I wanted to post som videos of how graphite looks on a glossy surface, but seems this forum can´t view youtube.. here are all the videos I made so far.. http://youtu.be/MSFBj-VRJZ0 http://youtu.be/I7lGSSErTWQ http://youtu.be/60XtR0OXl-s http://youtu.be/Yj4E20iRxc8 http://youtu.be/07yteCTszzQ http://...

well guys I´ll be leaving the "Graphite Mirror" thread for a later updates. what I´ll be taking here is my ups and down on Plating(Electro and brush plating) over graphite on a plastic parts.. below is original thread link https://handletteringforum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=3220 n...

It has always seemed to me that the critical part of silvering on plastic was the sensitizing, but we only tried it a couple of times. Judging by all the bar mirror advertisements in the world, somebody knows A) how to get acrylic to accept silver, and B) how to silver over paint without tarnishing...

well after manually peeling the nickel plated spoon, I found out that the nickel plated well to the graphite, but its the graphite not sticking to the shiny glossy 2k urethane paint(automotive grade) seems that they glossy surface is only good for the graphite to show its shine. I´ll try it with a r...

ok guys a few updates.... sinse clearing does dull the finish, I tried to Chrome Plate the plastic spoons(using graphite, nothing else) Here on a 800 gallon nickel plating tank http://i1085.photobucket.com/albums/j437/nicalandia/RealNickelSpoon1.jpg here when I pulled the plastic spoon to show you i...

..sorry wrong thread

This is more down to my level! This whole series of silvering/chroming posts has been fascinating. Tho mostly over my noggin'. Thank you for sharing and for all your hard work. I like to share my findings :P Are the black and white applied one-after-the-other or mixed? whe I said Black and White is...

Have you ever seen a Graphite Mirror? well here you have it.. plastic spoons painted in 2k Urethane(black and white, High Gloss) and later aplied graphite powder(rubbing it over the glossy surface) Black Base(2k Urethane Bc/Cc) http://i1085.photobucket.com/albums/j437/nicalandia/BalckSpoon.jpg http:...

Ismael, You must understand that the silver on glass is very fragile and will scratch even with a soft wond. it depends on how strong or good the sensitizing(stanous chloride) formula is. I have had plastic spoons silvered which withstood a lot of rubbing from my thumb, I was trying to see how good...

One issue we isolated some years ago at Chromatic was a consistent source of tarnishing with clears and other coatings. The variable is in the solvents. Many petroleum based solvents such as mineral spirits contain significant quantities of sulfur. Most automotive grade two component urethanes and ...

Have you found that the pump sprayers do a better job than a silvering gun, or is it to keep the start-up investment at a minimum? I believed to be both... I was having issues with my air compressor, too much moisture and Oil, even with expencive filters and all. to mee its one less variable I have...

guys I just ordered the FX pump system from Alsa and ordered from the links provided to me here. also ordered from angelgilding their silvering chemicals and the Siphon Table kit. I´ll be doing some test and I´ll be placing my results here

for those that cant see youtube videos...

a printscreen shot of it

finaly they put a video of them silvering with the hand held sprayer.... should be no different if one use angel gilding chemicals instead of Alsa's

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvyuwhJC ... re=related

Sir...YOU ARE AWESOME....................




Thanks....


Edit yet again: that means anybody can get it if they are in the U.S.A....I will still get in contact with the guy here in nicaragua as the price double or triple if I bring them from the U.S.A

Wow...that's Art...

the cool thing is I just saw a guy using this type of hand sprayer at my job, he was cleaning windows with it using a Clorox cartriges, I will ask where is he geting it from, as I just cant find it at stores.. :cry: Edit: that's how I got the Patent, it was on the bottle, I could not believed my eye...

Hi guys, its me Marvin from Nicaragua, I want to show you the coolest and the best hand held triger sprayer for those that don't have a Silvering gun or are going to be silvering small mirrors, I have used Normal hand sprayers but its kind of hard to use them as you have to use two individual hand s...

Now the true question.. How well does it work. Inquiring minds want to know. Quite well I would say... :mrgreen: but sinse it the ONLY silvering gun in nicaragua I can't compare it to the real deals... :lol: I now I have to clean them well and that they don't last too long but they do their job wel...

I missed this post, this is looking interesting. Look forward to seeing the diagram of the bracket. I promise I will be drawing that diagram soon.. :cry: but here have a look at my Refreshed Silvering set up Here a new pair of chromed finished mexican made Detail guns(10 dollars each) with the same...

I don't know about that Larry, I found the whole video rather stirring. ;) ... :lol: yeah I know, I made the reducing formula that way because if is too fast then the silver ends in the solution and not in the glass... :wink: I think it would help to know what the chemicals you are using are. simpl...

hi, I know this is playing with fire, but I had to do it....

here this is MY video I just up loaded to Youtube(yeah use rubber gloves)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKq39K3fmOY

vs

classic tollen's reagent
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUX_cpFWNso

let me know what do you think

Ok guys, finaly I was able to get a decent Camara, this will be a how to of a Silvering Gun on a budget, the gun you see in the bellow pics are about 1 year old, so they need to be replaced now.. :cry: , but the one hand held bracket its where the magic is.. :wink: for now just pics, soon I will be ...

hey I just found another link

http://www.asi-corrosioncontrol.com/

So I guess my answer to your question is - I don't know. I would like to know what you find out - keep me posted. Thank you Mrs. King I appreciate all the help I get from you, the reasons I was using a small amount of methanol are 2.. the first its because the Only source of REAL distilled water I ...

Getting plastics to wet is a big issue and many scientists spend their careers on it. I know because we have been doing a lot of research and the same experiments as you, Ismael, and for the same reason - so that our customers can successfully use our silver for front surface or "spray chrome&...

I had found that using a surfactant soap to clean glass in preparation to silvering made the silver take to the glass surprisingly fast. do you have that soap's name? I know that probably I will not be able to find it in nicaragua, but I can find the main ingredients in the internet, probably a non...

In your past examples, as in plating plastic spoons, where silvering odd shapes is the object to be silvered, there may be other preperation steps required for that paticular application. If that's the case, contact Angle Gilding, Angelgilding.com for additional information or chemicals. Thanks alo...

ok guys I now glass has a low surface tension compared to paint coatings and wetting agents its a very important step to successfully silver a mirror, now there are many types of Surfactants that help to lower the surface tension of plastics and such, but there are tons of them, like detergents: htt...

There must be, like aluminium, gold silver and probably any other metal. But I do not know how. And i think for your quest it is not interesting, since the metall is not noble enough and would deteriate to quickly before you would be able to protect it. Maybe that is why aluminium is so popular now...