Gold Strike Xtra Brush and Tank

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This plating solution performs the same function as Gold Strike Brush and Tank but has twice the gold content. It only plates slightly faster but has twice the coverage of Gold Strike Brush and Tank. All of our swabs can be used with this solution. However, to preserve the life of your swabs, we recommend using our s-type swabs. Please see below for more recommended products.
You can use this plating solution mainly as an adhesive undercoat for other metals such as gold, silver, palladium and platinum. It should not be plated to a thickness of over 0.1 micron.

Brush plating voltage: 3 – 4 volts
Plating Factor (tank): 0.03 amp/cm2 (see Tech Specs)

Gold concentration: 4 grams per litre

HS Code: 3824 99 70

Our Gold Strike Xtra plates adherent layers of gold straight on to chrome without stripping and difficult to plate stainless steel alloys. The ‘Xtra’ means there’s 2 grams more of gold in it compared with our Gold Strike, so it plates at the same rate but has more than twice the coverage of Gold Strike.  It is particularly useful for plating super adherent key layers for subsequent plating of thick layers of gold of 3 microns and above. Please use a Carbon Electrode, which you can buy by clicking on the link in the ‘Related Products’ section below this panel.

Pictured here is our brush plating equipment which is powered by our EasyPlater. It’s very straightforward to use, compact and lightweight.

This photograph showing a sellotape test demonstrates just how adhesive this plating solution is. In section A of the picture, the tape is stuck to the surface of our freshly plated gold strike layer and then in section B of the picture, the sellotape is removed. The gold layer stays on the surface of the work with no traces of gold on the sellotape.

Other difficult to plate metals such as tungsten can also be plated with our Gold Strike Xtra.

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  • Plates at the same rate but more than twice the coverage of Gold Strike
  • Strike plates chromium, tungsten, dental alloys and more
  • Recommended thickness: 0.1 micron

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Operating Conditions and Deposit Data Brush Plating

Voltage 3 – 4 volts
Temperature 20 – 25 °C (see notes)
Gold Concentration 4 g/l
Electrode Carbon or platinum
Gold content in plate 99% – 99.5%
Plating Rate at (3 volts, Carbon Electrode, 20 °C) 0.07 micron per minute (spot)
Plating Rate at (4 volts, Carbon Electrode, 20 °C) 0.09 micron per minute (spot)
Recommended plating thickness 0.1 micron
Coverage 10ml will cover 80 cm2 to 0.1 micron
Hardness 185 Hv
Density of deposit 19.3 g/cm3
Stress Not known
Special storage requirements Away from sunlight
Shelf life 1 – 2 years
Health and Safety classification Harmful
Special considerations Contains low level cyanide ( <0.1%)
Transport (UN number) None: Not classified as dangerous for transport

 

Notes:

  • When plating in recesses, we recommend using the using the Plating Pen (8 – 10 volts, Fibre Nib).
  • Plating rate decreases considerably below 20 °C
  • 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.

 

Operating conditions and deposit Data for tank plating

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

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

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