<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:12px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1451518282194_2826"><span>Alan,</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1451518282194_2826" dir="ltr"><span>I better do some experimenting I guess.  I only need enough to create a corrosion barrier.  </span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1451518282194_2826" dir="ltr"><span>Hank</span></div> <div class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" style="display: block;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div dir="ltr"><font size="2" face="Arial"> On Wednesday, December 30, 2015 4:01 PM, Alan via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles@psubs.org> wrote:<br></font></div>  <br><br> <div class="y_msg_container"><div id="yiv7254487101"><div><div>Hank,</div><div>an electroplated surface would be a pain to repair if you needed to.</div><div>A massive job getting the plating off & re-doing it. It can bubble or peel</div><div>if the surface isn't prepared properly. I worked for an electroplating firm</div><div>30+ years ago. </div><div>Alan</div><div><br clear="none"><br clear="none">Sent from my iPad</div><div class="yiv7254487101yqt8434573706" id="yiv7254487101yqt60393"><div><br clear="none">On 31/12/2015, at 2:45 am, hank pronk via Personal_Submersibles <<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org" target="_blank" href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:12px;"><div id="yiv7254487101yui_3_16_0_1_1451482949300_2395">Hi All,</div><div id="yiv7254487101yui_3_16_0_1_1451482949300_2395">Has anyone looked at electro plating a hatch and land mating surface.  That is my plan, first copper, then nickel.   I can do it myself at home. </div><div id="yiv7254487101yui_3_16_0_1_1451482949300_2395">Hank</div></div></div></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>_______________________________________________</span><br clear="none"><span>Personal_Submersibles mailing list</span><br clear="none"><span><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org" target="_blank" href="mailto:Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org">Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org</a></span><br clear="none"><span><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/personal_submersibles">http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/personal_submersibles</a></span><br clear="none"></div></blockquote></div></div><br><div class="yqt8434573706" id="yqt18928">_______________________________________________<br clear="none">Personal_Submersibles mailing list<br clear="none"><a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org" href="mailto:Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org">Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org</a><br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/personal_submersibles" target="_blank">http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/personal_submersibles</a><br clear="none"></div><br><br></div>  </div> </div>  </div></div></body></html>