Great vid: Nickel: I have a local scrap yard. a guy I know there has sold me some Nickel for less the Amazon.. Haven't tried it yet but I plan to... Snapper you are A GOD!! Blackie will love it! keep the faith brother.
Awesome work, all my work with plating has been with Electroless nickel from Caswell's process. It is done with heat and chemicals but you have proved the old style electro plating process provides beautiful results also!
I have been wanting to try the electroless process. I've always used this because it's cheap and it's very easy. Plus this same process works for gold silver nickel copper and others
@@snappers_antique_firearms I'm sharing that...cause In NZ..we have no clue about guns.thats a fact.imsharing it to my panelbeater..autobody friends.. love your worm.. bang bang 11 ... kindof sent me here
Give it a try some day its easy and fun. Plus a good way to make replicas more authentic would be to nickleplate the brass grip frame on most Colts. They were originally silver-plated. nickel is a good stand-in
wow, that is an outstanding finish, looks magnificent. and for me that was a really different video, never seen anything like that before and by crikey you made it look so DIY easy. onya cobber, great job
It really is that easy brother. If you take away nickel from this and use gold, silver, copper and many others you can plate with those metals. I bought some silver and copper so I can do silver plating and copper plating
I've been wanting to do some nickel plating. I recently picked up one of the Caswell silver plating brush kits, I have a couple things with a really worn finish that need touched up.
I have seen those before. Let me know how well it works. I am making silver plating solution really soon. It's the exact same thing as my video but instead of using nickel you use silver. Also works with gold copper and a couple other metals.
having done 3 Colt clones in nickel I would say that the brass gripframes are easier and harder to nickel plate.. easier cause they take nickel or silver easier. harder cause in the clones at least they are a rougher casting. A fun fact is that either all or most of the Colts had a silver plate to the brass. They used silver because they knew how to plate in silver but no nickel plate existed here in the USA Silver looks great but it tarnishes easy and wears off easy (soft) but I did silver plate some parts on a 1849 Pocket Silver and nickel plate look slightly different but very close. Prep is a huge deal on plating and for some it may be prohibitive so far as skill/tools
@@doranmaxwell1755 I would have loved to have silver plated this revolver. This was a gift for a fellow youtuber blackie Thomas. I did it to replicate the silver the originals were done in. I collect original Colt cap and ball revolvers most have some traces of silver on the trigger guard and grip frame.
@@snappers_antique_firearms I have only silver plated a couple of small things... the revolver barrel and cyl and gripfrrames and they are on an 1849 pocket clone which as you know is a very small gun. The cap and ball Colts are easiest in any case since they come apart into small sections. I have read most of what Blackie has posted and enjoyed his channel
@@snappers_antique_firearms Its kind of a double edged sword... the silver does look slightly different than nickel with maybe a bit more/deeper? gloss? but it also tarnishes and is more delicate than nickel. Since the little 49 does not get shot much I figured it was the one I should try the siver on
Hmmmmm interesting, I was recently given a electroplating machine that costed couple grand back in the 80s ,it has a reverse polarity that can strip off the nickel “or so he told me” not shure if it would, but I only got the machine nothing else, it looks like it won’t take much by the looks of this video before I can try and plate something, I’m going to have to try this
Yeah but reversing the polarity you can strip nickel off. You want to use just vinegar. And a bolt for the negative. If you used the same nickel solution as for plating. it would contaminate it
My brother and I nickled a cheap Centennial revolver shot also I noticed you fire blue the trigger we did a you birding Calvary 73 the whole gun fire blued
I saw you video and i am here to help if you need it. Also i am happy to do shout outs to you brother let me know when you are ready for me to do so. Glade to hear you are part of this video making family.
Original colts most were silver plated on the trigger guard and backstrap. Every colt i own accept my 1860 Army. all had silver trigger guards and back straps. Most guns have no trace of this left on them unless you take the grips off. under the grip you will still see silver. I could not silver plate when i made these videos. so we just went with nickel. Plus it doesn't tarnish over time. Nickel plating didn't really become a thing till the late 1870s and early 1880s. So guns made prior to that they used silver.
That thing came out so nice
I agree it was stunning in person
Very cool! Love the finished product.
Thanks Santee
Great vid: Nickel: I have a local scrap yard. a guy I know there has sold me some Nickel for less the Amazon.. Haven't tried it yet but I plan to... Snapper you are A GOD!! Blackie will love it! keep the faith brother.
Thanks gray!! hope you are doing well my friend.
Awesome work, all my work with plating has been with Electroless nickel from Caswell's process. It is done with heat and chemicals but you have proved the old style electro plating process provides beautiful results also!
I have been wanting to try the electroless process. I've always used this because it's cheap and it's very easy. Plus this same process works for gold silver nickel copper and others
I don't know. I kinda like the dinosaurs in the background. It works for Santee.
Another great video Snapper!!
Thank you
Instructions unclear. Now my nickels are copper plated and my pennies are nickel plated
😫 not again
Great video...I'm learning. Thx
Thank you
@@snappers_antique_firearms I'm sharing that...cause In NZ..we have no clue about guns.thats a fact.imsharing it to my panelbeater..autobody friends.. love your worm.. bang bang 11 ... kindof sent me here
@@swimasfastasyoucan thanks for sharing with your friends.
One of these days these will be called the 11 snap pistols lol
😂
Awesome, thank you.
Give it a try some day its easy and fun. Plus a good way to make replicas more authentic would be to nickleplate the brass grip frame on most Colts. They were originally silver-plated. nickel is a good stand-in
@@snappers_antique_firearms I think that is awesome and I am definitely going to be giving it a try in the future.
Wow 🤩 nice video 😎👍🇺🇸
Thanks
Great video
Thanks!
wow, that is an outstanding finish, looks magnificent. and for me that was a really different video, never seen anything like that before and by crikey you made it look so DIY easy. onya cobber, great job
It really is that easy brother. If you take away nickel from this and use gold, silver, copper and many others you can plate with those metals. I bought some silver and copper so I can do silver plating and copper plating
@@snappers_antique_firearms wow - I look forward to seeing your future endevours Snapper :)
@@CodyandSteveDownUnder you to brother
You gave me another idea to be dangerous with
I've been wanting to do some nickel plating. I recently picked up one of the Caswell silver plating brush kits, I have a couple things with a really worn finish that need touched up.
I have seen those before. Let me know how well it works. I am making silver plating solution really soon. It's the exact same thing as my video but instead of using nickel you use silver. Also works with gold copper and a couple other metals.
I guess it’s mostly in the prep work , the trigger guard looks Amazing
Thank you
Looks so great. Wish they'd plate the repro grip frames more often.
That qtip trick has me eyeballing guitar parts actually ...
I wish they would to. Most cap and ball original colts were silver plated on the trigger guard and backstrap. Give it a try. Its easy
having done 3 Colt clones in nickel I would say that the brass gripframes are easier and harder to nickel plate.. easier cause they take nickel or silver easier. harder cause in the clones at least they are a rougher casting. A fun fact is that either all or most of the Colts had a silver plate to the brass. They used silver because they knew how to plate in silver but no nickel plate existed here in the USA Silver looks great but it tarnishes easy and wears off easy (soft) but I did silver plate some parts on a 1849 Pocket Silver and nickel plate look slightly different but very close. Prep is a huge deal on plating and for some it may be prohibitive so far as skill/tools
@@doranmaxwell1755 I would have loved to have silver plated this revolver. This was a gift for a fellow youtuber blackie Thomas. I did it to replicate the silver the originals were done in. I collect original Colt cap and ball revolvers most have some traces of silver on the trigger guard and grip frame.
@@snappers_antique_firearms I have only silver plated a couple of small things... the revolver barrel and cyl and gripfrrames and they are on an 1849 pocket clone which as you know is a very small gun. The cap and ball Colts are easiest in any case since they come apart into small sections. I have read most of what Blackie has posted and enjoyed his channel
@@doranmaxwell1755 I bet that 49 pocket looks beautiful silver plated.
@@snappers_antique_firearms Its kind of a double edged sword... the silver does look slightly different than nickel with maybe a bit more/deeper? gloss? but it also tarnishes and is more delicate than nickel. Since the little 49 does not get shot much I figured it was the one I should try the siver on
Hmmmmm interesting, I was recently given a electroplating machine that costed couple grand back in the 80s ,it has a reverse polarity that can strip off the nickel “or so he told me” not shure if it would, but I only got the machine nothing else, it looks like it won’t take much by the looks of this video before I can try and plate something, I’m going to have to try this
Yeah but reversing the polarity you can strip nickel off. You want to use just vinegar. And a bolt for the negative. If you used the same nickel solution as for plating. it would contaminate it
Hey snapper hope recieved an old man's ramblings, and it was coherent enough to understand.
Mountain man
Hey mountain man hope you're doing good buddy
Do you have a link for your power supply
Doing a job I've been wanting to do.
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I couldn't find the exact one I have because it's an older model but this is the exact same thing
What were you using to prep the trigger, some kind of rubbing compund? Or just q-tips?
I like to cut a q-tip in half. Then put that q-tip in a Dremmel tool. Dip the q-tip in a metal Polish. It works surprisingly well.
My brother and I nickled a cheap Centennial revolver shot also I noticed you fire blue the trigger we did a you birding Calvary 73 the whole gun fire blued
It would be so beautiful to fire blue a whole gun.
We had to do the barrel in receiver twice
We put it in the toaster oven until it turns purple then we took it out and slowly worked it till it went blue
And I learned all that watching you man
@@louisianagray8618 i have to try that someday
Put up a test video this afternoon
I saw you video and i am here to help if you need it. Also i am happy to do shout outs to you brother let me know when you are ready for me to do so. Glade to hear you are part of this video making family.
@@snappers_antique_firearms thank you may get an actual channel account
Yummy guns 🔫
How long did it take for you?
When it was all polished and just putting it in the solution took me 15-20 minutes
So were these ever plated in nickel?
Original colts most were silver plated on the trigger guard and backstrap. Every colt i own accept my 1860 Army. all had silver trigger guards and back straps. Most guns have no trace of this left on them unless you take the grips off. under the grip you will still see silver. I could not silver plate when i made these videos. so we just went with nickel. Plus it doesn't tarnish over time. Nickel plating didn't really become a thing till the late 1870s and early 1880s. So guns made prior to that they used silver.