Well, I just bought some conductive paint for some electroplating projects. Wish me luck.

@MookyTroubadour I'm intrigued and looking forward to any updates you care to share. Best of luck!

@Ironworker229 it’s coming from UK, so I don’t expect it’ll be here right away. I want to zinc plate/galvanize a screwdriver (that doesn’t need the paint) and nickel plate a plastic 3D print. I’ll post as soon as I get it all together, good or bad.

@MookyTroubadour I tig welded a lot of electro-galv steel sheet for slot machine cabinets, etc. back in the day and we do a fair bit of hot dipped steel fabrications as ironworkers (exterior stairs, rails, trellises). Nickel plate on plastic sounds pretty cool- what application is that for? My brother has had a printer for several years and he might be especially interested.

@Ironworker229 in theory, one should be able to 3D print a thing (filament, resin, whatever) and then electroplate it provided you can get a conductive surface. I’ve seen some say “just add graphite to paint” or similar, but as many say it doesn’t work well. Amazon sells nickel, silver, copper, and graphite sprays, but again, reported mixed results.

@Ironworker229 I’m going to try several coats of graphite, with cloth polishing between coats. If I can test the conductivity and get to low resistance, all systems should be “go”.

I need to buy or some make some electrolytic solutions too, I suppose.