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WHAT IS THE PRICE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN TANK AND BRUSH CHEMICALS?
The difference is the
chemistry used in the TANK PLATING Gold Plating Solution versus the chemistry and
concentration of GOLD in the Gold Plating Solution.
You will find all of the
chemicals in the brush type and tank type gold plating systems are reasonable mild
chemical solutions. The idea of the bubbling pots of a witches brew simply is not the
case. You can use the same CHROME STRIPPER and NICKEL ACTIVATOR in BRUSH and TANK plating
of 24-Karat Gold. The actual Gold Plating Solutions are different because the
concentration of gold in each solution is different. The tank plater works with a
non-thickened formula where the BRUSH PLATER prefers a GEL mixture in the Gold Plating
Solution.
The best start is to make
a simple comparison between TANK PLATING and BRUSH PLATING.
BRUSH PLATING is like
taking a shower. You get a fresh stream of water from the shower head. As you take the
shower, the soap and whatever else is flushed off of you and down the drain. So, each time
you take a shower, you are always using fresh water, and reusing some soap.
TANK PLATING is like your
taking a bath in a tub and leaving the water, and whatever else, in the tub for the next
person, who takes a bath in the same water. Then, the third person gets a bath in water
that has the soap and assorted residue from the two preceding people. And so on.
Commonly, a TANK PLATER
will wash the pieces they are going to Gold Plate to remove common dirt.
Although it is not
exactly the same conditions, this simple illustration gives you an idea of why TANK
PLATING requires filtration systems and so on.
Because TANK PLATING
reuses the chemicals in the tanks, the process of sending the TANK CHEMICALS for
LABORATORY ANALYSIS is a common occurrence.
In BRUSH PLATING, you get
basically FRESH CHEMICALS for each application.
However, the description of TANK
PLATING means different things to different people.
- To some a 16 ounce container is a TANK
TYPE PLATING SYSTEM to gold plate over existing gold on small jewelry items.
- From our point of view, TANK PLATING
means a MINIMUM of a 33 gallon tank designed to do AUTOMOTIVE WHEELS.
So, a quart of gold
plating solution for a 16 ounce tank could sell for $80 to $100 while a quart of gold
plating solution for a BRUSH TYPE system would sell for 7 to 9 times more. The reason for
the gap of 7 to 9 times the price hinges on the amount of gold in the solution.
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