A single shot brightener system for acid copper plating solutions.
Please click on the Tech Specs tab for more information including using our brightener with home-made copper electroplating and electroforming solutions.
HS Code: 3824 99 70
Copper Electroforming Brightener + 3ml Pipette (For use with copper anodes only)
£16.62 – £30.48 + VAT
Keep your Spa Plating Copper Electroforming Solution producing consistently shiny layers of copper with our Copper Brightener.
How to add the brightener to the copper electroforming solution.
Back to Product Description| Features | Benefits |
| Add small, millilitre sized quantities to you relectroforming solution | Keeps the electroforming solution depositing bright layers over multiple uses. |
| You can work out exactly how much Copper Brightener to use by using our Copper Electroforming Calculator which can be found on the ‘Calculator’ tab to the right of this panel. | To work out how much Copper Brightener to add to your electroforming solution, enter in the surface area of the item you’re electroforming and the required thickness of electroformed layer, press the ‘Calculate’ button and the amount of Brightener will be displayed in millilitres. |
Please note: It is possible to use our Copper Electroforming Brightener with home-made sulphuric acid base copper electroforming and copper plating solutions provided that the solution has not had any brighteners added previously.
For home-made solutions add 25ml of Copper Electroforming Brightener for every litre of home-made solution.
Copper Electroforming Calculator
How to use this calculator :
1. In the first box, enter the thickness that you want your electroform to be plated to in microns.
2. In the second box, enter the surface area of the article in square centimetres (cm2).
3. Click the ‘Calculate’ button.
4. Read off the amp setting for your rectifier and the plating time.
5. If you prefer to track the process with the amp-hour facility on our MicroPlater, take a note of the amp-hour reading to plate to.
6. Then read off the volume of Copper Electroforming Brightener to add.
7. Finally read off the weight of copper that’s plated.
Operating conditions
| Initial concentration | 25ml/litre (see notes) |
| Addition rate | 0.6 ml/ampere hour |
| Special storage requirements | None |
| Shelf life | 1 year |
| Health and Safety classification | Irritant |
| Special considerations | None |
| Transport (UN number) | None: Not classified as dangerous for transport |
Notes:
- Operating band +/- 20% of initial concentration.
- If over addition is suspected, plate out on a copper plate until brightness returns.
- Please note: It is possible to use our Copper Electroforming Brightener with
home-made sulphuric acid base copper electroforming and copper plating solutions
provided that the solution has not had any brighteners added previously.
For home-made solutions add 25ml of Copper Electroforming Brightener
for every litre of home-made solution.
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.
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Please click on the link below to download the SDS for this product:
https://goldn.co.uk/msds/copper_electroforming_brightener.pdf
