I’ve been using a fine copper powder and shellac mix but just purchased graphite and matte finish modge podge, I see people talking about India ink aswell in the mixture, what is it and what does it do Thanks in advance

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Hello, Reddit! I've just recently gotten into the hobby with the intent of electroplating some of my 3d prints. I'm on a budget, so obviously looking to make my own conductive paint, since everything I'm finding online is around the $50/8oz range. O.O

I've found DOZENS of recipes for DIY conductive paints, but nothing about the kind of resistance I should be looking for. Since this is going to be my first foray into plating onto non-metallic objects, I'd like to remove as many variables as possible during my attempts, and the only place I've found with hard numbers claims 3-4KOhms per centimeter, but it's very obviously an AI-generated site and I really don't trust it.

Is anyone who has good success with their own home-made conductive paint willing to share their target, or to measure the resistance ON AN OBJECT for me and report back? I specify on the object, because I'm getting very different results when I measure my DIY formulas on paper (anywhere from 200Ohms to 10KOhms per cm, depending on the recipe), versus on the object itself (anywhere from 2KOhms to 600KOhms, depending on the recipe).

Hey, so I always dry out my botanicals before using (leaves ect) but I've seen videos of what appears to be people using them without being dried. This would be so much easier in terms of manipulating them but would it work ok? Thanks!

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Hey Please share me any books or guides or any instructional articles you have found on this topic Thanks

As in title, I bought a bunch of varnishes and I tried my first one which is decoupage, varnish and a glue and this is what I got when I mixed it with graphite powder.

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I have had good experiences with China ink and graphite powder so far. However, the quality varies depending on the manufacturer of the ink and sometimes even the batch. I also test electroforming and the color of the China ink can sometimes hardly be removed from the copper.

Shellac is an elementary component of China ink. This can also be bought separately in dry and liquid form in art supply stores. Has anyone ever tried mixing only shellac and graphite?

I was wondering if you know how much chlorine should be on your tank (parts per liter) if you're using Midas brightener on a copper solution.

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Hi I’ve had this (enchanted leaves) kit for a couple of years and this morning some paint flaked off one of the buttons, and that button isn’t responding anymore…

Is there anything I can do to fix this because the other buttons are working.? Or do I have to buy a new power supply? I have contacted the owner of the kit, and she said to send it in for a repair. But its only one button and if it is a quick fix I’d rather doing that then sending it in.

I’m itching to get back to work !! Thank you for any responses !

PS: does anyone have any recommendations for another rectifier if I have to get a new one?

Hello all, so electroforming confuses me and I have seen information online but it is all over the place the teaching. Can some of you link videos and articles about it. I have a learning disability where I need a lot of structure to learn something, so the simpler the teaching the better. I just don’t want to invest in this craft until I know what I’m doing, what I need, what metals I can use, how it works, etc. Thank you in advance.

Hello, so I am trying to learn about electroforming for jewelry making. I’m wondering, is it possible to electroform gold? It wouldn’t be a heavy coat of gold, because that would be too heavy. Or is it impossible and it needs to be electroplated instead?

Hey, so I am trying to learn about electroforming because I want to make metal jewlerry this way. The process of electroforming confuses me, and while I can follow a tutorial a lot of the tutorials I see are for copper jewelry, which I don’t want to do. In general, can you explain to me what I can use as conductive paint? Does it have to be paint for the specific type of metal I will be using? What counts as conductive paint?

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I happened to notice that when I airbrushed a small 3d printed part just 1 layer of India Ink + graphite powder mixture with an airbrush after about 45 minutes - 1 hour at 3 amps in my Nickel electrolyte tub I had a nice layer of Nickel on my part.

I tried the same thing again but instead of airbrushing I painted on the mixture to a same new but non electroplated version of the part with a brush. I dried it, then I put that in the tub and repeated the same process but with just a speck or two of nickel on the part after around the same duration.

Why is there a difference between airbrushing your 3d printed part in conductive paint and painting it with a brush?

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I was just looking for good resources! Books, websites, YouTube accounts, etc. I’m all ears!

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Hi all,
I have a pure copper zippo lighter with an engraving. I don't like the engraving and want to fill it by either doing electroforming or electroplating. The engraving is probably 0.3-0.5mm deep. Which technique should I go with?

My constraints are:

• I want new copper layers to be hard and durable.
• Any excess material can easily be removed by sanding and/or polishing.
• Ideally the new layers of material would blend seamlessly with existing copper after the polish.
• I don't want any impurities in the inner layers of electroformed or plated copper. Eg, I don't want to discover an inner imperfections as I make the final polish.
• I will do testing with throwaway copper pieces, but would still like the process to produce good results (The lighter is somewhat expensive).

I don't care about the duration of the process, can soak it for days if needed.
If you have other pointers with regards to bath or power supply please share.

Thanks!