are U serious

Next question please!

Reported as rant!

Amazing More, - A Rant My A**e, My objection is immediately reported BUT STILL my original metelurgy question is STILL Ignored.!

So you are Peter22?

Thank Goodness, at last a GURU,

Here is my question again,

I have been reading links to this site for some time after coming across the following quote

"I have successfully plated copper at home. My mix is a weak solution of copper sulphate made with battery acid and copper. I added phosphoric acid ( "Lime away" ) and tiny amount of surfactant (dishsoap detergent). The surfactant makes the finish brighter.
Current was very low and copper bonded well to totally clean steel parts. Cleaning was by hydrochloric acid and scrubbing with pumice powder . The finish is dull copper but easy to polish. I used electrolytic copper (busbar) for the anode. Current about 1 amp/sq ft. Temp 80 °F. Slight agitation. Immediately after immersion I increased current to 10 amps/sq. ft for under a second then dropped down to the 1 a/sqft."

MY aim is to coat the inside of a zinc coated steel milkcan (app. 1 sq meter) with something which will handle boiling water and acetones (100deg C) without delaminating, so copper or nickel? and would very much appreciate any advice members could give including whether the above quote works. Thanks Again.

This is your second official post!

Are you OP?

If so, you might have never made it to the front page because you posted anon.

There is a big difference as you might have noticed in replies if there is a name to the question.

Can you find the thread where that quote comes from? Who did say that might make a difference?

Boiling acetone? The boiling point is lower than 100 deg C.

How about using a copper can in the first place? Why the coating?

If this is not your thread or even if it is it might be better to start a new thread with exactly the question you have.

This thread started on the wrong foot!

PS Guru means nothing here other than a certain amount of posts. If in doubt try to contact the poster of above quoted information and see if you can squeeze out better information.

you have to used some grey matter.....

first off, with the work your doing, check out ebay for stainless milk cans.

http://www.ebay.com/bhp/stainless-steel-milk-can

or what they used to milk out cows that just freshened or are treated to isolate the milk.

http://non-electric.lehmans.com/hardware/Stainless-Steel-Milk-Cans

and google for chemical resistance chart

Like a lot of posts already posted on this thread, you should take seriously.....

Probably not.

The zinc will likely dissolve into/contaminate the electrolyte, why don't you strip it off first?

I'd just buy a copper one, then I'm funny that way, Mildred.

You might try electroless deposition of copper. Electroless coats all surfaces equally - it is not directional like electrochemical deposition. In the electroless technique a copper solution (usually warm/hot) is mixed with a reducing agent and the object to be coated immersed in it. The reaction takes place regardless, so the mixture has no "shelf life." I have a whole textbook on the subject, but I am damned if I can find it - in a box, in the barn, somewhere.

Just Google electroless copper coating: articles galore and YouTube demos..

What planet are you people ON?????

The one that you aint.

We are not on AP1 what ever planet that is. Where all the people post anonymously. Think their question should have priority. Rant and rave about it when they don't get it.

If the question was so serious then why post it anonymously to begin with.

And yes we will most likely respond to pictures of questionable subject matter that don't fit from contributing members. Most if you read them were in jest. Breaks up and relieves some of the stress due to the real work we do.

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Illiterate whining and shouting don't help.

You'll have to wait till my daughter gets home. She did a project for a grade school science day fair identical to yours many years ago. She said it is something that is close to putting make upon a woman' face. Good Luck, Old Salt