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Looks Like
Chrome - Has that Daylight Silver Colour - Not A Yellow Silver Nickel!
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Hard Like
Chrome - Tougher Than Nickel!
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Keeps Its
Shine - Just Like Chrome!
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No Dangerous
Chemicals - No Disposal Problems - No Fumes - No Cyanide
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No Corrosive
Acids!
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One coat
system - eliminates 2 steps!
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The Ideal Way
To Plate Small Parts - Easily - Economically - Quickly
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No Batteries,
Rectifiers or Other Power Sources Required
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Plates -
All Steels, Irons, Copper, Brass, Bronze, Lead Free Solders, Nickel
Alloys, and Titanium.
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Pot Metal
(with Pre-treatment)
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Aluminium
(with Zincate treatment).
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Mix
chemicals, as described in the instructions, into the included tank,
and place on the hot plate provided.
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Electroless Krome plating
requires no anodes, power supply or electrical connection
of any kind. The process simply entails mixing together some solutions,
heating them to just off the boil, and then immersing the part to be
plated. An autocatalitic electrochemical reaction takes place and the
nickel is evenly deposited all over the part being plated. The thickness
of the plate will depend on the duration of immersion. To stop the
reaction, the part is removed from the solution. The system was developed
for ferrous metals but Copper and its alloys can be plated by touching
each piece with a steel nail until the bubbles tell you that the part is
activated. Commercial electroless Krome platers
usually employ full time chemists to make additions to the solution. This
is a time consuming and complicated activity for a small operation and is
not cost effective. It is simpler to use the liquid to depletion, discard
and make new. Our kits are based on this principal
Like all plating, the brightness of
the plate will, to some extent, depend on the brightness of the part
before plating. The brighter the shine initially, the brighter the shine
after plating. As the Krome solution is used, the brightness will tend to
diminish. Surfaces requiring shiny finishes should be plated in fresh
batches of solution otherwise they may have to be buffed after plating to
obtain a high shine. The duller finish resembles cadmium or Satin Chrome
and are also of great value to most vehicle restorers. Numerous variations
of the final finish can be achieved by changing the surface preparation
prior plating.
Electroless Krome plating is not
new; it has many applications in industry. Because the system plates
evenly over all areas of the part even inside tubes and holes, it is
frequently used to plate firearms and small hand tools. For the motorcycle
restorer, electroless Krome is a great tool for evenly plating the
air-cooling fins on many engine blocks particularly older Indians &
Harleys.
Electroless Krome plates at an
approximate rate of 1 thousand of an inch per hour. Indoor decorative
applications will need approximately 0.25 thou. or 5-15 minutes of
plating. General outdoor items (hand tools, hand guns) should receive
0.5-0.75 thou. or 30-45 min. Items requiring high corrosion resistance
should receive 0.7 - 1.2 thou. or 40-70 minutes in the bath. Our 2.4 litre
kit will plate approx. 150 sq. ins. of surface area with a bright Krome or
approximately 300 sq. in. with a Satin Krome finish.
As the baths are used, Krome
depletes from the solution. You will need to replenish this periodically
using our unique method of calculating the Krome loss. Additions to the
solution may be made with small quantities of parts A & C
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