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dougn0782
06-04-2010, 03:11 PM
I have been looking into Nickel as a use for electrodes but the cost is just a little high for experimentation. However I did read up a bit on nickel electroplating using the Watts nickel plating solution(linked at the bottom of this post).

My biggest concern is will the Nickel remain on each electrode or will it transfer electrodes during operation?

Also if you can manage to maintain a full covering of Nickel plating it should put Hexavalent Chromium out of the picture and you can use a cheaper electrode since it will not be exposed to corrosion assuming you can maintain that Nickel coverage.

Anyone have some input on this? Will the Nickel plating remain in it's place?

How to electroplate Nickel:
http://www.ehow.com/how_5046188_electroplate-nickel.html