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Originally Posted by piscator
So far I’m very pleased with my first attempts at DIY zinc plating! I read several on-line tutorials and thought this gentleman did a particularly fine job. Here’s the link:
Zinc Plating with Common Materials |
That was an interesting and informative article that you linked, and your parts turned out nicely. A couple more safety notes for folks to consider would be wear a respirator when dealing with the muriatic acid. The vapors are also caustic and too much inhalation isn't good for the ol' mucous lined membranes in the respiratory tract and eyeball corneas. Also don't understate the acid/water precaution. As my old chemistry teacher used to say, "Do as you oughter, add acid to water!".