Thanks guys, Some years back I was researching the electroplating science thinking I'd like to set up a few tanks to do copper, nickel and zinc. I even bought a couple of expensive kits from Caswell. But after getting about a hundred different opinions, none of which answered the questions I had about neutralizing the chems and disposal of them, I finally gave up. The kits are still unused on the shelf, always afraid that if I mixed them up the animals might get into it because I didn't understand the chemistry. I hate to do ANYTHING unless I have some idea of what the result will be and what I'm gonna be left with in the end.
I kind of got myself out on a limb with that Phosphoric bath. I'm storing it in a clear Rubbermade-Blue Top storage container, not sure what it's gonna do to the plastic. So far it looks ok and it sure does a nice job stripping rust, old plating and paint if you leave it long enough. In fact I'd like to get more of it but Behr has eliminated it from their product line and I haven't found another source. So what I'm saying is I feel like I'm in the dark using it but it just is to good of a thing to pass up.
Denny Graham
Sandwich, IL
