home zinc electroplating

[Scott Danforth]

Anyone on here do home zinc electroplating? i have a bunch of zinc electroplated (vs hot-dipped galvanized) hardware that i want to restore vs buying new. I just dont have the room/time for setting up a plating operation

Not to mention not sure the wife would be happy smelling zinc sulfate or zinc chloride

 

[dingbat]

The electro-galv process is nasty stuff...I will never forget my intro to the EGL and ETL processes.

Bet your wife isn’t going to like the pre-plating hydrochloric acid bath or the follow-up nitric acid bath either.

The hex-chrome passivation probably wouldn’t go over well either.....lol

 

[Scott Danforth]

the home process isnt that bad. acid rinse, drop in a tub with a battery charger, a few zinc pencils and a bath of zinc sulfate. wipe down with an acid bath and water rinse when done.

if I cant find anyone, will have to set up a tank out back.

 

[dingbat]

Shouldn’t be a problem to find a plater.

We have two local vendors. Consider using bright tin plate instead. Seems to be the popular choices these days