The double deposition and stripping steps were proposed to increase the sensitivity in anodic strippingvoltammetry of lead and cadmium. Two in situ plated bismuth film electrodes at drastically differentsurface areas were used for the measurements. Cadmium and lead were at first deposited at the electrodewith a large surface area. When the deposition step at the electrode was finished, the electrode was placedat a short distance opposite the small one. Then Cd(II) and Pb(II) stripped from the first electrode weredeposited at the second electrode. Taking into account the small volume of space between the electrodes,the concentration of Pb(II) and Cd(II) between the electrodes was drastically higher than that in the bulksolution. The deposition step at the second electrode was performed from the solution with a higherconcentration of the determined ions, and so the detection limit was lowered. Calibration was performedfollowing deposition times of 300 and 120 s at the first and the second electrode, respectively. Under suchconditions the detection limits of 1.8 × 10−10and 4.5 × 10−11mol L−1for Pb(II) and Cd(II) were obtained,respectively.