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Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] silver coating

2013-08-15 by James Sleeman

Malcolm Parker-Lisberg wrote:
>
>
> Make your own tin electroless tin plating solution, see:
> <http://www.voodooengineering.com/index.php/tinning/87-diy-tin-plating-solutiion>
> All chemicals available on ebay
>
That page lists the components as

* 0.5g Stannous Chloride
* 2.0g Thiourea
* 3.0g Sulfamic Acid
* 100.0 mL Distilled water

and further down that the proportions don't seem to be very critical.
Aside the fact that Thiourea seems like quite a nasty thing, the
Wikipedia does have this...

~~~
Silver polishing

According to the label on the consumer product, the liquid silver
cleaning product TarnX contains thiourea, a detergent, and sulfamic acid.
~~~

Come to think of it, I vaguely remember that this might have been looked
into by somebody previously.

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