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Stainless color from anodizing

Hello

How can I have got silver, stainless steel color on aluminium tube.?

GORAN
Lavica Komerc - Belgrade, Serbia

Anodize & set up a custom dye to match stainless steel.

David A. Kraft
- Long Island City, New York

Silver on top of aluminum, as far as I know, simply goes by adding a layer of copper on top of the aluminum and on top of that the silver. All these are simple prosseses which you can do at home.

With friendly greeting.......

Henk Smit
- Holland

April 12, 2009 -- this entry appended to this thread by editor in lieu of spawning a duplicative thread

I need to anodize AA6063 extruded profiles like stainless steel tone (appearance). Please conduct me to solve my problem.

Mehran M. aliha
metal forming & finishing - Tehran, Iran

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