ShimmeringKoi [comrade/them]

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Cake day: September 25th, 2022

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  • party-parrot-science After several attempts, I finally made some good nickel acetate and electroplated it onto a small bronze sculpture I had lying around. Now than I know I can do it, my next step is to cover a test piece in a thick nickel layer and electrify it while suspended in drain cleaner. If the nickel survives it’s alkaline bath unscathed, the experiment will be a success and I can move forward building that thing I’m building with plated scrap steel instead of seven layers of brand new 316L, which will reduce the cost by like…a fuckload, and bring the project’s completion back into the realm of possibility.

    Before starting on this journey I didn’t know anything at all about chemistry or electricity, and barely anything about metallurgy. I am impressing myself a great deal