Mornin' All!

Say, I just got in a Gold plating kit from a company called "Hunter
Products"that I ordered to do repair on solder contaminated Gold Finger
contacts. They call it a "Micro Metalizer" system, and I gotta' few questions
for any of you who have used these pens.

I've done my first repair, and the fingers I've repaired don't quite look the
same as the ones that aren't contaminated. They're a bit lighter in the shade
of gold than the original ones. I'm thinking that's to be expected because
I'm plating each finger manually and there's bound to be some variation vs.
what happens with plating when the fab was first made.

I removed all the solder from the finger, plated first with the nickel pen
that they provide, and then the Gold. The gold plating pen provided is
labeled 24 carat gold, but you can get 18 carat, and 14 carat pens, the 24
carat pen is what's provided with the kit.

Should I get a different carat pen? The pens are capable of plating 3 - 3.6
microns depending on the time the plating pen is on the surface of each
finger. How thick should I be plating the gold?

Thanks!

-Steve Gregory-

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