You will need
- - a number of chemicals, depending on the kind of the paste for silvering you decide to cook;
- - a piece of soft fabric or leather for applying the paste;
- - flannel for polishing silver-plated object;
- - rubber gloves.
Instruction
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To silver copper object, you can apply the paste for silvering. There are several recipes like this pasta.
Recipe first:
Take 6 g of silver chloride, 8 g of sodium chloride (table salt), 8 g cream of Tartar. All this grind in a mortar. The resulting powder is diluted with distilled water to the consistency of liquid paste. Toothpaste applied to a soft cloth or a flap of soft leather and RUB it copper objects. When rubbing, the piece will become silver glitter, it needs to be rinsed in water and Polish with a piece of flannel.
Recipe first:
Take 6 g of silver chloride, 8 g of sodium chloride (table salt), 8 g cream of Tartar. All this grind in a mortar. The resulting powder is diluted with distilled water to the consistency of liquid paste. Toothpaste applied to a soft cloth or a flap of soft leather and RUB it copper objects. When rubbing, the piece will become silver glitter, it needs to be rinsed in water and Polish with a piece of flannel.
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Recipe two:
Take 4 g of cream of Tartar, 2 g of ammonia, 1 g of silver nitrate. Mix, dilute with distilled water to the consistency of liquid paste. As in the previous recipe, RUB a paste of a copper object with a piece of cloth or leather before the advent of silver glitter.
Take 4 g of cream of Tartar, 2 g of ammonia, 1 g of silver nitrate. Mix, dilute with distilled water to the consistency of liquid paste. As in the previous recipe, RUB a paste of a copper object with a piece of cloth or leather before the advent of silver glitter.
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Recipe three:
Take the prepared paste for silvering copper and its alloys, which can be purchased in the store. Applies similarly to the previous two recipes.
Take the prepared paste for silvering copper and its alloys, which can be purchased in the store. Applies similarly to the previous two recipes.
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Recipe four:
Take 3 g of silver chloride, 8 g sodium chloride, 8 g Vinokurova potassium, 4 grams of chalk. Mix, pound in a mortar. On a damp piece of cloth to dry pour the resulting powder and RUB the copper part, constantly adding a mixture of reagents and wetting the cloth as needed.
Take 3 g of silver chloride, 8 g sodium chloride, 8 g Vinokurova potassium, 4 grams of chalk. Mix, pound in a mortar. On a damp piece of cloth to dry pour the resulting powder and RUB the copper part, constantly adding a mixture of reagents and wetting the cloth as needed.
Note
Long to keep homemade pastes for silvering, because they may form explosive components.
All work on the plating of copper should be done in a well ventilated area, protecting your hands with rubber gloves.
All work on the plating of copper should be done in a well ventilated area, protecting your hands with rubber gloves.
Useful advice
Before apply paste for silvering copper detail, you need to prepare the surface of copper under the plating. For this you need to degrease the copper item using organic solvents or alkaline solutions. The surface of the copper must be completely clean of oxides, fat oil. Only then you can start plating.