High Speed Gold Brush Plating Solution

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Our High Speed Gold Brush Plating Solution contains 12 grams of pure gold per litre, so it builds up a thicker layer – faster. Recommended electrode – platinum.

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.

 

HS Code: 3824 99 70

Our EasyPlater is the ideal choice for powering your gold brush plating. This power source is designed and made by us at Spa Plating and is really straightforward to use.

Here are some example of items that have been gold plated using this solution. Please click HERE for help with recommended pre-treatment stages for gold brush plating from our Electroplating Manual. To work out how much plating solution you will need to plate your item and how much it will cost, please click on the ‘Calculator’ tab above and select Gold Brush Plating Solution.

The following video shows how to use our gold brush plating kit and would be suitable for use with this solution.

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Features Used for
12 grams per litre of gold metal Building up thick layers, fast.
Cheaper way to buy gold on a gram-for-gram basis. Plating larger surface areas cheaper.
Plating surfaces that receive a lot of wear, for example car door handles and jewellery

 

Gold brush plating - an introduction and troubleshooting

Gold is by far the most popular metal to plate using the brush plating technique and spectacular results can be obtained on a wide range of surfaces, both metal and non-metal. Gold brush plating is ideal for small batch plating, plating in situ where removing the item to be plated isn't an option (for example bath taps and door handles), very large objects that would be difficult to fit in a plating tank and selective gold plating of larger objects such as goblets and plating on to non-conductice materials such as plastic or glass.
We sell a wide selection of different kinds of gold brush plating solutions for different applications, so you should find just the right kind of brush plating solution you need from our online shop.

Gold is an easy metal to plate with

 

Gold is one of the easiest metals to electroplate, mainly due to the fact that it is almost inert; that is to say, it does not react with other chemicals. For this reason it forms an excellent undercoat for plating onto passive metals, for example high chromium-nickel containing alloys such as stainless steel.

A selection of antiques that have been up-cycled with our Gold Brush Plating Solution. Some of these items have been selectively gold plated, which is much easier with the brush plating technique.

Rose gold, green gold, white gold...

Our K-Gold plating solution can be mixed with our specially designed Coloured Metal Mixers to produce a wide range of different coloured gold finishes. This flexibility means you can match all the most popular shades of gold found in bathrooms by mixing our KGold solution with our gold mixers. Rose gold is also easy to create using the same method, making it possible to match many of the commonly found shades of gold in precious jewellery.

The technique of creating your own bespoke shade of gold using our gold mixers is inexpensive as you don’t need to keep bulk supplies of all the different shades and colours of gold and you only mix what you need to do the job.

How to be economical with your gold solution

Gold brush plating solution can be mixed with our Thickener to form a gel. The great advantage of this is that the plating solution stays on the work and doesn’t run off. This not only helps to build up a thicker layer of plate faster, but also cuts down on wastage of your gold plating solution.

NB – all of our other plating solutions can also be mixed with Thickener, so you can use the same Thickener for most of our other brush plating solutions.

Gold Plating Trouble Shooting

What to do if you experience any problems with your gold brush plating;

Type of problem Possible reason What to do
No plating taking place Incomplete electrical circuit.
Surface not clean enough.
Surface inactive.
Check all electrical connections and clean if necessary.
Make sure the swab is fully soaked in solution.
Hand polish with MPU, clean and re-plate.
Check that surface is conductive with one of our
Conductivity Testers.
When using Coloured Metal Mixers, gold is plating but the wrong shade. Incorrect mixing.
Solution is contaminated.
Refer to the gold mixing table.
Make sure the swab is clean and well rinsed with deionised water before plating. Don’t pour used solution back into its storage bottle.
Plating flaking off when plating nickel
and nickel containing alloys.
Surface of work inactive because of ineffective activation.
Reactivation with MPU or ActiClean is necessary as you are plating a nickel containing alloy; make sure you cover all areas.
Plate wears off very quickly on
corners/edges of work.
Voltage too high. Reduce voltage to 5-6 volts for plating corners/edges.
Dull patches of plate appearing. Surface inactive.
Surface of work insufficiently polished.
Clean with MPU, making sure you cover all areas.
Re-polish.
Plate peeling/no plating around hinges on hinged articles such as boxes. Polishing compounds and preparation chemicals still present on surface of work.
Contamination from oil oozing from hinges.
Dry your work thoroughly and clean with a little lighter fuel by squirting it directly into the hinge or onto the work’s surface. Allow the fluid to evaporate, then re-plate.

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Operating Conditions and Deposit Data

Voltage Range 3.0 – 4.5 volts
Temperature 14 – 25 °C
Gold Concentration 12g/l
Electrode Platinum or Carbon (see notes)
Gold content in plate 99.9% (balance carbon)
Plating Rate at (3.5 volts, Platinum electrode) Approx. 0.8 micron per minute (spot)
Hardness 220 – 230 Hv
Density of deposit 19.3 g/cm3
Stress Medium stress
Special storage requirements Away from sunlight
Shelf life 3 – 6 months
Health and Safety classification Harmful
Special considerations Contains potassium cyanide (0.3%)
Transport (UN number) None: Not classified as dangerous for transport

 

Notes:

  • We strongly advise against the use of stainless steel anodes for most of our plating processes
  • Plating rates are calculated over a sample area which is permanently covered by swab.

General guide;

Certain small items, for example Swabs, Nibs and Plating Pens can be sent by normal post within the UK

  • The courier option for UK deliveries is FedEx
  • Free UK mainland delivery available on orders over £200
  • International orders usually 3-5 working days.

For all price quotations for deliveries, please add your items to our shopping cart. You will be able to see the shipping costs by clicking on the ‘Calculate shipping’ button in the cart and before checking out.

Please click on the link below to download the SDS for this product:

https://goldn.b-cdn.net/msds/high_speed_gold.pdf