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Basics of Gold and Silver Plating

Gold and Silver are the most frequently electrodeposited of all the precious metals, and for the widest variety of applications.

Working With Salt Spray Tests

A shop manager once asked me about an issue with rack-zinc plates for a customer per ASTM B633 Type lll Class FeZn8.

Preventative Maintenance for Bright Nickel Baths

Let’s say you plate parts in a Watts bright nickel bath for the automotive industry, but it seems to be inundated with organic and metallic contaminants.

TechTalk with Mariola Brandes, MacDermid Enthone, on Tristar Shield

We talked with Mariola Brandes, Global Director of Decorative Systems for WRC and PET at MacDermid Enthone Industrial Solutions, to discuss Tristar Shield, a non-Cr(VI) electrolytic process that optimizes decorative chromium deposits by providing higher neutral salt spray resistance as well as improved resistance to humidity.

Solving Nickel Plating Headaches

When a plating shop lost its foreman, he apparently kept most of the important information on their plating solutions to himself.