» Video »How to make do-it-yourself copper plating at home

How to make DIY copper plating at home

Someone may be interested in how to conduct the process of copper plating in home conditions. This is the YouTube video from YouTube uploaded by TOKARKA that teaches us this.

Who can use this lesson? I think many craftsmen will want to decorate their objects with copper plating. Here are some ways to use it in the photo.
How to make DIY copper plating at home

Now that you have a great desire to find out how to do this faster, watch the video and then step by step learn the technology.


First of all, we will determine what is necessary for the copper-plating process:
1) Toilet duckling or other cleaning product which contains hydrochloric acid.
2) Copper wires, the smallest section, pieces of copper, coins containing copper.
3) tin
4) plastic water bottle
5) iron object for copper plating

The liquid from the "Toilet duckling" is poured into a plastic water bottle. A solution is made.

A copper wire is placed in the bottle.

The bottle is clogged and shakes.

After this, the container is placed in a warm place for about a month so that chemical reactions occur. The reaction rate depends on the concentration of the solution, the amount of copper and heat.

While the solution is being prepared, it is necessary to prepare a metal object for copper plating.

The metal surface is cleaned of dust, dirt, rust, oil stains that remain from the touch of your fingers.
This is achieved by boiling in a solution of alkali or in a solution of baking soda, which is available in any kitchen.

Before copper-plating, it is necessary to sand the surface with N100 sandpaper so that the surface is rough. The greater the roughness, the better the copper-plating process.

After stripping with a sandpaper, degreasing takes place; there is also an anti-degreasing agent in the kitchen.

The blank is taken with a pre-prepared napkin.

In a plastic dish, which is selected according to the size of the workpiece, a solution is poured, previously mixed in a bottle.

With a surgical clamp, tweezers or even tweezers to pluck the eyebrows, the workpiece is lowered into the solution.


During copper coating, it is better to swing the tank for a better and faster reaction.

Turn the workpiece over from time to time.

After about an hour and a half or more, you can already see firsthand what happens to an object immersed in a solution.

Copper holds very well on the surface of ordinary steel.

Now we say thank you to our TOKARKA master for the lesson. Which gives copper plating in a nutshell. The electrical conductivity of metal objects improves, the bolts do not stick to the surface, especially where there are high temperatures (collector, silencer, etc.) You can apply copper-plating of disposable bolts, especially on foreign cars, when it is necessary to assemble the assembly, and there are no necessary bolts. For decorative purposes. The rest depends on your imagination. Use it.
10
10
10

Add a comment

    • smilesmilesxaxaokdontknowyahoonea
      bossscratchfoolyesyes-yesaggressivesecret
      sorrydancedance2dance3pardonhelpdrinks
      stopfriendsgoodgoodgoodwhistleswoontongue
      smokeclappingcraydeclarederisivedon-t_mentiondownload
      heatirefullaugh1mdameetingmoskingnegative
      not_ipopcornpunishreadscarescaressearch
      tauntthank_youthisto_clueumnikacuteagree
      badbeeeblack_eyeblum3blushboastboredom
      censoredpleasantrysecret2threatenvictoryyusun_bespectacled
      shokrespektlolprevedwelcomekrutoyya_za
      ya_dobryihelperne_huliganne_othodifludbanclose
11 comments
Isn't it easier to use copper sulfate?
Well read:
The bottle is clogged and shakes.
Well, okay, not bad, and then:
After this, the container is placed in a warm place for about a month so that chemical reactions occur. The reaction rate depends on the concentration of the solution, the amount of copper and heat.
The reaction rate depends on the concentration of the solution, the amount of copper, heat, the amount of oxygen, hydrogen removal (unless it is displaced by tin, of course) and the absence of reaction inhibitors.
Author
Everything that is written in the article about hydrochloric acid V.N. Viter is correct and indisputably true for chemically pure reagents, and in our case a complex solution is used where there is a certain amount of hydrochloric acid of a very low concentration (for the safety of using a cleaning agent at home).
I suggest you once again re-read the article carefully and not make hasty conclusions. (No offense).
Here we read the literature, instructive.
Dear author, you did not take into account one thing, copper itself does not dissolve in brine !!! In the video, you said that throwing it in saline and closing the bottle is not right. Copper will dissolve if a solution of hydrochloric acid wakes up in contact with oxygen in the air, and you close the bottle, thereby preventing the flow of air and leaving the reaction without an important oxidizing agent. Your reaction will not occur for a month, but only as much as you have enough oxygen in the air. Learn chemistry :) (no offense).
Author
A galvanic bath, electricity, etc. leads to the complexity of the process, requires the skills of an electrician. And this is for household use, to use for yourself, if you go out to large volumes of copper plating, of course, you can not do without galvanic baths. The thickness of the copper layer depends only on the time of the copper plating. The properties of copper on the metal surface are no different from normal copper, that is, the strength does not increase.
I am engaged in the manufacture of sports equipment on order - these are racks for the bar, benches for the bench, racks of the horizontal bar, exercise machines, both complex and simple. Seeing this article I tried to process small components. Of course, the view became simply magnificent. Still would learn how to nickel at home. Thanks for the helpful article!
It is very surprising in such an affordable and easy way. It would be interesting to read about the process in terms of chemistry and physics. It’s just that electrodes were usually used for this and electric current was conducted. Is it possible to coat parts in this way in several layers for coating strength? Does such a coating withstand large thermal loads?
A very useful article that you really need to listen to. Before, I didn’t even know that such a process is possible at home. At home there are many things that require copper plating, something just decorate in this way. Today I will try this method. Special thanks to the author for the video, in which everything is described in detail and clearly.
What is the strength and thickness of the copper coating obtained by this "recipe"? I am sure they are insufficient. For a "serious" copper plating you need a galvanic bath. By the way, the bath can be completely built at home.
Thank you so much for the article. I just have an option how to use it. The door handle has broken in the bedroom, but there is exactly the same, but chrome plated. But it does not fit the color of the doors, then I thought to buy it under copper, and now I’ll try to copper already existing at home. I will write about the results later.

We advise you to read:

Hand it for the smartphone ...