Setting up the Silver Tank Plating Kit HS

Fitting the Stainless Steel Mesh Electrode to the cleaner beaker

The cleaner beaker is usually supplied with the mesh fitted, but in case that it’s not, curl the mesh into the plastic beaker and slide the mesh connector inbetween the beaker and the mesh and make sure that it’s held in place by the mesh to ensure electrical connection.

Fitting the Stainless Steel Mesh Electrode to the NiPrep beaker

The glass NiPrep beaker is usually supplied with the mesh fitted, but in case that it’s not, curl the mesh into the glass beaker and slide the mesh connector inbetween the beaker and the mesh and make sure that it’s held in place by the mesh to ensure electrical connection.

Fitting the silver rod electrodes into the Beaker Ring and adding anode bags

Slide one end of the silver rod electrode into the receiving hole on the beaker ring and tighten the grub screw with the allen key provided.

Fit the anode bags over the electrodes and place in the structure in the plating beaker.

Here’s a video showing how it’s done with platinum rod electrodes, the process is the same with silver rod electrodes.

Making the Plating Stand negative (black wire)

Plug one of the 4mm connectors of the Standard Lead into the black socket of the MultiPlater and clip the other end plug into the 4mm hole located at the base of the Plating Stand.
The negative is where the plating takes place.

Connecting up the mesh on the cleaner beaker

Plug the 4mm connector end of the Red Combination Lead – 600mm into a red socket on the MultiPlater and the other end, clip to the mesh connection on the cleaner tank.

Connecting up (ganging up) the mesh on the NiPrep beaker to the mesh on the cleaner beaker

Clip the crodocile clip on one end of the Red Jump Lead – 200mm to the mesh on the cleaner beaker then clip the other end of the jump lead to the mesh on the NiPrep beaker.

Connecting up (ganging up) the Beaker Ring on the silver plating beaker to the mesh on the NiPrep beaker

Clip the crocodile clip on one end of the Red Jump Lead 400mm to the mesh on the NiPrep beaker then clip the other end of the lead to the Beaker Ring on the silver plating beaker.

Please note that we have included a Red Jump Lead 600mm in the kit should you wish to put any of the beakers further apart.

Filling the cleaner beaker and operating conditions

Fill the cleaner tank up with Cleaner until just below the level of the mesh.

Cleaner is used at room temperature and a between 2 and 4 volts.

If you prefer to control the process using amps, the plating factor for cleaner is between 0.02 – 0.03 A/cm2

Agitation is not necessary.

Filling the NiPrep beaker and operating conditions

Fill the NiPrep beaker up with NiPrep until just below the level of the mesh.

NiPrep is used at room temperature at a Plating Factor in the range 0.01 – 0.01 A/cm2

Agitation is not necessary.

Filling the silver plating beaker

Fill up with Silver Tank Plating Solution HS ensuring the solution 1.5cm – 2cm below the rim of the plating beaker and that the top of the anode bags are above the level of the solution.

Silver plating should be carried out at a plating factor of between 0.05 and 2 amp per square centimetre, 45 – 55 degrees centigrade with good agitation.

A higher plating factor is possible especially with greater agitation and to the upper part of the temperature range.

To help calculate the MultiPlater amp setting and time that you will need to plate for, you can use our online calculator by clicking here.

While continual filtration isn’t usually necessary, occasional batch filtration or filtration through a filter pump could be advantageous.