is approximatly 40 grams.
Available worldwide.
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Our cobalt brush plating solution plates up to four times the speed of nickel brush plating solution. It is very hard (see tech specs) and plates a shade lighter than nickel and darker than chromium.
Click on the tabs in the blue tabbed panel for more information on this product’s unique features.
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Our Rose Gold Brush/Pen Plating Solution Cyanide Free plates a warm shade of 18kt rose gold and can be used for both brush and pen plating. You can use either the Carbon Electrode – preferred – (2.0 – 2.5 volts) or the Platinum Electrode (2.5 – 3.0 volts) with this solution.
One of the outstanding qualities of the Rose Gold Brush/Pen Plating Solution Cyanide Free is that it plates very fast compared to other brush plating solutions.
You can compare the plating rates using our online brush plating calculator on the links bar above.
Battery Powered Plating Pen confirguration:
We recommend two batteries + Battery Replacer
In certain circumstances, when plating small or irregularly shaped items it may be advantageous to use:
two batteries + Battery Voltage Reducer
Please note:
This is an air-sensitive solution. When not in use, keep the lid tightly shut and make sure you minimise the air space in the bottle. To help you do this you could either add glass marbles or beads to the bottle, or simply squeeze out the excess air at the top of the bottle.
You can also store the solution in a special storage syringe that’s available on the online shop.
If you don’t minimise the air space then the gold component in the solution will degenerate. This will cause copper-rich plating, which will tarnish quickly.
Please click on the ‘Examples’ tab below for suggestions on how to minimise air contamination.
Please see below for more products related to Rose Gold Brush/Pen Plating Solution (18 Karat).
We recommend a gold flash before plating onto stainless steel, nickel and its alloys.
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Nickel Brush Plating Solution is mainly used for plating a barrier layer when plating on copper and copper containing alloys. It can also be used as a decorative finish by itself.
3 – 4 volts.
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Our gold brush plating solution is ideal for decorative and functional applications including jewellery, electrical contacts, gold plating on plastics and much more. Gold concentration: 8 grams per litre. It plates a 24 karat layer of gold.
If you need to gold plate on a base metal such as copper, you will need to plate a barrier layer of either nickel or palladium. Links to these solutions can be found in the ‘Related Products’ section below this tabbed panel. Please click on the ‘Read Manual’ tab of this tabbed panel for fully illustrated guides on gold plating.
This solution plates a shade of gold with a slightly redder hue which approximates to between the Swiss watch industry standard of 2N and 3N.
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Spa Plating’s palladium brush plating solution contains 10 grams of palladium per litre and is an ideal low-cost, low-hazard alternative to platinum and rhodium plating solution.
It also makes an excellent alternative to nickel when plating a barrier layer between copper and gold. Recommended electrode – Carbon or Platinum. For similar products to palladium brush plating solution, please see the ‘Related Products’ section below this tabbed panel.
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