Gold Imitation Plating Process

1. Feature

1. Popular rose gold color in the market, shiny and vivid. 

2. Simple procedure to start up the bath and not require much experience on plating work. 

3. Plating under the same phase current, handling simple and easier than the traditional method which requires three phases different current and plating time. 

4. By using the toning agents, it is much easy to control the color in production, the bath not only produce rose gold color but also gold imitation or light gold.

2. Conditions and Compositions of Bath

Material and Condition          Range              Standard 

Copper Cyanide                 28-32g/L                  30 

Sodium Cyanide                48-52 g/L                 50 

Zinc Cyanide                          0.5 g/L                0.5 

RCC-M Make-up Agent     270-360 g/L            300 

Voltage                                   3-5 V                  4 V 

Temperature                      35-40°C                38°C 

Baume                                  11-12                   12 

Anode                                        Stainless Steel 

PH                                                        12

3. Operation to Start-up The Bath 

1. Put 1/2 water into tank 

2. Put Sodium Cyanide, Copper Cyanide and Zinc Cyanide into water, agitate and dissolve completely. 

3. Put Rose Gold Make-up Agent into the solution. 

4. Add water to standard level. 

5. Try plating and see color 

6. R agent for Red tone, G agent for green tone. 

7. If need rose gold color, add little R agent into the solution and try. 

8. If too much red on the surface, add G agent to lighten the color.