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20 of 21 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Good at getting you started, poor at keeping you going.,
By A Customer
This review is from: The Electroplater's Handbook (Paperback)
"The Electroplater's Handbook" by C.W. Ammen is a decent book, which may be a good starting point. It's kind of the quality of book that you would expect to have the title "___[fill in the blank] for fun and profit". It has some good descriptions of plating at the molecular level. It's over 200 pages, and the chapter that covers the actual plating baths is only about 25 of those. Some of the bath descriptions are nothing more than recipes. Ammen covers the basics pretty well, including a bit of chemistry, safety, work areas, and equipment. It is written such that a 14 yr old could understand it (maybe not ALL of the chemistry parts, though, but maybe), and it has a lot of theory. Even so, you may want a slightly more advanced book after starting. Ammen does a good job of getting the chemicals into the tub, then sort of walks away. One example: His chapter on cleaning is longer than the one that covers about 27 different baths! This book doesn't cover a lot of pros/cons to the different baths. I worked in a plating plant for a year, plating nickel, chrome, gold, and a few other obscure metals. None of the plating baths we used were discussed, some of which were extremely common in the plating industry. (Maybe common baths are just a lot different for a hobbyist, either because of cost or EPA issues.) I've used some electroless tin plating that I got from Gateway Electronics, a hobbyists electronic shop in San Diego, several times with success. The last time, it not only didn't plate, but it ate away some of my copper, too! This book had no information aside from a recipe for the bath. It is greatly lacking in the troubleshooting area. If you want a very general book that will get you started, with a good introduction to plating, then I would strongly recommend this book. Based upon the coverage that Ammen offers the total beginner, I would rate this at 5 stars. However, if you are looking for a very specific bath, or need help troubleshooting, then this probably isn't the book you want. After you have a bath, this book is little help. Because of that, I've downgraded "Electroplater's Handbook" to 3 stars.
2 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Thrilling!,
By A Customer
This review is from: The Electroplater's Handbook (Paperback)
This book was like so totally cool. I really loved all that stuff about metal. It was so informational. thank you C.W. Ammen.
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