Electroplating 3D Prints | Color Metal
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- Let me show you how to create beautiful authentic props, like this #pokemon pokéball by #electroplating and coloring the metal of your 3d prints. #3dprinting and metal plating combined will create convincing objects for you prop collection or the next comic con. #cosplay
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This is the stuff I used for electroforming/electroplating in this video.
Chemicals for the prints:
🛒 Copper Anode: amzn.to/42XdwZS *
🛒 Bright Copper Electrolyte: amzn.to/3zk2S1F *
🛒 GRAPHIT Paint amzn.to/3YtPZhD *
🛒 Gold Electrolyte amzn.to/44NNwRp *
🛒 Palladium Electrolyte amzn.to/3DDr8hD *
Optional:
🛒 Conductive Copper Paint amzn.to/47cpbpR *
🛒 Galvanic Degreaser amzn.to/3rV4v5r *
I used this printer:
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▶ Chapters
00:00 Introduction
00:28 Creating the 3D Print
00:50 3D printed Golden Pokéball preparation
01:43 Electroplating golden pokéball
04:37 Polishing electroplated copper
05:05 Nickel golden pokéball
06:15 Gold plating pokéball
07:50 Coloring electrolated 3D prints
08:32 Assembly of the pokéball
08:50 Results
▶ For the galvanic bath:
* a container
* acidic copper electrolyte
* nickel or palladium electrolyte
* one or two copper anodes
* one nickel anode
* banana plug & alligator clips
▶ You may need:
* Degreaser
* Distilled water
* galvanic brush + pen
Have fun. Try it. 🧡
▶ Pokéball by intentional3d
www.thingiverse.com/thing:411193 - บันเทิง
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"It is super simple!"
Proceed to crafting the next rocketship who will lead us to mars.
Please help Thomas Sanladerer with his electroplating efforts! hahah
My first thought also😅
I second this 😂
I've just learned that in book binding, gold guilding is laid over the top of red. Never white, so as to make it stand out. I think that's worth exploring in your next attempts 😃
Make sense cause the red is the highest in vibration of the color spectrum ! thanks for sharing
Interesting!
That is just stunning work! Could you be pursuaded to do a "this is what you need to get started"-video with all the solutions and anodes for plating various metals and settings for the powersupply etc.? 🤞
Looking forward to watching the rest of your videos :)
amazing as always. I appreciate the efforts you go to to talk about proper PPE! "its all fun and games til you lose an eye" was a phrase i remember from the 80s/90s and its still valid today lol
The gold electroplate would be a cool idea for the GS Ball, so named because it's gold and silver colored, and has "GS" etched into the top hemisphere where the M was on the master ball
Just wanted to leave a quick comment to thank you for your guidance. I gave electroplating my first try a few days ago following the process you documented in your videos, and even though I still haven't cracked the secret to the ridiculously mirror-y finish you achieve, my first piece came out gorgeous. So thank you for your work, it's a whole world of metal parts that just opened to me!
Incredible results, I can only imagine how awesome it must be to see and hold them in person
Thanks for the words of encouragement at the end.
I will finally be getting my materials together later this month to execute what I've learned from this and your other videos.
Many thanks! 🙏🙏🙏
You GOTTA etch a little emblem on the gold one and make the GS ball from the anime
Ive done this with melted aluminum then nickel plated. Never knew you could do 3d printed stuff. Great job you just got yourself another subscriber 👍
Amazing work as always! I always look forward to your videos. And most of all, THANK YOU for sharing your techniques with everyone!
Bruh, you got me... Hook, line and sinker!
Amazing. I think this will be the first electroplating project I attempt. Simply because the surface is easy to sand and polish lol
Electro-de-greasing is a new one for me. I wish I knew about that back when I was making jewelry.
I would make them out of brass, but then silverplate. My biggest issue was trying to get the polishing compound off without losing the polished uncorroded surface.
I’m so glad I stumbled on your channel. I never thought of taking post processing to this level.
I am in awe on how beautiful those Pokeballs look and you’d never know they were printed on an FDM printer. Amazing work and thank you for the brief tutorial.
I've always wanted to see a GS Pokeball in real life and you've made it possible, well at least the closest thing that we'll ever get to a real Pokeball. Thank you for your masterpieces! ❤❤
I'm just getting started with electroplating. Thanks to your channel 😊
Perfect timing on the subscribe reminder - right as I was thinking “thats pretty cool” - ‘Subscribe’ - “yeah, he earned it”.
this is art itself... respect you bro
That electroplated red color should be used in the next live action movie
totally blown away this was possible and definitely want to try it out!
That looks legit !
now this is the type of 3d printing that I like to see
Imagine making Christmas ornaments like this 😮
Blimey you did really well🎉 looks incredible
Amazing, wonderful, unbelievable, love it!
Beautiful job man. So shiny ✨
Wieder mal eine schöne Arbeit von Dir ... 👍👍👍
Wow! Just beautiful! 🤩
The way you talk and the way you formulate your plans I can tell you definitely have pretty high IQ🎉
Sehr cool! Tipp zur Oxidation von Kupfer ... Ich tauche die Werkstücke nach dem Galvanisieren kurz in eine Ascorbinsäurelösung. Ist eben sanft reduzierend.
Way better results than i would ever imagine you can do at home.
That’s what I’m thinking every time I do this 😉
@@hen3drik Well, as an engineer myself, total kudos for perfecting the workflow. I can't imagine better results even in industrial settings.
Really nice
Your electroplating results are getting pretty impressive, although have you considered using your transparent black acrylic for the black bits? Or even blackening nickel?
I am interested in the "micrographite" results, although I suspect there won't be much difference unless there is an increased amount of graphene in it. Have you experimented with carbon nanotubes in the graphite mix?
I'd not seen this done before! The conductive paint to electroplate step is clever and the effects are very impressive!
Wow!
It looks veeeery easy!!! LOL
Very cool! If I had the supplies to do this I think I'd turn everything into silver jewelry. Imagine a cool lego brick or something in shiny silver.
I never knew you could just basically rub on electrolytes to plate things, lmao. This was great.
What a bunch of work... looks great though!
lol, bro could have made it out of half of a Christmas balls, but preferred flexing his Engineering knowledge! luv it!
9:43 You should make a floating magnetic stand so the pokeball floats and rotates.
At 6:19 I thought you had a baggie with a pipe and some bud 😅😂
Great video and amazing job with the pokeballs! 🔥🔥🔥
You are a craftsman. I hope to get into electroplating. ❤
Very interesting, I have been wanting to make a few props with my 3D printer, but elecro-plating frightened me off, I am going to watch the video again and try it, thank you
I'm into custom Halo figures and the visors for the helmets are typically chrome plated from the factory but customs are usually hand painted. This would be a game changer if somebody's willing to go through the carcinogenic process of making them. My brain says yes but my body says no because there's too many chemicals involved but ay thanks for the video, it was informative and entertaining.
Amazing results❤
Wo~~~Amazing work
Danke vielmals!!... for all this great info.
Awesome! That metallic red would be perfect for an iron man helmet!
Dieses "Moin" gefolgt von einem komplett englischen Video war wunderbar.
Sieht nice aus, nebenbei!
Absolut geil! hätte ich das geld und den platz für diese sachen wäre ich das ganze wochenende nur noch damit beschäftigt
True alchemist!
2:58 electroforming is when the metal deposited is removed from the substrate.
Ich finde den Prozess großartig. Vor wenigen Monaten habe ich mein Mandalorian Kostüm vervollständigt und ich bin tatsächlich geneigt das ganze nochmal zu machen und Stück für Stück die Rüstungsteile auszutauschen gegen welche mit Electroplating. Vor allem bei Cosplay mit schichtdicke ist das von Vorteil. Man kann diese wohl sehr dünn halten ohne Füllung mit nur wenigen Wänden stärke beim 3D Druck. Glasfaser innen und Elektroplating außen geben die nötige Stärke.
Toi Toi Toi! 🙂
wow Amazing
I'm wondering if this process could be applied to repairing the vac-metal jobs on old, vintage Silverhawks action figures
Geil! Sieht gut aus! Ich versuche einfach Molotow Chrome Farbe zu benutzen, aber diese ist eine tolle Idee. Nächstes Experiment!
Thank you so much for making these tutorials. I love your videos and your channel. I am going to start electroplating my own 3d prints and I would love to know more about the voltage meter that you use as well as the wand for applying the secondary chemicals. Also can the copper electrolyte be reused? I would love to know more about the electroplating part of the process. Thank you!
Thank you, for the power supply: any power supply that does support constant current will do the job (min 5A). The wand is just an anode with a nonwoven. The copper electrolyte regenerates by the anodes, so yeah, this is actually my first electrolyte. Still kicking.
@@hen3drik Thank you so much Hen3drik! It meant alot that you took the time. I hope to make prints as nice and clean as yours.
9:38 'soon there will be something very big again'.
Watching this video in the toilet. This words strikes in a very different level😂😂
I wish I could buy this, that would be awesome. I would do it myself but I also know I will probably not touch electroplating again after I finish 😅
Great vid!
Thank you for this. Could find any answers online besides here!
Gut gemacht!
You make such a great things man!
Because of 3d printing I've learned a lot. But I don't think I would have imagined that I would be gathering acids to improve them
You should have done black metallic finish for the trim. That would be sick
Transparent acrylic paint over the metal? I never would have guessed...it looks amazing.
Can you do a tutorial on exactly how to electro plate? Also do you think you can electroplate a 3d print with that rainbowish color?
Have you looked into engineering at all? You could definitely be a great engineer!
Every project you’ve done has been a work of art
Thank you, I appreciate that! 😇
I use the same micro graphite in a mix with UHU HART and acetone (roughly 30/10/60) which worked best for me so far. Starting with 0,2V and ramping it up to 0,7V as soon an area of around 2cm in diameter is covered with copper.
I had several issues with the copper paint. It clogged my airbrush quickly, then first it was too conductive so I had very low copper deposition in recessed areas and once the jar was opened and the painting exposed to the air it totally lost its conductivity after a couple of months. So i guess it has a limited shelf life once opened.
looks great!
Really beautiful results, I admire your patience.
Maybe you could try doing it on ABS, and skip all the conductive paint thingy to get a perfect first conductive layer using electroless palladium deposition? That's how most plastics get their metallic shine ! I like this method as it's less labor intensive haha, you let the chemistry work its magic.
Yes, ABS Dotierung is super cool. I actually did some research about that but it very hard to get the chemicals and since I just want to do simple diy tutorials i think it‘s a bit over the top.
Oof! Using that gold and chrome red, you need to do an iron man helmet😉😁
Looks so good, nice job!🤟
Your content only gets better.
I freaking love this channel!
Hi boss. Thanks for the tips. I plan to replate my bike parts. I think it was direct steel to nickel plate. Poor factory job maybe to save cost. I will double plate with cooper then nickel.
I need to learn how to electroplate shit, this is dope
so complicated but really looks good.
Kaffelo? Cufalow? Oh, "Car Filler", as in Primer Filler Spray for Cars ... took me a minute ;-)
Autokarosseriespachtelmasse :-)
Wow electroplating is so crazy! I wish i could do it but id never have all those chemicals in my house lol
You are amazing, congratulations !
I love your new video and the finishing,, i an super impressed, i was actually talking to uncle jessy in a live stream about your videos as well i hope you make more super prints and plating videos i love your work ps i bought my own plating kit because of your videos so thank you so much HEN3DRICK
Thank you for your kind words!
@@hen3drik No thank you for your work and time and Inspiration
Really cool seeing your process, I'd love to try it. Do you know if a titanium anodizer can be used as a power source for electroplating?
titanium anodizer seems to be too weak for bigger parts. But you can set it to CC, which is good. smaller parts can work.
Great video, love that you stress health and safety during plating.
Cannot stress enough!
very nice, thx for the info
That red looks amazing, even through the camera. Really enjoying the content and looking to try it out for myself one day. Tschüss!
Merci!
Liked and subbed.
This sooo cool!
Erstmal vorweg: Klasse Videos! Sehr informativ und eine super Hilfe beim Einstieg in das Thema! Ich habe nun einige 3D-Druckteile galvanisiert und bekomme den Kupferleitlack mit der Airbrush zwar gleichmäßig aufgetragen, die Schicht ist aber sehr rau was sich natürlich nachher in der Kupferschicht bemerkbar macht. Aktuell verwende ich eine 0.3er Düse, Kupferleitlack 2:1 mit Aceton verdünnt und trage das Ganze mit 300 kPa auf gefüllerte und geschliffene Oberflächen auf. Hast du evtl. Tipps wie man den Kupferleitlack glatt aufs Material bekommt? Welche Düsengröße verwendest du in der Airbrush?
Do you prefer the copper to graphite? I just ordered some synthetic graphite should I use it?
Due to sulphuric acid becoming a controlled substance due to acid attacks in the UK is there another good option? Thanks
Buy a commercial electrolyte. I prefer copper.
That Tamiya Clear Red glaze really looks great over the metallic finish, wow!
this is incredible.
Is there an alternative for the tifoo electrolyte? Here in Mexico is very hard to find or very expensive.
Thank you for the video. Was wondering if you mind sharing what the spinning mechanism is that holds the pokeball in the liquid? Also any recommendation for cleanup/filtering the electrolyte?
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u can plate zinc or Nicale on copper and it will give you gold effect
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