[Amps] Cool Amp Silver Plating

[Roger (K8RI)]

On 2/28/2014 8:51 PM, Fuqua, Bill L wrote:
>    I know cyanide is used in gold plate solution but not aware of it silver plating.
> It seems that silver chloride is the main ingredient.

Silver chloride is used in ion exchange, or flash plating. It may be 
used in electroplating, but  I never used it in electroplating.

Silver cyanide is used in smooth electroplating, (electronic and 
decorative) the most common form of plating..

Silver Nitrate is also used in electroplating, but produces a rough, 
crystalline surface and is only used in industry AFAIK.

Cyanide solutions are dangerous!  Extremely dangerous. It only takes a 
drop of something acetic to release cyanide gas which is odorless and 
colorless. Observe all safety precautions in the MSDS for the chemicals 
used and use in a properly ventilated area.  I did all my work in a fume 
hood.

I did all the silver plating for the company I worked for in the early 
days, a good 50 years ago.

73

Roger (K8RI)


>
> 73
> Bill wa4lav
>
> ________________________________________
> From: Amps [amps-bounces at contesting.com] on behalf of Dick Hanson [dick at dkhanson.com]
> Sent: Friday, February 28, 2014 1:32 PM
> To: 'Hardy Landskov'
> Cc: Amps Reflector
> Subject: Re: [Amps] Cool Amp Silver Plating
>
> Hardy....
>
> I have used cool amp, but switched to SilverSmith.
> There are two versions: commercial version which contains cyanide and is
> faster/better, and then the consumer version which has no cyanide.
> I've not used the non-cyanide version, so can't comment on how well it
> works.
> I can say that the commercial/business version is excellent; fast, easy to
> apply and very effective.
>
> Good luck, amigo,
> Dick, K5AND
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Amps [mailto:amps-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Hardy Landskov
> Sent: Friday, February 28, 2014 8:43
> To: amps at contesting.com
> Subject: [Amps] Cool Amp Silver Plating
>
> All,
> Has anyone used this power? If so, what is your opinion/facts of how your
> project turned out? Any special precautions needed?
> Thanks ahead of time.
> 73 Hardy N7RT
>
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