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Uploaded by on May 20, 2009

This video uses the techniques described in two previous videos to brass plate a quarter. Please click on the relevant links to see the other videos.

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  • hey awesome videos! I was wondering, how did you get your zinc penny soooooo shiny??? What technique did you use to polish and what was the complete solution you used to plate it? My penny is plated but not very shiny. Check out my video on zinc plating to see what my penny looks like

  • You penny is likely covered in some form of zinc oxide. This occurred because you tried to electroplate your penny (look at zinc's relative position to H+ on the activity series to understand why zinc is not ideal for electroplating in acid). I used a sodium hydroxide and zinc shavings to coat my penny. I used steel wool/paper towel to polish. I think directions are on the sidebar of one of my videos. GL

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  • When I try(I've tried over 7 times with totally diff pennies) it gets a tint of silver and then it bubbles and turns gray

  • NO TRANSMUTATION CRCLE?!?!? =O

  • @outbackin I am trying to do something similar. Did you find a way to brass plate an unknown metal?

  • you should do a vid for tin and make a bronze penny :)

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