Nickel Electroplating
Interesting find today. The "Nickel" electrode I was working with turned black and fell apart in heavy flakes to the bottom of the 1-Gallon jar of solution. That never happened with the Zinc plating I have done for the past several years.
I now suspect these plates were not the pure nickel they were claimed to be. Probably nickel plated junk metal and once the nickel plate was transferred off the Anode on the first two washers, all the scrap metal came to the surface. So I will have to dump this jar of solution, clean the jar and start over with the purchase on new Nickel Electrodes...hopefully more reputable.
Worst case scenario, I will simply zinc plate the brass hardware for the Switchboard Charging.
David
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