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Which is BEST, steel, stainless
steel or graphite for plating?
Plain steel can rust. Anyone looking at
older vehicles, or any exposed steel can tell this.
High quality Stainless Steel does not
rust.
Graphite does not rust either.
TITANIUM components are commonly used
in TANK TYPE GOLD PLATING, the GOLD PLATING TANK, to cut out any iron deposits from
getting into the gold tank. The main difference is the type of work. In a tank system, you
are constantly reusing the same chemicals. This is why tank platers use stainless steel
components in some tanks and titanium components in some tanks, plus filters and
agitators to keep their tanks reasonably clean and free of contaminants.
TANK PLATING is one method which
requires special considerations. As long as you are doing what is generally refereed to as
BRUSH PLATING, you function under a different set of factors.
When you look at the assorted plating
wands, pens, and so on, used in mobile / brush type Gold Plating you will see an
assortment of claims.
Our feeling is simple.
Stainless Steel is an ideal conductor
of electricity. We use it in portions of our tank type gold plating system, as many others
do.
Stainless Steel rod is extremely
durable.
Stainless Steel is very easy to
clean, in regular water or even in HOT SOAPY WATER, and rinses clean too!
The nature of mobile / brush type Gold
Plating differs substantially from the TANK PLATING system.
In a TANK PLATING SYSTEM, the same
chemicals are used over and over again. During the process, additional chemicals must be
added. however, the point is the fact, in a TANK SYSTEM, you can have an accumulation of
contaminants, over time, in the chemical tanks. To combat this, an assortment of filters
are used, along with titanium components in the Gold Plating Tank.
In a MOBILE / BRUSH TYPE SYSTEM, the
chemicals are, basically consumed in the process, rather than bringing in any DRAG OUT of
chemicals from one tank to another, or from an accumulation of impurities. The extremely
small amount of chemicals in the JOB SITE CONTAINERS makes contamination problems a far
smaller concern. And, in the unlikely event you do contaminate the chemicals in the JOB
SITE CONTAINERS, it would not contaminate your storage containers.
To a certain point, the IRON in steel
gives a more YELLOW COLOR to the Gold. Many people want the bright yellow color. So, iron
may be a plus. In any event, not enough iron comes out of the stainless steel during
any brush plating session, or sessions, to contaminate anything. You are always adding
more gold, and occasionally, you have to replace the bootie (cloth electrode cover) so if
there were any impurities that accumulated, you would automatically remove them.
We provide TOP QUALITY STAINLESS STEEL
wands and plating pens. You can find images of them on our order blank. We give a lifetime
warranty (which does not cover loss) on them. If we could find a better material, we would
use it.
You simply can not imagine how
difficult it is to drill STAINLESS STEEL ROD or to tap the holes in the rods. However, you
will see the quality of the piece as soon as you see one.
If a TITANIUM gold plating electrode
made for a better plating job in mobile / brush plating, we could easily get them for you.
However, no scientific evidence exists to show any contamination from quality materials,
such as we provide.
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