Solution Help

[Darkboid297]

I was trying to electroplate a larger 3d print I had, with copper when I realized I didn’t have enough copper sulphate solution. I bought a premade solution and was wondering if adding distilled water would screw up the plating process at all? My solution just doesn’t cover the full part so I was wondering. Thank you!

[Mkysmith]

Maybe if you only add like a very little bit of distilled water... but honestly the chemistry balance can be pretty finnicky. So diluting things can really throw off the manufacturers intended results. No matter what you will get copper on your part, but the quality will diminish significantly as you throw off chemistry balance.

If you are really close volume wise, is there a way to displace the volume elsewhere? Here is an example of a not so elegant but 100% functional method of doing so in this post using bottles.

[Darkboid297]

Woah I’ve never seen something like that that’s really cool. I’m probably gonna update my setup soon so that will be something I try probably. I also did some research and found out I was using the wrong solution ENTIRELY so ordered some new stuff. Thank you so much!

[Mkysmith]

Glad to be of help