According to Don Foreman :
On Fri, 17 Mar 2006 06:04:36 +0000, (DoN.
Nichols) wrote:

According to Don Foreman :

[ ... copper plating ... ]

I have done it years ago with copper sulphate, but I was
copper-cladding carbons. I don't know if it would work on steel.

It will work so easily that if you just dip a clean bright nail
into the copper sulfate with no anode, and no current, you will get a
light copper plate on the steel. I did that back in junior high school,
IIRC.

Try scrubbing that to see how adherent it is.

I remember -- it only took my fingers to rub it off -- but it
*did* plate and look pretty for a short while. :-)

Presumably, the current increases the plating thickness, and
perhaps some additives increase the binding.

Enjoy,
DoN.
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