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[QUOTE="lovicodo, post: 6074380, member: 652516"] hi to all, i have some questions about glass silvering; i found this procedure: 1) make a solution (A) with 1.4 gr silver nitrate + 17gr water then, add to the solution 1.2gr of ammonia 26% solution 2) make a solution (B) with 9.2 gr potassium bitartrate + 4gr sodium carbonate + 17gr water 3) make a solution (C) made of 5gr (A) + 5gr (B) + 100gr water 4) put a very clean glass sheet (*) in solution (C) , and leave it in the solution until the glass silvering is done. (*) the glass must be very clean before silvering : to clean it, wash it with a 6% tin chloride solution, then rinse it with hot water. The author claims that with this procedure is possible to silver also plastic with very smooth surfaces. The questions are: 1) Do you think that this procedure can really work also for plastics? 2) How can i make the plastic surface clean (and smooth)? do you think that the 6% tin chloride solution is suitable also for plastics, or does need another cleaner? I am interested in plastics such as PLA,ABS,PETG; i have read somewhere that PETG is more suitable than the others... P.S: this is my first post in this forum, i am sorry if i have posted the question in a wrong forum section, in this case i ask to moderator to move it in the right place... Thank you! Lodovico [/QUOTE]
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