The polishing and plating of metals; a manual for the electroplater, giving modern methods of polishing, plating, buffing, oxydizing and lacquering metals, for the progressive workman . Fig. 38. Scrubbing Tank, showing use of water twice. wooden partition, just a little higher than the overflow pipein the front end of the tank. The work is scrubbed withpumice stone and then rinsed in the front of the tank; it isthen rinsed again in the clean water in the other half of thetank, thus allowing the use of the water twice, first to cleanthe work and then to rinse it. The economy of water isconsider
The polishing and plating of metals; a manual for the electroplater, giving modern methods of polishing, plating, buffing, oxydizing and lacquering metals, for the progressive workman . Fig. 38. Scrubbing Tank, showing use of water twice. wooden partition, just a little higher than the overflow pipein the front end of the tank. The work is scrubbed withpumice stone and then rinsed in the front of the tank; it isthen rinsed again in the clean water in the other half of thetank, thus allowing the use of the water twice, first to cleanthe work and then to rinse it. The economy of water isconsiderable in a large shop. THE PLATING AND IO LIMi I N (. OP METALS. 33 Fig. 39 shows a scrubbing tank, potash tank and hotwater tank, in line. The scrubbing tank has scrubbingboards on each side; the work is scrubbed, rinsed in the tankand given the final rinsing in the large jar of clean water,which is shown setting under the cold water tap. This ar-rangement economizes space and still allows the use of thewater twice, as in the previous instance, as the water fallsinto the jar and then overflows into the tank. The arrange-. Fig. 39. Line of scrubbing, potash and hot water tanks showing jar for final rinsing. ment of the water pipes to serve each tank should also benoticed. All scouring and rinsing tanks should be cleaned out fre-quently. H is generally wise, where large quantities of work are being handled, to let out the water from such tankseach evening and then scrub them thoroughly with a hard 134 THE PLATING AND POLISHING OF METALS. brush and hot potash, especially along the waterline at thesides of the tank, as when much greasy work is being han-dled the dirt and grease will adhere to the sides and edgesof the tank, where it will come in contact with the workbeing prepared for the plating vat and is bound to causemore or less trouble and annoyance in the work cleaning, rinse the tank and fill it with clean should be done at the conclusion of each da
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