The invention discloses a method for improving the 
welding performance of a 
copper surface heat sink for a packaging shell after 
gold plating. The method comprises the following steps of putting the shell into an alkaline oil removal solution to be cleaned; putting the shell into a 
pickling solution for cleaning; putting the shell into an 
etching solution for treatment; putting the shell into a 
pickling solution for cleaning; putting the shell into an activation solution for pre-plating activation; 
electroplating a layer of thin 
nickel on the surface of the shell; 
electroplating a layer of thick 
nickel on the surface of the shell; 
electroplating a layer of thick gold on the surface of the shell; and carrying out high-temperature 
drying treatment on the washed shell by using a high-temperature blast 
drying box. According to the invention, 
etching before plating is carried out on the 
copper surface heat sink for the packaging shell, 
etching liquid is corroded along a 
grain boundary, so that a lattice pattern shape is formed on the 
copper surface, and after 
nickel plating and 
gold plating are subsequently carried out on the basis, the 
welding performance and the 
welding yield of the surface of the copper 
surface heat sink are greatly improved; the etching solution corrodes along the 
grain boundary, other areas of the copper surface and other materials of the shell are not damaged,and the etching 
time range is large.