Cómo Hacer un Baño Electrolítico de Oro | Chapa de Oro Paso a Paso de Joyería — Transcript

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1. 0:00Hello after like 58,000 years. The
2. 0:03truth is that I've recorded a lot of
3. 0:05videos. I have too many videos in stock
4. 0:07to show you. The problem is that I want
5. 0:09to do everything. I mean, I have a
6. 0:11jewelry brand, I want to learn more
7. 0:13about jewelry, I want to have a social
8. 0:15life. Hello, how are you? Welcome to my
9. 0:27channel, welcome to Beca Joyería. For
10. 0:29those who are new, here we talk about
11. 0:31jewelry, we make jewelry and everything
12. 0:33that has to do with jewelry and costume
13. 0:35jewelry. Today I wanted to show you
14. 0:38something new, something that has also
15. 0:39been new to me. I've already tried it
16. 0:42out and that's why I think I'm ready to
17. 0:44show you what gold plating is, or
18. 0:46rather gold plating, because in this
19. 0:48case we are going to plate it. I know
20. 0:51that for many it has been like what the
21. 0:54difference is, how it's done, like the
22. 0:56general process in the jewelry world,
23. 0:58in the world of costume jewelry, is not
24. 1:00very well explained and I understand
25. 1:02that. I mean, it's also been very
26. 1:05confusing for me, but, uh, it's
27. 1:08something that has helped me a lot by
28. 1:10doing it, both to have, uh, more pieces
29. 1:13in my jewelry line, and also for me to
30. 1:16be able to explain to, uh, customers
31. 1:19and to be able to explain, uh, how long
32. 1:22it lasts; because, obviously, it's not
33. 1:25solid gold as such, but it is a gold
34. 1:27bath. Uh, also how it's done. Also, if
35. 1:31you want to make this investment in
36. 1:33what I'm going to show you, which are
37. 1:35the liquids and the machine, uh, well,
38. 1:37it's quite an investment and it's
39. 1:39something that's worth it. And if you
40. 1:41simply want to watch this video to
41. 1:43learn more or to be able to explain it
42. 1:45in your jewelry store or simply because
43. 1:47you want to learn in the future, that's
44. 1:49great. I think we'll go this way and
45. 1:51let's get started. And well, I hope
46. 1:53it's useful to you. Also, if you've
47. 1:56done it and done it differently because
48. 1:59I know there are other ways to do it,
49. 2:01let me know. I hope to answer all your
50. 2:03messages. I know I haven't answered you
51. 2:06lately, precisely because of what I'm
52. 2:07telling you, I've been overwhelmed with
53. 2:09work and I'm not getting it done, but I
54. 2:11hope someone helps me very soon and,
55. 2:13well, someone helps me with my social
56. 2:15networks and editing, because social
57. 2:17networks are also an issue. But anyway,
58. 2:19let's get to this section. I haven't
59. 2:22shown you the table yet because it's
60. 2:24very low, but I wanted to quickly
61. 2:25explain. I sent all these liquids to be
62. 2:27formulated by a chemical engineer. I'd
63. 2:30be happy to do it if you're from, well,
64. 2:33Mexico or Mexico City, he supplies the
65. 2:35entire country. Hey, I can give you the
66. 2:38contact information, send me a DM on my
67. 2:40Instagram, on social networks and I'll
68. 2:41answer faster, especially on Instagram.
69. 2:44And if you're outside of Mexico, I
70. 2:46honestly don't know how to tell you,
71. 2:48but I would say that you should look
72. 2:50for someone who is specifically
73. 2:52dedicated to formulating for gold
74. 2:54plating, a chemical engineer, someone
75. 2:56who has worked in the jewelry industry
76. 2:58and who can do it for you. It's a big
77. 3:00investment, really, but it's 1000%worth
78. 3:03it. I'm in front of a window because
79. 3:05it's good to have some air. I don't
80. 3:08know, this has certain odors, not very
81. 3:10strong, but just in case, it's good to
82. 3:13have some ventilation. And now, let's
83. 3:16get to work. I'm going to show you now,
84. 3:18so come over here. I'll show you our
85. 3:20beautiful work table. Now I'll explain
86. 3:22the liquids, but first of all, we're
87. 3:24going to see the power source. It turns
88. 3:26on from the back and you can see the
89. 3:28bowls from above. This is the positive
90. 3:30current output, which is the red one,
91. 3:32and the negative current output, which
92. 3:34is the black one. These stainless steel
93. 3:37plates are called anodes. They provide
94. 3:40the positive current source to the
95. 3:42solution. In this case, we're going to
96. 3:44put it in the degreaser. We'll stir it
97. 3:45well so the solution doesn't stagnate.
98. 3:47This is the nickel anode, which is made
99. 3:50of titanium and has a little nickel
100. 3:52inside, so we're using filter paper.
101. 3:55Here I'm showing you that I've written
102. 3:57down how the voltage and time are going
103. 3:59to work. This is a fish tank heater,
104. 4:02since we need our nickel a little warm.
105. 4:05And here I am touching it to see if it
106. 4:07is ready. The gold solution. The gold
107. 4:09solution is formulated so that with
108. 4:11different voltages we can give it tones
109. 4:13of 24, 18 and 14 carats. Here I show
110. 4:16you that I also wrote it down and it
111. 4:18also needs its stainless steel anode. I
112. 4:20also move it a little so that it does
113. 4:22not stagnate. I tell you that for each
114. 4:24of the formulations we need two rinses.
115. 4:27It would be degreasing, water, water
116. 4:29which is potable water, acid. After the
117. 4:32acid we leave it there for a minute and
118. 4:34it would also be water, water and then
119. 4:37we take it to the nickel. The nickel,
120. 4:40uh, as I had already told you, needs to
121. 4:43be hot, the water or the rinse and then
122. 4:46we take it to the gold. Uh, it really
123. 4:50is very simple, you will see it now and
124. 4:52its rinses finally. We can also put
125. 4:54lacquer on it so that the plating lasts
126. 4:56longer. This depends on each person. So
127. 4:59I'll show you the pieces that we're
128. 5:00going to plate or gild. These earrings
129. 5:02that I was commissioned to make, this
130. 5:03little pendant, and this chain that is
131. 5:05already gilded, but we're going to
132. 5:06improve it. And I'll tell you that
133. 5:08we're going to use copper. This already
134. 5:10looks gilded because we've already used
135. 5:12it, but it's copper. This copper is
136. 5:14going to be used for the negative
137. 5:16cathode and the anode is the positive.
138. 5:19These never touch each other, that is,
139. 5:21the anode or the cathode. And what else
140. 5:24? Uh, I used insulating tape and made
141. 5:26it like an octopus-style hook. Now
142. 5:29you'll see what I'm showing you this
143. 5:30for. It's literally a normal electrical
144. 5:33wire and I made it like an octopus so
145. 5:36that the pieces can be easily grabbed,
146. 5:38just as you can see. And this is what
147. 5:42we're going to connect to the black
148. 5:44cable, which is the negative. And I
149. 5:47remind you that this should not touch
150. 5:50the anodes. So, we're going to
151. 5:52introduce this to the solutions. Now,
152. 5:54let's get started. Let's put the
153. 5:56voltage on the six. Let's introduce it
154. 5:58to the degreaser. Why degrease first?
155. 6:01We want to clean the piece really well
156. 6:03of any imperfections or grease that it
157. 6:06has. We put our positive on the anodes,
158. 6:09on either one, which is the red one,
159. 6:11and we put the negative, which is the
160. 6:14black one, on our copper wire, where
161. 6:17our pieces are. This degreaser is a
162. 6:20soapy solution for metals, so it will
163. 6:23clean our pieces really well. They are
164. 6:25already quite polished, but for
165. 6:27anything that needs cleaning here, we
166. 6:29already introduce it and now what I
167. 6:31love to see the most is going to begin.
168. 6:34We can see a slight bubbling that is
169. 6:36caused by the electric current that
170. 6:38passes from the anode to the piece of
171. 6:40jewelry. This is an alkaline solution
172. 6:42that cleans chemically. We shake the
173. 6:45pieces well and introduce them to the
174. 6:47rinse. We use two rinses, which are
175. 6:50really drinking water, bottled water so
176. 6:53that it is super clean and there are no
177. 6:55residues left. I forgot to tell you
178. 6:58that this should be in the degreasing
179. 7:00process for 1 to 2 minutes. After
180. 7:03degreasing, it goes into the rinse
181. 7:05cycle, rinses, and then we leave it in
182. 7:07the acid for one minute. This is a 10%
183. 7:09sulfuric acid solution. And once it's
184. 7:13been there for a minute, we rinse it
185. 7:15twice again to make it super clean. The
186. 7:18next step is nickel plating. We have to
187. 7:21lower the voltage to about 2.5 or 3
188. 7:25depending on how much we want it to
189. 7:27shine, well, how many pieces we have
190. 7:28and how much we want it to shine. I'm
191. 7:30going to put 2.5 on it to see how it
192. 7:32looks. And we leave it there for 1 to 2
193. 7:37minutes. Remember that the anode is the
194. 7:41one that carries the positive and the
195. 7:43cathode is the negative. This means red
196. 7:46is positive and black is negative. And
197. 7:48we move it around a lot so that it
198. 7:51adheres well. Nickel plating is not
199. 7:54mandatory, but it penetrates much more
200. 7:56into the pieces. I recommend it for
201. 7:58brass pieces. Well, now we rinse it
202. 8:02again. As you can see, the nickel water
203. 8:04is green, so we rinse it again. I like
204. 8:07to put it back in the degreaser, now at
205. 8:09the voltage that was for the nickel.
206. 8:12Just about 30 seconds so that it cleans
207. 8:14any nickel residue that it had. And
208. 8:17after its 30 seconds I rinse it, I
209. 8:19rinse it and I have to put it back in
210. 8:22the acid for a minute. And after that,
211. 8:24now we are going to give it the gold
212. 8:26bath, well, the gold plate. For the
213. 8:29gilding part, now the voltage depends a
214. 8:32lot on the color tone. I realized that
215. 8:35at 2.35, 2.45 voltage it gives me a
216. 8:38fairly light tone that is what I like
217. 8:41for my pieces. It's up to each person
218. 8:43to decide. And remember that again for
219. 8:46the anode we put the positive and for
220. 8:48the cathode the negative, which is red
221. 8:51positive, black negative. So we rinse
222. 8:54the acid and now we put the pieces. You
223. 8:58can leave it for 2 or 3 minutes, and
224. 9:00depending on the number of minutes you
225. 9:02leave it, the microns of gold it will
226. 9:04absorb. We move the pieces so that it
227. 9:07absorbs well and remember that the
228. 9:09cathode and the anode should not touch
229. 9:11each other because if not, it will go
230. 9:13to your power source. And here you can
231. 9:15see how it bubbles again. I love this
232. 9:18part. And you know what I love the most
233. 9:19, that the gold is already starting to
234. 9:21appear. I leave the pieces for a minute
235. 9:24and a half, 2 minutes, depending on how
236. 9:26much gold you want to add, literally.
237. 9:29But obviously, the longer you leave it,
238. 9:31the more gold you will add, so the more
239. 9:33expensive your piece will be. We rinse
240. 9:35it well in water number one and water
241. 9:37number two. The gold water is very
242. 9:40specific, do not mix it with anything
243. 9:42because it is gold, so you will recycle
244. 9:45it. And finally, we go to the drying
245. 9:48part. You can do it with a dryer, not
246. 9:51too hot, or we can dry it with sawdust
247. 9:53if you have it. We leave it there.
248. 9:56Sorry the picture isn't so pretty
249. 9:58because it was already very dark, but
250. 10:00here you can see how they are already
251. 10:02golden and beautiful, ready to ship.
252. 10:04Let's go with a mini summary of
253. 10:06everything to make the following pieces
254. 10:08. Remember, for degreasing, set the
255. 10:11voltage to six, the anode to red and
256. 10:14the cathode to black. We degrease the
257. 10:17pieces for one or two minutes, put them
258. 10:20in water number one and in water number
259. 10:22two and leave them in the acid for one
260. 10:25minute. While it's in the acid, we
261. 10:27change the voltage for the nickel.
262. 10:29We're going to put it at 2.5 arox and
263. 10:32put the red back on the anode, that is,
264. 10:35the positive, and the black, the
265. 10:38negative, on the cathode. We leave it
266. 10:40for a minute and a half, two, depending
267. 10:42on how many pieces there are. And water
268. 10:44number one for nickel and water number
269. 10:47two for nickel. As I mentioned, I like
270. 10:51to degrease it again for just 30
271. 10:53seconds and with a voltage of just 2.5
272. 10:56so that there is no nickel residue.
273. 11:00After degreasing, we rinse it again
274. 11:02with water number one, water number two
275. 11:04. And I leave it in the acid for
276. 11:07another minute. Now, it's ready to
277. 11:10plate. You'll see that the more you do
278. 11:12this process, the more you realize that
279. 11:14it's super easy. It's simply voltage
280. 11:17and time. Once it's in the acid, we
281. 11:22rinse it again once, twice and change
282. 11:26the voltage to 2.35, 2.40, 45 for gold.
283. 11:32Remember that red is positive on the
284. 11:34anode and black is negative on the
285. 11:36cathode. We can see how the piece is
286. 11:39starting to turn gold. We leave it for
287. 11:41a minute and a half or two and observe.
288. 11:44It looks beautiful. We're done. We
289. 11:47rinse it and dry it. Very good. Well,
290. 11:51we're done. Basically, all I needed was
291. 11:54the lacquer, which was just waiting for
292. 11:57the piece to dry well. We put it in for
293. 12:00a minute or two and then take it out
294. 12:02with tweezers, let it dry. Don't touch
295. 12:05it too much so that it doesn't leave
296. 12:06marks from your finger. And that's it.
297. 12:08And well, it's a super nice, super easy
298. 12:11process. I really love it. I feel like
299. 12:14it gives a lot of value to the silver
300. 12:16plating by giving it a gold bath and I
301. 12:18don't know, I hope it's been useful to
302. 12:20you. If you want more videos like this,
303. 12:22let me know. If you want more videos
304. 12:24like this about the soldering part,
305. 12:26there's one coming soon about fretwork,
306. 12:29so wait for more videos and those who
307. 12:31comment, I really read all your
308. 12:33messages. Sometimes I just haven't
309. 12:35taken the time to answer all of them,
310. 12:37but I want to answer them. Cover
311. 12:38everything very well, turn everything
312. 12:40off and just don't let any dust fall
313. 12:43into the liquids, especially the gold
314. 12:45one. And I think that's it. See you
315. 12:48very soon. Bye.