[A_Steingrube] has posted a guide to his favorite method of copper electroplating. Plating copper onto other metals is popular with the steampunk crowd, but it does have other uses. Copper plate ...

Using a process known as mechanical plating or peen plating, he deposits a layer of copper on a PLA print. The results look good, as you can see in the video below. This isn’t electroplating ...

Science presenter Jon Chase explains electrolysis. He demonstrates how to electroplate a copper coin with zinc using a nail and dilute hydrochloric acid as the electrolyte. Jon uses an animation ...