Electroplating 3D Prints: the Symphony of Plastic and Metal

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@IAmGuiltless 10 ай бұрын

Medstudent here: Don't use nickel for jewelry you're gonna wear. A lot of people are allergic to it which is why it is heavily regulated/banned for jewelry or anything that comes into contact with your skins for a long time in the EU. Yes having another layer on top of it will work but once it wears through that you have the same issue

@odellcreations 5 ай бұрын

Then why is every belt I buy always nickel plated? They break me out badly and I have had to resort to plastic belt buckles.

@josephkerstetter1162 10 ай бұрын

I've been working on this for several months, and I gotta say. As hard as it is, when it works.....it is beutiful.

@throwawayaccountm1325 10 ай бұрын

“Jessy, we need to electroplate”

@UncleJessy 10 ай бұрын

I agree!

@johns_craft8582 10 ай бұрын

@@UncleJessyyoooo

@SaltMineRanch 10 ай бұрын

this was the same result i got a couple of years ago. i thought i was just bad at things lol, im happy to see it is just that hard i guess. i found that buildup of gasses influenced surface quality and oxidation, and uneven current across poorly conductive coatings led to vastly uneven plating. upon looking into professional electrochemical processes there are many ways to improve this but none were in my $0 budget at the time. baskets, pumping/stirring electrolyte, ultra sonic agitation, and other methods could be employed to reduce these effects. i may try this again with my new tools. fyi i was able to plate ABS by making an ABS-acetone-graphite paint and by vapor polishing and dusting with graphite too. seeing a magnet stick to a print was cool

@clausbecker9350 10 ай бұрын

thanks for the warning at the end

@stephenthomas2311 10 ай бұрын

Nicely done. Considering the parts that were plated are original and 3D printed, I'd say this is a complete success. You video is the best I've seen on this subject thus far. Thank you...

@timstockl427 10 ай бұрын

Even if this is a great tutorial, for everybody that wants to try this out, you might wanna check out the channel from HEN3DRIK - Electroplating 3D Prints. He has some great tutorials in that regard and managed to succesfully electroplate large and complex parts like a lightsaber or the helmet from the Mandalorian

@josephkerstetter1162 10 ай бұрын

Hendrik is how I got my start.

@glp.1337 10 ай бұрын

I said the exact same thing. But my comment got deleted? The guy is a pro at electroplating. He also tells you the formula which he used to calculate the amount of current he's using. Which he claims is the most important part.

@josephkerstetter1162 10 ай бұрын

He's right. Dialing in the Ampere's is the tricky part.@@glp.1337

@copper_knight 10 ай бұрын

Copper plating on 3d prints is really hard. I've been doing this for almost 2 years. There is lots of of variables and if you are not a chemist you will need to do a lot of research when you have problems. The hard part is to get that perfect shine. If you use commercial solutions it's not that hard but if you want to plate large things then you go with homemade solutions and that is when the headaches starts. I am still experimenting when I can, I am having difficulty getting consistent results. I try also to get the greatest plating adhesion wich is another hard thing to do on it's own. Good luck !

@Energetic_Ballistic_Solutions 5 ай бұрын

Whats your mix?

@rheller_82 10 ай бұрын

That looks really hard lol. It also looks fun.

@heathenxyt 10 ай бұрын

A couple of things...you can use graphite (not graphite lube) or nickel spray paint instead of copper spray paint. Just be sure to shake well before use. If you want your parts shiny right out of the bath then add brightener to your solution. Finally, fine steel wool and brass/steel brushes do a great job of bringing out the shine before a paste polish.

@mvadu 10 ай бұрын

The airbrush one was a new thing I haven't seen that in many electro plating videos I had seen

@noviceartisan 10 ай бұрын

Copper sulphate pentahydrate mixed with the sulphuric acid can and will eat and damage qutie a few types of resin, so beware and coat over them with a PU layer before the conductive paint layer. I've been doing this for over a year now, with reisn prints mostly, so I've the experience to know the issue.

@noviceartisan 10 ай бұрын

The size of those TWO anode is way way way too large for the print haha You'll dissolve more copper in the solution than the print will have deposited on it. This will cause the solution to become rapidly oversaturated and need diluting frequently, and topping up with acids.. second issue, it's amps not volts you need to set with a Constant Current supply, 0.1 amps per square inch of surface volume (can use software to see what that is)

@bjornmoerman4436 2 ай бұрын

Use acidic copper elektrolyte with brightener added.

@supermomandj 10 ай бұрын

1:56 I’m noticing that on the gold version of the ring, some detail seems to be lost on the lettering. Is there any preventing this or improving it post plating?

@Prusa3D 10 ай бұрын

This was caused by several mistakes we made during the process, such as uneven metal deposition. It surely would be much better with the whole process done right. Jakub

@wehavefun3433 10 ай бұрын

No air bubblers? 🤔

@brezovprut4431 10 ай бұрын

How to coat evenly complex parts (out of the reach areas) with conductive ink? (eg. lattice structures)

@lorandotvos9492 Ай бұрын

Where is the 3d print file for the spinner

@joehimes9898 10 ай бұрын

What would happen if you used electrical conducting filament?

@Sputnick_00 10 ай бұрын

i think that would work

@valent_t 10 ай бұрын

Where did you buy copper paint and electrodes?

@jakubkoci4626 10 ай бұрын

From Tifoo. You can find Everything in a blog article linked in the description. Jakub

@powersprouter 10 ай бұрын

Better to cast from a resin print?

@HeadCannonPrime 10 ай бұрын

You could cast in copper and electroplate from there.

@PhilippeLacoude 10 ай бұрын

This is very interesting!

@julmjur3752 8 ай бұрын

do you take orders? ive been looking for so long who could electroplate something for me but no one can help me sadly, please could you help me out?

@HeadCannonPrime 10 ай бұрын

I wonder if the resin surface needs any kind of etching or adhesive primer for that conductive paint to really stick to.

@josephkerstetter1162 10 ай бұрын

Like most things with paint, it depends on the two surfaces. Since you need a very smooth surface I use a filler primer and smooth it as much as I can.