[A_Steingrube] has posted a guide to his favorite method of copper electroplating ... often used as a prep step for plating other metals, such as nickel and silver. It also (usually) increases ...

Electroplating ... manufacturing. The process involves electrolytic deposition, where a direct current facilitates the coating of materials with metals such as gold, silver, copper, nickel ...

The setup seen above is an electroplating tank build from simple ... it from corrosion cause by the off-gassing during the plating process. The traces of the etched PCB act as the anodes, but ...