Nickel Electroplating in the Home Shop - A Shocking Way to Prevent Rust!

Today, we’re trying out nickel electroplating for the first time in the home shop. We’re going to nickel plate the mild steel rack storage pins we made in a previous video so they won’t rust, tarnish, or corrode in the coming years. Nickel Electroplating turns out to be a very simple process, involving vinegar, salt, nickel, and electricity. For a total amateur, it turned out great. Tools used in this video: Pure Nickel Sheet for Electroplating (Amazon*): Rigol DP832 Triple-Output Power Supply (Amazon*): Baldor 332B 3/4HP Buffer (Amazon*): Banana to Alligator Test Leads (Amazon*): 00:00 Intro 01:18 What is electroplating? 02:18 Making the nickel acetate solution 06:29 Test plating a wire 07:58 Preparing parts for plating 08:54 Electroplating steel parts 10:11 Initial results 11:26 Buffing the plated parts 12:11 Exam