Ugly E-Tank question.

Uncle Mike · Postby **Uncle Mike** » Mon Jan 07, 2008 2:35 pm

I tried making the E-tank last week end, works great. I had an extra water tank for the steers that I borrowed from them. No objections on thier side as wet as its been. Used a Battery charger and a ugly old piece of 1/4 plate that I had in the way, and it worked great, but it is UGLY.

Ended up using a garbage can as it could hold more.

Now to the question. If you reverse the polarity can you plate something? My wife is going through the "Antiques" she had to pull from her stall in a shop that went under, and she has this UGLY gold plated dish. She wants me to plate a gas cap for the tractor.

beaconlight · Postby **beaconlight** » Mon Jan 07, 2008 2:51 pm

Move the gold from the plate to the cap? You might get some but plate is very thin and usually on to a copper plated base first. Might the ugliest combination you ever did see. Besides You will have a deal getting it only on the side that shide that shows. Is it an origional cap or the new replacement type?
Do a google on gold plating and you wiil get the whole deal.

Postby **Peter Person** » Mon Jan 07, 2008 3:28 pm

Uncle Mike,
Take a look at this thread by Donny M.
http://farmallcub.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=18157&highlight=copper

Peter

Donny M · Postby **Donny M** » Mon Jan 07, 2008 3:56 pm

Uncle Mike wrote:I tried making the E-tank last week end, works great. I had an extra water tank for the steers that I borrowed from them. No objections on thier side as wet as its been. Used a Battery charger and a ugly old piece of 1/4 plate that I had in the way, and it worked great, but it is UGLY.

Ended up using a garbage can as it could hold more.

Now to the question. If you reverse the polarity can you plate something? My wife is going through the "Antiques" she had to pull from her stall in a shop that went under, and she has this UGLY gold plated dish. She wants me to plate a gas cap for the tractor.

The polarity remains the same.

kinelbor · Postby **kinelbor** » Mon Jan 07, 2008 6:46 pm

I played with trying to copper plate with my little soda bottle e-tank. I managed to get it to sorta work, but its a thin layer and can practically be rubbed off with a rag. Might be possible if you played around with it a while. Might need different chemicals too.

2cubs2cases · Postby **2cubs2cases** » Mon Jan 07, 2008 7:52 pm

There was a guy that advertised in the Shotgun news who sold plating kits. I bought one once and used it to nickel plate a trigger. It worked good and came with instructions.

drspiff · Postby **drspiff** » Mon Jan 07, 2008 10:19 pm

There is an outfit on the net called Caswell Plating that sells kits to do various kinds of plating. I've never used one of their kits but they have been on the net for 10 years or so. They even have a little gold brush setup that will allow you to electroplate gold without cyanide or whatever serious chemical is used for gold.

Not an endorsement, just an observation. However, I have bought their buffing compound bars and buffs for the polishing machine. And it is first class stuff. A little while ago, I posted a picture of the light switch for the '51 that was polished using their materials. Total time was 6 or 7 minutes. Here is the link to the image

Rick (Bling on a Cub?) Dulas

Uncle Mike · Postby **Uncle Mike** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 10:49 pm

Oh well, she will try selling it at a flea market. Thanks for the info.

Farmall Cub

Ugly E-Tank question.

Ugly E-Tank question.

Re: Ugly E-Tank question.

Too bad, can't destroy an ugly plate.

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