Turn steel into copper! Simple DIY Copperplating
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 20 ก.พ. 2021
- i researched a technique to copperplate metal without using electricity. it´s pretty awesome and super easy to do yourself! just watch out when working with acid!!
here is Robert´s video:
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Woodworking, metal work, welding, electrical and now Laura's added alchemy! So cool.
I can confirm, Robert Murray-Smith's TH-cam channel is an absolute goldmine for anyone interested in science, tinkering, inventing and DIY ❤
Adding the Ballistol to cap the reaction and circumvent corrosion - very clever, indeed, my friend. Now you are thinking like a chemist! I am so proud....😅 Also, way to model that personal protective equipment! Safety first in the Kampf Laboratory ! ❤
Thanks for helping me with everything! What a great collaboration ❤️
Absolutely! I am particularly partial to fire, but I don't think you need assistance with that. 😁
It's been a while since I took inorganic chemistry, but this would work on aluminum too, right?
@@bryanhumphreys940 The chemical reduction reaction to form metallic copper will also work with aluminium. However the kinetics of the reaction decide how it will look and if it develops a uniform and attached coating. You can see the difference in the reaction with zinc in the video at 6:30.
Also aluminium likes to form a stable layer of aluminium oxide which could be a barrier for the copper ions to reach the metallic aluminium.
@@Flederratte it could be interesting if you were to polish part of the aluminum right before application with some toothpaste.
The copper and zinc chair looks super cool!
Oohhhh! That chair looks awesome!
COPPERPLATE ALL THE THINGS!!
Science! This was utterly fascinating. I can’t wait to try it for myself.
This is exactly what I’ve been looking for. I couldn’t find anything beyond electro copper plating, I’m thrilled and very appreciative 🤟🏽
Laura, this is my favorite video you have ever posted. I love the look of copper and have wanted to try electroplating but this, THIS is so much more convenient and simple. Thank you for sharing this magic potion!
Love your excitement and enthusiasm! It’s infectious!
It is a delight to see your joy in a new discovery. The chair looks super! Thanks, Laura, for sharing this with us!
I love that you love finding stuff out, experimenting and sharing with is all. Thank you
I am fascinated by your enthusiasm and your curiosity, I admired your decision, thank you for sharing your art.
I love how you always credit whoever helped you come up with the results!
Of course! Teamwork ❤️
This is brilliant!! I NEED this technique in my life
Apart from the wonderful educational aspects and cool ideas Just love your energy... so good.
It’s always a great idea to experiment with different techniques for applying different substances to metals Laura.
It's a joy to watch your videos!
Ahhhhh! Amazing! So many ideas come to mind now!
I'm just as excited as you are. Thank you!
By this time next week, everything that Laura owns that is steel will look like its been copper-plated! This is a super-cool technique; the uses for this are nearly endless. Awesome video, Laura!!
Hi! How scratch resistant are these methods? Any difference between them?
The wonders of alchemy definitely digging the copper camouflage
This is so awesome thank you for explaining the process of it to those of us who know little about chem, your break down was easy to understand, so thank you! And also, the examples you showed of the copper (& the copper camouflage) were awesome. You rock!!!!
Love the results and even the unexpexted turns of the process with the zinc. Sometimes you would want to add some copper elements to certain furniture or desing and it is pretty expensive to buy copper to add it as en element and this is just the solution for that. Thanks!
What a beautiful effect you got from that! ❤️
Incredibly inspiring as always!!❤
Laura, I wonder if the solution could be sprayed on? Might be a more faster, more uniform application.
Edit: .."more faster..."??
*D'OH!!*
That's how I do it.
Or maybe if you could make enough to dip the piece directly in?
Yes, I am sure that would work too
@@laurakampfdoes it works , with alumunium?
Love experiments and love explanations! Especially with so much enthusiasm and a smiley face 😀 (if only school chemistry lessons were like this...) 🧪⚗️
Ja, jede Methode hat Ihre Vorteile. Danke, das du uns diesmal ein wenig in die Grundlagen der Alchemie eingeführt hast. :)
so cool!! i just started building out my tiny workshop in my apartment in chicago, I'm so excited to try this!
You are my No. 1st choice on TH-cam for long time because I can learn such big range of different stuff. Thank you for that!
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Me too. I felt so guilty learning so much from her that I can use, that eventually I decided I had to support her on Patreon (and a few other makers I learn/am inspired by). That's just how I am.
Wow! That's totally awesome!
Wow I love how the chair turned out with the black zinc. Super cool laredo camp stove!
Awesome. Yet another “tool” for the designer/maker. Masking up to go buy a camping stove for the workshop right now! Thanks for this.
I love this. I especially love the zinc/copper chair!!
finally a video in English explaining the process. I have come across over 2 dozen videos in Russian showing this process , but i still had trouble understanding the chemical used. The Russian videos were using sulfuric acid , copper sulfate crystals from gardening supplies, and distilled water, some was adding Iso alcohol , some was pre-washing the part with a caustic solution then distilled water. They were saying this is an 100 year old recipe from a Russian electro-plating book, but I can't find any reference to it. Thank you Laura.
Oh, I'm loving this. Totally doing this!!!!
Wait, what? my mechanics that’s pretty cool.
Thanks for sharing your video, and your amazing smile and energy!
Very Very Cool! It looks so amazing!
If your plating goes brown from tarnish, you might try restoring it with a dilute solution of oxalic acid. I used this about 35 years ago to restore the copper doors on my vintage 50's oven. Wipe it on and copper oxide almost instantly gets reduced back to elemental copper. I love your prototyping and builds. Keep on doing what you've been doing.
Top tip, thanks Lee. Am just starting out with metal work and starting to appreciate all the things I don't yet know!
Don't. That's for actual copper.
Use normal retail metal cleaners usually come in paste forms packaged in tubes or pourable options.
Oh this is amazing! I love it when an "aha" moment happens, so many possibilities! Thanks Laura!
I could feel my head expanding with your explanation! Thank you SO much for this! I have an application I'd like to use this process on!
Very veerrry nice..
Laura is now an official full metal alchemist.
Great video with lots of useful information. Thank You!
Cool video / demonstration!
No oldschool metalworkers mentioned that yet? That solution was used in the old days to make scribed layout lines on steel more appearant - Like Dykem Layout blue, just more resistant.
"Kupfervitriol" is what it was known in German.
Never heard of it! Nice!
@@laurakampf Absolutely. Simpler solution is saturated Copper Sulfate with a little battery acid.
Kupfersulfat, Kupfersulfat-Pentahydrat if you want to be very exact, but the ages of alchemy are quite a long time ago now 😂.
Also I think what got formed here was copper formiate, not the sulfate, same principle tho.
Wow love this it’s fun learning new things
Super-happy alchemist! I love it!
Oh, the chair..... It's stunning!!! And the stencil stickers. Not just text but designs of all patterns.
Your excitement is infectious! :D Looks super cool.
Chemistry practice is SOO fun!
This in particular with ants (formic acid), brushes and spontanity Cu oxidazed is amazing. And the briefness.
I must give it a try to this recipe.
Thanks, Laura and team!
Good stuff Ms. Kampf. Keep on smiling.
I like your energy!
I instantly see a usage. I'm thinking of making a copper "lookalike" splash guard from cheap steel instead of real copper. As you point out, sometimes you are only looking for the look. Thanks Laura, keep up your inspirational work.
This is brilliant..thanks for sharing. Awesome as always 👏
This sounds so cool! I have so many ideas! Not great at executing any ideas I have, but you never know!
To do signs and prints like that looks stunning, very very cool
hermoso Laura!!, gracias por la idea!
Dear Laura, today I liked all your videos. I mean all the videos which I hadn't liked before, to support your channel! 😍
this is one of the most interesting videos i've seen in awhile. That chair is gorgeous.
Thank you!
Thanks for sharing the discovery!
Priiiiima ist es😍 thanks for sharing it thoroughly
Super experiment and successful results 😊👌
okay i never had chemistry in school in the netherlands but you made it understandable for me so GREAT JOB and super video !
Very cool! This reminds me of when I dropped a slightly rusted pen nib into some vinegar that was on my bench, forgetting that it had some copper and stuff dissolved in it. It cold-blued the nib a really nice even black colour, and I've never been able to replicate it since!
Wow, that instant reaction is stunning! And the application possibilities really have my mind churning. In the electroplating demonstrations I've seen, they usually submerse the piece being plated in the solution. This sems to allow even coverage and the ability to let it "cook" on its own. Of course for as piece as large as your gas tank, this would require a lot of solution, which is probably cost prohibitive. Anyway, this is a very cool process with awesome results. Thanks for showing more than one way to do it. I want to try both ways now. Thanks for sharing!
Wowwwww!!! Se te siente muy excitada por este descubrimiento y por el resultado de la aplicació!!! Felicitaciones!!! A seguir investigando cosas nuevas! Un abrazo! Germán, Montevideo, Uruguay!
Oh my god that copper and zinc look is sick!!! I love that!!
Man, thanks Laura for giving me one more thing to experiment with on future projects!!!
As if my list of things to try out is not long enough!!!
Oh this is so interesting and inspiring
Awesome! I like, that you had the idea of the stickers! So much opportunities
Just awesome Laura
WOW! Excellent video. Thank you.
Oh wow! That really is badass.
CRORES OF THANKS HEARTFULLY FOR SHARING SUCH AN VALUABLE INFO. God Bless you.
Cheers Laura - Happy Sunday :)
I am so torn with this channel.
In that I love the videos where there is no talking, the music and editing makes it so relaxing and different and enjoyable to watch. But the on the other hand, when Laura is excited about something it is almost contagious! Her attitude is very refreshing and I love the videos where she talks as well.
Thank you!
Great video and you explained it well I think.
Robert is amazing
Awesome!!! thank you so much for this great video
I’m definitely giving this a go!
Danke für das Video Laura!
That is so cool, I so want to try this.
Súper nice Súper awesome Super ingenious Congratulations
Hi Laura,
excellent result, a technique I did not know.
I would just say that with electrodeposition you could probably create more consistent layers than what you can create with this method, but the problem will only arise in areas of high wear or exposed to the elements.
Hello and see you next Sunday
Insanely cool!
Brilliant video - Thank you
The effect on the chair is 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Love this one. Thanks for sharing...already have ideas scribbled in my sketchbook with more coming fast :)
Great stuff! Thumbs up and thanks for posting.
That stencil was incredible!
You can do the same thing with electroplating as well.
Completely badass!
Thanks for this laura, i am rebuilding a bike and thought, wouldnt these rusty spokes look cool copper plated. On to youtube and here it is. Love the video and the bike is looking great too x
Love your boiling bowl the front of a front loader washing machine being recycled :) 🙌🏽
Cool process
I LOVE this!
Omg
This is amazing!!!!
I need to do this!
Laura. Check out "Steel f/x" steel patinas. I learned of these from fireball tools bandsaw restoration video(part4). What you made is exactly like their copper spray patina, but there are so many more you could experiment with. Love your videos! 😁
2021: The year Laura paints the world copper! :)
Very nice job.amazing
very nice !! thx Laura !!!
I love your videos, and you are very alike to my mom haha! Thx from México
Nice work, like you. congrat.