Plating Without a Battery.
Silver-Plating Solution.
| Nitrate of silver (crystals) 1/4 | ounce. |
| Cyanuret potassa 1/2 | ounce. |
| Prepared Spanish whiting1 | ounce. |
| Pure rain water2 1/2 | ounces. |
Mix all together in a glass vessel, and it is ready for use. Thoroughly clean the article from all grease and dirt (see polishing preparations, page [12]), and apply with a soft rag or brush and polish with a chamois skin.
Silvering Powder.
| Chloride of silver1 | ounce. |
| Pearlash3 | ounces. |
| Common salt1 1/2 | ounces. |
| Whiting1 | ounce. |
Powder and mix the articles thoroughly. This is excellent in silvering brass and copper articles. Clean the surface of the article, as in the preceding preparation, and apply the mixture by rubbing on with a cork or piece of soft leather moistened with water and dipped in the powder. Afterward the metal should be well washed in hot water and wiped dry.
Gold-Plating Solution.
| Gold amalgam 1/2 | ounce. |
| Nitro muriatic acid1 | ounce. |
| Alcohol2 | ounces. |
Dissolve the amalgam in the acid and then add the alcohol. Thoroughly clean the article to be plated and apply the solution with a soft brush. Rinse and dry in sawdust or with tissue paper and polish with chamois skin.
Nickeling Iron Without Electricity.
To a solution of chloride of zinc 5 or 10 per cent strong add enough nickel salt to give the usual color of nickel bath. Cleanse the articles and put them in the solution for from 1/2 to 1 hour.