DIY Copper Plating ..with a tampon
This week i decided to final start rebuilding my Yamaha DT 175.
First thing i wanted to try is to copper plate the gas tank. i researched a bunch and finally found a good method that you can do at home with limited tools - the result is incredible!!
the tank will patina over time-can´t wait to see what this looks like in a couple weeks!
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I've been playing around with this electro-plating and electro-etching and never thought to make a tampon pen. I hope to do some copper plating and then follow this with zinc plating and a blow torch to make a brass plated surface :)
So incredible. Hats off
It's just been reported that men all over the world on vintage motorcycles have been buying up all the tampons in grocery stores.
incredible, small scale plating indoors! Will a clear coat keep it from turning green/bluish or tarnishing?
Loved
Very nice video. Dan from cafe racer garage shared your video and asked up to check it out 👍🏼
did you lacquer it?
thatll rust in 5 mins
Nope
What's the spray you use to clean the tank before painting the bottom?
Cool
I wonder if Laura has figured out just how much work copper is to maintain. Copper will oxidize and it's going to require constant maintenance with copper polish. Copper looks great when it's polished and it looks not so nice when it isn't. Still, it's cool and unique.
cool idea with the plating.
Great work! Supper nice bike!
noooo the good yamaha gas tank
One thing about copper plating is that it is the base for nickel, gold and chrome plating. We gold plated aluminum Cnc flat panel display cases for a casino in Las Vegas, they went in the bath area so you could watch tv from the bath.
excellent l love !
Do you want a good jop Tell me
فرصة عمل للجميع ذكور وإناث في جميع أنحاء
Forgive my ignorance, but the clamping tool used to hold the tank in place, does it work via suction?
How does this work what is actually happening?
Hi Laura, great video, have heard of this process but never seen it done before, keep on crafting look forward to more of your video,s., Kind regards Doc Cox. ps. Have subscribed.
It looks like Magic!
Awesome project/experiment. Who new this could be done like that.
I don `t like it......................, I love it,! Great Idea !
Very Interesting Proces & Unique Piece Laura! 👍🧡
great job... pls restoration seat sycle
copper plate the frame
Hello Laura. Will you be plating the spokes and struts. The bike could be a steampunk masterpiece with a stitched leather seat and appropriate enclosure for the spedometer as well. Look forward to witnessing the process and the progress. Admiration from Australia.
Cool idea!!
Ohhh wow this was amazing, love the small footprint set up, what electroplating regulator thing is that? SO COOL 😎
Rough translation of the sticker on the gas tank: "when God man made, she just practiced"
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home-made magic (some think they can't be done, just wisdom) good and ingenious
Klasse, wie immer eine Wundervolle Arbeit 👍
Awesome work. Thanks for sharing the process with us. Please visit my channel Amir's Workshop (@amirs_workshop). nlworld.info/stream/uVdbQFsCSPY6T8SLc8srdw.html
I would be smiling too with how great that looks. I can't wait to see what you do with the seat. I envision a chocolate brown leather with a bright coloured stitching to give it a quilted look.
Hey Laura! Super schönes Projekt! Sag mal hast du irgendeinen Einfluss darauf, was für Werbung vor deinen Videos geschaltet wird? Ich hatte grad das dritte Mal AFD Werbung vor deinen Videos.
So creative!! Getting tampon out for this project is probs #1 in my "looks stupid but it works" book - love how you 'break the rules'!
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Why you didn't use paint stripper?
Very nice. Well done. 👍🏾👌🏾
Electroplating.
That is cool!!
Отлично!
I was a little confused by the title but the implementation was fuckin stellar
Wow! Fun n entertaining. Educating as well! 😎🤘🏻
You invented a pen with copper ink
So that's what those are for!
How many volts do you run? Is the alkaline solution ammonia?
Now you can also chrome it.
Great video. Where did you get these alcaline and acid electrolytes? Or how to make it?
Дело было вечером, делать было нечего
I blame simone giertz for the secret weapon!
I really enjoy the music aspect of your videos. A suggestion if I may, include the name of the song and artist; for example, add a popup in the lower right corner and that fades after 5-10 seconds. There are some wonderful songs you use that I can see myself waking up to. :) Keep up the fantastic work, I really enjoy your channel
Um, what did I just watch? I'm in the U.S. and have no idea if this is a European thing or what. I have seen copper plating before but this, THIS is the first time I have ever seen it done with a feminine hygiene product. It is a beautiful result despite the somewhat unorthodox way of doing it. Lol
Wow! That was awesome,
Very clever to think that a super absorber makes a great emitter! :-)
cafe racer?
Product placement, eh? Maybe Corbin could pitch in a new seat? The Yammy looks fun ... but not fun to sit on right now. [Edit to add:] The smile at 7:20 is priceless. That's an "I made this" smile, totally well-deserved. The tank came out looking great!
Loved the video and hope to see more of this motorbike project
I wonder if you'll let it oxidize and turn green over time.
looks good although unless you put some type of clear coat on it it will wear off very quickly
great video
How about to coat the gas tank with some beeswax? Love to see how this bike will turn out ;)
Looks amazing. Wonder if you should upgrade to a respirator, not just a particulate mask? Also, wonder if a ceramic sealer would help protect the finish?
does it have a lot of static electricity now?
Very nice demonstration of a useful technique, Laura. I think the tank was more beautiful after paint removal and polishing, and before the copper finish was applied, but that's only my personal aesthetic. I am an old man now, but in the late 1970's the second motorcycle I ever owned was a Honda CB200. I had the gas tank chrome plated, and I painted everything else that wasn't shiny steel or chrome in black. It was gorgeous. That bike was only 200 cc displacement, but everyone stopped to look.
this is the new best video you’ve ever done
I guess we can call that the copper cootchieplug coater...
Brilliant!
Hi Laura. After watching your video, I just had a word in my head... Awesome!
Entsteht da nicht nach einer Weile Grühnspahn?
after couple of years, tank would be like Liberty Monument!
This is sorcery... Excellent video!
Your bike looks like a Duracell 9volt... Love it.
Badass!
Awesome technique, thanks for sharing.
Can that copper plating method work on aluminium????
Yes a nice period piece I do declare....
This is really cool!
you could turn it into a steampunk bike
Sieht Sau cool 😎 aus. Top 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Muss da noch Klarlack drauf? 🤔 Ich frage mich, ob das Kupfer irgendwann Patina ansetzt...
sick!
I'd nickname the bike duracell given its new black and copper livery.
Oh, so that's what the mysterious blue liquid that was always in the tampax ads. Being off on the yamaha sure beats playing tennis in white trousers.
Nice result! Looks like someone wants to go for a walk, our dog gets pouty like that too when my day doesn't include her.
Coole Technik aber schade ums originale Bike.
Laura , I came across this channel , worth a look nlworld.info/stream/s_L8poppUQetcOIkGj00eA.html He is doing similar copper plating
On a la même moto 😍😍😍
My very first bike was a DT175 - that was a very long time ago!
That was great:)
Do you need to clear coat it?
That is amazing and works so well!
Great video!!!! God bless!
Wow, the metal goes on just like ink from a marker pen. I would never have expected that to work that well. Great job.
nice job !
that´s an awesome machine you have there :) I had one at 80´s DT 125 MX verry similar to that one . i´ll never forguet that 2 stroke engine working.
Yes, a cafe racer build.