Making Nickel Plated DIY Decorations!

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[@TheFifthLight]

Dude, you have THE BEST element/ experiment channel on KZbin

[@Thermuthis]

Totally agree!

[@BothHands1]

Seriously! And even among his other videos, this one in particular was a big favorite of mine. Love it. Love the way he explained how his additives worked, showed their chemical structure, touched on how certain functional groups affected the process, etc. Absolutely amazing video, 11/10

[@bleach4u]

i tell ya this video will get ALOT of views

[@mamupelu565]

@@BothHands1 I see you in every science video

[@evanng3271]

NileRed would fight you

[@Kiromony]

Imagine jumping in a bunch of leaves in autumm.... Made of nickel

[@texasblaze1016]

That would hurt

[@CaveyMoth]

What if they were made of Nickel..ous Cage?

[@dangerousdoggo5465]

@@CaveyMoth no

[@theburningtoastmonsterofur7028]

Ouch

[@nothing9220]

Imagine jumping in the solution holding an electrode

[@KowboyUSA]

The mystery to myself of how organic materials, such as leather baby shoes, are metal plated has finally been solved.

[@BothHands1]

This was one of my favorite of your videos ever, i loved the trial and error, perfecting your process along the way, and the results are stunningly beautiful. I loved the explanations of why certain additives were used, and how they improved your electrolyte solution. This was such an amazing video, thank you! I never could have imagined it would be possible to metal plate and organic non-conducting material. Fascinating

[@blackoak4978]

For best "paint" coverage with least shape distortion, do several light passes with the can keeping it about 6-10" from the object being sprayed. If you are doing several items at the same time then the layer on the first item should be dry by the time you finish the last one. Takes a bit of patience, but if you care about preserving the shape and lines then it pays off

[@kevinbyrne4538]

He who persists, wins. I never realized that making bronzed baby shoes involved so many steps and so many trade secrets.

[@ActiveAtom]

We actually do nickel plating in 3 or 4 tones, well copper and tin too so it is great to see the smart one here also does things we can do from scratch. We are very happy now and hey we love this channel always it is a great place to allow for thinking outside your normal daily ways. Thank you. Lance & Patrick.

[@wimderix]

Well....that was a job well done...the chemistry, the reasoning, the explanations, the learning from disappointing results, the endresult and the editing...all of it.

[@ProjectPhysX]

Love the new experiment series! Thank you for also showing all the failed attempts! Very interesting!

[@arulmariyadass3197]

Chemistry is awesome

[@ReadyUpGo]

Very helpful as I am just learning how to electroplate. This video covers as much as twenty others I have watched and then some. Good teaching is a rare and valuable skill and you have it my friend.

[@gentiligiuliano7882]

That's the best and most informative video I've seen so far on copper/nikel electroplating.

[@keithhargraves7497]

Awesome video! Love your content, i watch you all the time. Can't wait for your next video.

[@ethanrowlette9912]

Thanks for keeping up with this experiment, there isn't enough quality content available on this topic. I would love it if you would create a comprehensive tutorial on your method that covers everything you could possibly need to know.

[@bobdull3148]

Yes that is needed

[@NicholasA231]

This is really top quality work, and your last one with the batteries too; great stuff! I love seeing the iterative process of experiments like this. The audience is out there for these kinds of videos, keep at it. Someone has to know how to help you get more exposure.

[@oz802]

THIS is so amazing! Thank you for this video! 😍

[@updownstate]

My father was a chemist. We loved to go with him to his lab. Greetings from Arizona USA!

[@NichtNameee]

Walter White?

[@updownstate]

@@NichtNameee Lol

[@2.7petabytes]

Heck yeah! A new video! 👍👍👍

[@swizzlecuts5004]

Your trial and error process is amazing!!

[@thomasjalabert658]

Thanks again to use your own voice!

[@CaveyMoth]

Yeah! It's one of the reasons I love this channel so much.

[@nothing9220]

Much much appreciated man.. Doing a great job... Absolutely love it

[@cannedmusic]

I always wanted to ep something. Thank you for the easy to follow instructions.

[@xianated]

Really enjoyed watching this process of plating. :) great results!

[@nathansmith3608]

0:49 wow, what is that strange chemical compound brightening additive? oh, it's black strap molasses!

[@kenpickett9317]

Those moles sure have to give up a lot so we can electroplate stuff.

[@markshort9098]

@@kenpickett9317 lol

[@LEO-xo9cz]

@@kenpickett9317 Mollases lives matter!

[@nelmindo]

Greatings from Portugal. Thanks for using one portuguese euro cent

[@antoniobaptista9136]

When I saw the coin I came to the comments to see if someone else noticed.

[@horizonfurnitures8018]

While looking for bright nickel plating found this video, explaining very simply to understand...Thank you for sharing ....

[@kleetus92]

Excellent video! Thank you very much!

[@LAZARUSL0NG]

“… I got zis ugly fing.” Just broke me. 🤣

[@xx2ndLookxx]

Thank you for making a great video.. Well done, and you have such beautiful results.. Awesome..

[@pauls5745]

thank you for this vid! I had been getting too rough Cu plating results, but adding alcohol as a surfectant to a weaker H2SO4 solution in the plating bath helped make a smoother surface. Plating metallic items is more involved. I was spending too much time in surface prep. graphite spray is very fast! esp if you would do many parts

[@theColJessep]

Well done! My wish for next week: How to get a Xmas tree into a standard beaker...

[@LEO-xo9cz]

Best comment on the thread 👍

[@roybm3124]

Nice skills, the leafs look beautiful!

[@jimmij3894]

Fascinating, thank you.

[@Tyresio12]

Did that also, but with copper only. You can check the results on Alalit profile on DeviantArt.

[@avenuex3731]

A fun explanation. Thank you. Might I recommend you try physical vapor deposition. At least for the Cu layer.

[@lukeramos7205]

Super cool! beautiful leaves.

[@andresymedio625]

I really liiked this one Thoisoi! Keep it up!

[@michelangelop3923]

Amazing video, once I haved see at a store nikel plated leaves and o didn't know how the made it, now I know!

[@aaronfaucett6442]

I love this video! Well done sir. 👍

[@DAN8137]

cute cat in the end as usual! 😻

[@davidgriffiths7696]

Congratulations on such excellent results 🏵

[@titusneguers8577]

muy bueno como siempre,SIGUE ASI !!!!! gracias

[@3800S1]

Love these videos.

[@chrisjones-fp5vd]

Wow that was amazing, might have to try that one

[@kellybraille]

This was really neat! And interesting! :-D I always wondered how that is done.

[@KekTekDe]

Tinplating of Copper is also fun and also pretty easy. You just need to dissolve some tin in hydrochloric acid to form tin(II) chloride, then just add some thiourea to the solition and you are basically finished. now just dip any copper into that solution and it gets coated with tin (because of redox flipping). great videos! love your channel!

[@SandeepKumar-jj7zi]

I should try it, tin is better than nickel ?

[@PyroFalcon]

Cannabis fan leaves would look great coated in nickel

[@spiderjuice9874]

Excellent work!!

[@Jamesvandaele]

Good stuff. Keep it up and maybe you will get many more viewers in time

[@spookywizard4980]

Very nice video with lots of detail! Keep up the good work

[@ReiMonCoH]

I WANT to Thank YOU so much For YOUR video... it’s much thank you

[@Smallathe]

VERY nice work!!

[@rensocruz1866]

What an awesome video!

[@olivierlabatut9333]

amazing work !

[@sciloj]

I don't think this has been addressed so I want to mention it. The fact that the copper layer gradually propagates over the surface instead of covering it at once, means that the conductivity of the graphite layer is fairly low. This has to be taken into consideration either by adjusting the initial current or by using a better conductive primer.

[@lunaticvulpine]

This Is cool as heck.

[@SecretPurpleQ]

Amazing video!!!

[@DogsaladSalad]

awesome. gonna try it

[@muditagrawal4104]

I want one of these😃 These are awesome

[@terrandroid]

I just nickel plated my knob it looks stunning!

[@LEO-xo9cz]

I'm sure you feel like a duck head 😂

[@beanythompson1460]

This is the coolest video

[@michaelmellon45]

Great video.

[@Sydneylife24]

It's amazing.

[@andredearaujorodrigues7725]

wonderful, congratulations

[@timlarkin4471]

Your English has improved greatly over the years. If you work on your "th" pronunciation, it will be perfect.

[@Tomasz_Piekarski]

Impossible for Russians. :-) Zey are eggzample zet it'z impossibull to do zet for zem. ;-)

[@n8er_tater]

No! I love his accent.

[@khyron6]

Very nice, Thank you. :)

[@abdelrahmankotb9209]

I loved your cat

[@themountainraven]

Very cool 👍👍👍

[@b0bl00i]

Beautiful work! You should sell them!

[@bsagar07]

Wow this guy is good at electroplating..Keep up the good work and upload more frequently..

[@martinfernandez2029]

I tried to make nickel plating with nickel sulfate long time ago, but I couldn't get it. I will try again soon, this video was very explicative to me. An the all about the leaves was brilliant XD

[@5erazoR]

You should plate eggs and send them to how to basic. Good publicity.

[@zsombor_99]

Those looks great! Silver leafs! 👍 But how fragile the final products are? Is the metal coatings make them stronger?

[@SashaXXY]

Wow! Cool!

[@Deathbynature89]

Do a flower. :D This is beautiful.

[@profdc9501]

Lookup at the damascene copper plating process. It uses polyethylene glycol (PEG), sodium chloride (NaCl), Janus Green B dye, 3-mercaptopropanesulfonic acid (MPSA). Also consider using acetic acid instead of sulfuric acid. It produces beautiful smooth copper plating!

[@1337fraggzb00N]

Very cool 🥰

[@edgeeffect]

Очень хорошо! I was hoping to be able to try this is my home lab... but some of those chemicals are difficult for me to find.... But it's still wonderful to watch.

[@escorza_engineerings]

I love when he says "soliution" XD

[@martingouws3876]

I swear if you were my chemistry teacher in high school instead of the granny who only succeeded in teaching me how to fall asleep in class, I'd have gotten into a university. Please use your mad skill to mix up a time portal solution and apply for a job at my high school in 2010!

[@andrewhoward7200]

Trial and error, the mark of the true scientist.

[@ironhorsethrottlemaster5202]

Very cool experiment with electroplating I enjoyed this video very much very cool I had a lot of fun watching it only thing I think you should have used as an example of electroplating is like car bumpers and how they can even electroplate plastic using an etching method they use an acid etching on the plastic to make the electroplating adhere cool video peace out have a great day

[@mirhuseynagha]

9:40 Brighteners: 100 gr Tiourea; 1-2 drop of Unithiol as detox medicine (disulfur naphtaline acid)

[@Latrocinium086]

Knew it! Quick google....Dude!! Iron Plating!!! Great vid thanks

[@medexamtoolsdotcom]

Very nice. There's actually a metal sculpture I have that I would like to nickel plate. I guess I could do it if I bought a few chemicals, though I really would only want to do the one thing so it would be a waste. Also I'd want to clean the iron oxide and engine grease that's in the crevasses of the sculpture, and I guess probably I'd want maybe some nitric acid to do that, just dip it in it and it will dissolve a little bit of the metal and everything else..... but I don't want to turn my house into a chemistry lab.

[@Luminaring]

Interesting. I think casting could be easier if you are making a few pieces. Could make a one-sided mold in a plaster or silicon rubber (for pewter). The back-side of the leaf could be thickened with wax when needed.

[@marcellinechoisne5627]

i always will do that!

[@rixogtr]

oh god I guess this won't be that easy to make at home :D Thoi has all the chemicals and chemical equipment lol :D

[@kiaas]

I've not been doing things "right" as My only successes with plating have been on iron and copper with nickel (using sodium bicarbonate and additives) and iron plating with vinegar and Morton Lite Salt, and additives. the iron requires putting foam on the end of an iron strip, soaking the foam and then scrubbing the part until plated for good results. The solution oxidizes so doesn't stay good long, but the plating itself can get thick enough to pick up a penny with a small neodymium bar magnet.

[@gabrielpetre3569]

Have you tried making only copper plating and the quickly spray it with lacquer(?) in aerosol?

[@crimson4066]

It would be amazing if one didn't have to dry the leaves before electroplating - so much of the vibrancy in a living plant is lost, but it's a cool video and proof of concept nonetheless! Looking forward to future developments

[@MrCubFan415]

7:55 forbidden Gatorade

[@gothicemowiccan]

When the Russian you learnt in school only helps you understand half the intro... feeling proud yet disappointed that I was once a B grade student .

[@nithishlelll9664]

Good performance 👍👏👍

[@bobbytmp1322]

Thx

[@hata_kana]

We love your accent,rlly

[@CaveyMoth]

3:18 Holy crap, that magnetic stirring mechanism is awesome.

[@PotatoesAssistant]

It’s actually in a lot of hot plates

[@CaveyMoth]

@@PotatoesAssistant I've gotta get me a hot plate like that.

[@PotatoesAssistant]

Cavey Möth Lol yea it’s really useful

[@CaveyMoth]

@@PotatoesAssistant I could use it to make spaghetti.

[@tanzaniteblueeye4805]

I would like to see a video on how to make platinum electrodes from its salts if its possible.

[@maciejmultan1614]

Mmm our Polish kwas siarkowy❤

[@matthewday7565]

Did you try PCR - periodic current reversal to control evenness of plating?