use. Clear the article to be plated from all dirt and grease with
whiting and a good brush; if there are cracks it may be necessary
to put the article in a solution of caustic potash. At all events
every particle of dirt and grease must be removed; then suspend the
article in the cyanuret of gold solution, with a small strip of zinc
cut about the width of a common knitting needle, hooking the top
over a stick which will reach across the top of the vessel or bottle
holding the solution. If the zinc is too large the deposit will be
made so fast that it will scale off. The slower the plating goes on
the better, and this is arranged by the size if the zinc used. When
not using the plating fluid keep it well corked and it is always
ready to use, bearing in mind that it is poison as arsenic, and
must be put high out of the way of children, and labelled poison,
although you need have no fear using it; yet accidents might arise
if its nature were not known.


9. ELECTRO SILVERING--USUAL METHOD

This is done every way the same as gold plating (using coin) except
that rock salt is used instead of the cyanuret of potassium to
hold the silver in solution for use, and when it is of the proper
strength of salt it has a thick curdy appearance, or you can add
salt until the silver will deposit on the article to be plated,
which is all that is required. No hesitation need be felt in trying
these receipts, as they are obtained from a genuine source, and are
in every day use.


10. GOLD PLATING FLUID