Turn steel into copper! Simple DIY Copperplating

Woodworking, metal work, welding, electrical and now Laura's added alchemy! So cool.

I can confirm, Robert Murray-Smith's YouTube channel is an absolute goldmine for anyone interested in science, tinkering, inventing and DIY ❤

Adding the Ballistol to cap the reaction and circumvent corrosion - very clever, indeed, my friend. Now you are thinking like a chemist! I am so proud....😅 Also, way to model that personal protective equipment! Safety first in the Kampf Laboratory ! ❤

Oohhhh! That chair looks awesome! COPPERPLATE ALL THE THINGS!!

The copper and zinc chair looks super cool!

I love how you always credit whoever helped you come up with the results!

Science! This was utterly fascinating. I can’t wait to try it for myself.

Laura, this is my favorite video you have ever posted. I love the look of copper and have wanted to try electroplating but this, THIS is so much more convenient and simple. Thank you for sharing this magic potion!

This is exactly what I’ve been looking for. I couldn’t find anything beyond electro copper plating, I’m thrilled and very appreciative 🤟🏽

It is a delight to see your joy in a new discovery. The chair looks super! Thanks, Laura, for sharing this with us!

If your plating goes brown from tarnish, you might try restoring it with a dilute solution of oxalic acid. I used this about 35 years ago to restore the copper doors on my vintage 50's oven. Wipe it on and copper oxide almost instantly gets reduced back to elemental copper. I love your prototyping and builds. Keep on doing what you've been doing.

You are my No. 1st choice on YouTube for long time because I can learn such big range of different stuff. Thank you for that!

I love that you love finding stuff out, experimenting and sharing with is all. Thank you

Love your excitement and enthusiasm! It’s infectious!

I am fascinated by your enthusiasm and your curiosity, I admired your decision, thank you for sharing your art.

It’s always a great idea to experiment with different techniques for applying different substances to metals Laura.

Love experiments and love explanations! Especially with so much enthusiasm and a smiley face 😀 (if only school chemistry lessons were like this...) 🧪⚗️

finally a video in English explaining the process. I have come across over 2 dozen videos in Russian showing this process , but i still had trouble understanding the chemical used. The Russian videos were using sulfuric acid , copper sulfate crystals from gardening supplies, and distilled water, some was adding Iso alcohol , some was pre-washing the part with a caustic solution then distilled water. They were saying this is an 100 year old recipe from a Russian electro-plating book, but I can't find any reference to it. Thank you Laura.

The wonders of alchemy definitely digging the copper camouflage

Awesome. Yet another “tool” for the designer/maker. Masking up to go buy a camping stove for the workshop right now! Thanks for this.