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A mechanical plating process utilizes a chemical promotor system for providing heavy, thick metallic coatings on articles, the system comprising a flash promotor for providing a thin, adherent flash coating on the articles and a continuing promotor for incremental addition together with the finely d

A mechanical plating process utilizes a chemical promotor system for providing heavy, thick metallic coatings on articles, the system comprising a flash promotor for providing a thin, adherent flash coating on the articles and a continuing promotor for incremental addition together with the finely divided mechanical plating metal to form the heavy, thick coatings.

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A mechanical plating process for providing metallic articles with a heavy, thick metallic coating of a mechanical plating metal, comprising the steps of: (a) providing an acidic aqueous mixture of said metallic articles, impact media and a flash promoter, the acidity of the mixture being sufficient

A mechanical plating process for providing metallic articles with a heavy, thick metallic coating of a mechanical plating metal, comprising the steps of: (a) providing an acidic aqueous mixture of said metallic articles, impact media and a flash promoter, the acidity of the mixture being sufficient to remove metal oxides contained on the articles to be plated and on a finely divided mechanical plating metal to be added, said flash promoter comprising per 100 square feet of plating surface area, up to about 400 grams of a strong acid or an acid engendering salt, from about 10 to about 80 grams of a soluble salt of a metal more noble than said plating metal, an effective amount of a dispersant capable of dispersing said plating metal, and an effective amount of an inhibitor capable of inhibiting corrosion of said plating metal; (b) adding to said mixture said finely divided mechanical plating metal in sufficient quantity to effect a galvanomechanical deposition of said metal more noble than said plating metal; (c) agitating the resultant mixture until said deposition is effected; (d) adding to said mixture a portion of finely divided mechanical plating metal and an effective amount of a continuing promoter, said continuing promoter comprising, per pound of finely divided mechanical plating metal, from about 20 to about 150 grams of a strong acid or an acid engendering salt, from about 1.0 to about 20 grams of a soluble salt of a metal more noble than said plating metal, an effective amount of a dispersant capable of dispersing said plating metal, and an effective amount of an inhibitor capable of inhibiting corrosion of said plating metal; (e) agitating said mixture for a sufficient time to effect mechanical plating of said finely divided plating metal on said metallic articles; and (f) repeating steps (d) and (e) until said heavy, thick metallic coating is obtained on said metallic articles.