Color Anodizing of Magnesium

Letter 1067

Color Anodizing of Magnesium

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I wold like to have magnesium color anodized. Can this be done ?

If yes where? (company /person)

help please
Thank you
Sèrgio

SÈrgio Cruz
Richard's Eng.

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My company does anodizing & other chemical treatments on aluminum & magnesium.

David A. Kraft
Anacote Corporation

Long Island City, NY

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Team Metal Finishing can help you with your Anodizing and Magnesium processing.

Thank you.

David M. Weaver
Team Metal Finishing, Inc.
- Toccoa, Georgia

Ed. note: With sadness we must advise that David lost his life to a car accident on Aug. 15, 2003.

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I am told that mag cannot be anodized like Aluminum or made porous for painting? What is the equivalent process for magnesium?

Richard Leal
- Linden, MI

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As you noted, Richard, they are different metals and don't really have "equivalent" processes.

There are a number of processes for aluminum and a number of processes for magnesium. We have on line an article about processes for magnesium, but if you patiently apply the search engine you will find a lot of forum threads on the subject, including references to an invaluable book by Dow on magnesium finishing. Good luck.

Ted Mooney, P.E.
finishing.com
Brick, New Jersey

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