Archives of the finishingcom Hotline

[Letters 1000 to 1999]

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1000. Etching of zinc die-castings
1001. Small Passivated Zinc Plant
1002. Electropolishing of s/s surgical instruments
1003. Thin Dense Chrome
1004. 2219 Aluminum
1005. Counterflow Rinsing
1006. Non cyanide copper---works or not?
1007. More details - copper brush plating "Down under"
1008. Request: Coating/Mat'l Recommendations
1009. Sludge separation in waste treatment
1010. Help Plating and Special finish for Aluminum
1011. Cadmium Replacement
1013. Chemical cost to operate process tanks
1014. Ergonomics for Powder Coating Conveyor Lines
1015. Avoiding "bluing" on chrome
1016. Operating limits of powder coatings
1017. Tribocharging effect
1018. Anodizing MMC material [Al30Si70]
1019. Process control for zincating
1020. Chrome plating on plastics
1021. Craters on Powder Coated Aluminium Sheets/Extrusions
1023. Rust inhibitor for odd application
1024. Polishing compound recipes needed
1025. Search for superior finish
1026. Adhesion of yellow chromate to zinc after compression
1027. Post-plated material vs. pre-plated material
1028. Copper Brightness & Coating Measurement
1029. Electroplating fiberglass sculptures
1030. Wanted: fume Scrubber
1031. High Temp Water Base
1032. Black Nickel Plating on SS
1033. Adhesion of chrome on steel
1034. Anodizing / 6061-T4 / QQ-A-250/11
1035. AL-2000
1036. Anodizing vs. Powder Coating
1037. Pyrophosphate zinc plating
1038. Aluminum, Alodining of large frames
1039. I can't blacken my stainless steel
1040. Silver and Gold Compounds
1041. Spent silver baths
1042. Anodize Inspection Technique to ensure 100% coverage W/O breaks
1043. Desperately seeking shop-vac
1044. Anodizing Beryllium
1045. Cleaning and Passivating brass and stainless
1046. Microstructure of electroplated bronze
1047. Non-chromated conversion coatings
1048. Alkaline Non-cyanide Zinc - Good, Bad, or Ugly?
1049. Pulse plating: worth the money?
1050. Seeking reel-to-reel powder coating services
1051. Aluminum Chrome Plating
1052. Hard chrome plant
1053. Trouble Anodizing at home
1054. Need Electropolish on Aluminum
1055. Looking for used lightning mixer
1056. Electropolishing gold/platinum alloy
1057. UV Curable coatings for Automotive
1058. Powder paint coating w/o electrostatics
1059. Hot dip tinned aluminum sheet
1060. Hard anodizing questions
1061. Aluminium profile anodizing questions
1062. Estimating Software
1063. How to resolve tin/lead whisker and excess solder
1064. Powder Coater needed in San Marcos Texas
1065. Color Fading of Anodized Aluminum
1066. Looking for books on Electropolishing of metals
1067. Anodizing Magnesium?
1068. Electroless nickel on ceramic substrate
1069. Caliper Piston Plating, Automotive
1070. Zinc phosphate
1071. Low VOC Maskants
1072. Governmental standards for electropolishing
1073. 16' Royal Blue tanks, where?
1074. Cadmium plating-line costs
1075. Hard chrome school
1076. Breakthrough anodizing process?
1078. Silicon carbide whiskers
1079. Yellow Chromate Conversion Coating - Improvement Needed!
1081. Type 2024 Aluminium Hard Anodize Problem
1082. Chromate-free conversion coating
1083. Blue Chromating in automated zinc plating line
1084. OSHA and pretreatment washer standards
1085. Anodizing Pen for Touch-ups?
1086. Masking alternatives for blind areas
1087. Plating pots---fact or fancy?
1088. General info about plating
1089. Laymen Needs Plating Guidance
1090. Powder coating promotional literature wanted
1091. Experts and Consultants Needed
1092. How to Etch & Finish Tungsten Wire
1093. Water soluble wax
1094. Additives for DI Water Seal
1095. Should Galvanic Corrosion be a concern in computer chassis?
1096. Looking for a masking product
1097. Dalton, deltatone, daltatone? Dulltone, No, wait, get back here, its Dorrltone!
1098. Settling of tin solution suspensions
1099. Delayed peeling of decorative chrome from aluminum
1100. How do you protect internal surfaces?
1101. Measure traces of oil on steel
1102. Pitting problem with acid copper plating
1103. Copper deposites are forming nodules
1104. Looking for supplies of brightener
1105. Electroless Nickel or Another High Luster Finish
1106. Request for advice/info on reworking improperly sealed black anodize
1107. Information on metals used by electroplating job shops
1109. Sodium Polysulfide price/manufacturer?
1110. Market information from the UK
1111. Statistical Process Control
1112. Testings of a coating
1113. Remove chlorides from a high speed chrome bath
1114. Bronze plating solution
1115. Zinc and nickel brighteners
1116. Sand blasting & pretreatment
1117. Life of silver plated contacts
1118. Seeking French & Italian finishing magazines
1119. Long term corrosion resistance of aluminum
1120. Preventing copper from discoloring
1121. Electron affinity of silicon nitride
1122. Knoop hardness measurement
1123. Electrostatic application of talc
1124. Kill cyanide Kill Copper?
1125. Plasma or corona treatment of plastics before metallizing
1126. Painting galvanized roofs
1128. UV reflectance data
1129. Conductive paint?
1130. Effect of Sulfuric concentration in anodizing
1131. In search of rack plater, Sulfamate Nickel
1132. One too many scratches?
1134. Electropolishing Plain Carbon Steel
1135. Inventory Software Needed
1136. The ultimate in metal preparation
1137. Filtration system for high volume E'less Ni tank
1138. Purpose of sodium dichromate in passivation solution????
1139. In search of non-chromated Conversion Coatings
1140. Calculating Anode Area
1141. Wants to remove shine of galvanized steel
1142. Estimating Air Releases
1143. Titanium: How to get a durable color finish?
1144. Heat colouring or lead dipping stainless steel
1145. CGAB software
1146. Tubing manufacturer needs plating company for work!
1147. Pretreatments for various substrates for EN
1148. Hardcoat vs. regular anodize
1149. Needed: Info/vendor for coating
1150. Black oxide process?
1151. Chroming plastic helmets
1152. Touching up powder coating
1153. Where do I find a low VOC clear coat for brass?
1154. Electroless Nickel Re-purification/Re-cycle
1155. Need Permalloy electroplating
1156. Mechanical vs. Electroplated Zinc
1158. Plating removal
1159. Dacrotizing
1160. Corrosion protection for powdercoated aluminum
1161. Looking for Orange powder
1162. Damaged chrome plated surface
1163. Looking for Colored Chromium Chemical
1164. Thickness measure of gold
1166. Plating Specifications of Internally Threaded Fasteners
1167. Polysulfone electroplating for EMIRFI shielding
1168. Gold Plating Pewter
1169. Give and take offer
1170. 65 'Cuda Textured coating needed...
1171. Whole anodizing in need
1172. Powder gun "puffing"
1173. Powder paint
1174. Silver on PMMA
1175. Cad waste water
1176. PROBLEMS IN GOLD PLATING
1177. Material for Anodizing Cathodes
1178. How do I tarnish silver?
1179. Bright Anodized Lighting Reflectors
1180. Looking for info on powder coating
1181. Black dye source
1182. Post Treatment to Black Chromium plating
1183. Hard Chrome Plating of Chilled Cast Iron and Cast Iron
1184. Tank Design layout for chrome plating with push-pull hood
1185. Tin Plating Problems
1185a. Need low-to-medium volume plating house for SMD's
1186. Seeking decorative chrome plating on aluminum shower heads
1186a. Want my motorcycle's rims dipped in chrome
1187. Water marks on dried parts
1188. Problem of Micro-crevices in Hard Chrome
1189. Sherardizing Book Needed
1190. Gold Plating
1191. How do you get rid of black oxide?
1192. Chrome Electroplating Aluminum Wheels
1193. Wastewater treatment
1194. Cracking Powder Coated Finish
1195. Looking for Silicone Hard Coat
1196. Buffing Aluminum to a Mirror Finish
1197. Anodize equipment in the UK
1198. Safely darken Copper, Brass or Bronze
1199. Plating Questions
1200. Gold alloys electroforming
1201. Nickel free silver plating for jewelry
1202. Recipient of Stainless Steel?
1203. Clear Coatings for Gold Plated Items
1204. Wanted: Nickel Solution
1205. Test specifications, ASTM, MIL, AMS, etc.
1207. Looking for information on Ferritic Nitrocarburizing
1208. The I.S. Meter - alive or dead?
1209. Post treatment after plating
1210. Simple method of black anodizing aluminum wanted
1211. Looking for software
1212. Bringing paint mixing in house
1213. Surface finishing, chemicals, abrasives
1214. Colorful Textured Coatings
1215. Antiquing Gold
1216. Hydrogen Embrittlement
1217. ANODIZE - Potassium Dichromate Seal
1218. Understanding the Industry
1219. Titanium anode baskets in CYANIDE COPPER
1220. TELLURIUM PLATING
1221. Abrasive applications in electronics
1222. Zinc electroplating without cyanide
1223. Need Hard Chrome Dealer for Central America
1224. Alkaline cleaning
1226. titanium products
1227. copper strike
1228. anodize vendor
1229. Big and Wobbly 304SS, Electropolish smooth for cleaning, Hi-emissivity for cooling
1230. Anodization of aluminum for electrical insulation
1231. Tests for Fastness of color of anodized colored aluminium
1232. Chrome plating
1233. Finishing aluminum or titanium foil
1234. Custom finishing for small parts
1235. Propane fired oven for powder
1236. Basics of Barrel and Reel-to-reel Plating

1237. Plating rhodium on white gold
1237. Plating rhodium on white gold part 2
1237. Plating rhodium on white gold part 3
1237. Plating rhodium on white gold part 4
1238. Hard anodize and RMS values

1239. Reflow tin/lead coatings for PCBs
1240. Barrel Equipment for Zinc Diecast
1241. Plating and powder software
1242. Electro Deposited Phosphate
1243. Electropolishing andor bright dip
1244. Clearcoat over enamel and appliqué on designer mailboxes
1245. Anodizing as pretreatment for powder for architectural use
1246. Looking for PVD coating facility in NC or VA
1247. Finishing of Black Powder Naval Cannons
1249. Stoddard in the anodizing tanks
1250. Metal and wood finishes
1251. Stainless Steel Cleaning System
1252. Tarnish as a finish?
1253. stainless steel passivation electrical properties
1254. Need Mobile Closed System Plating/Finishing Unit
1255. Powder coating on plastic or composite material
1256. Vendors of Ternary Alloy Plating Bath
1257. Electroless Nickel PlateLifetesting
1258. tin plating bath with low throwing power
1259. Preventive Maintenance or Calibration Software
1260. Hobby, student plating
1261. Platinum electroforming
1262. SILVER COATING
1263. Interference color anodising
1264. Preparing steel for painting [descaling]
1265. Anodizing titanium
1266. Compliant Clear Coatings
1267. bearing raceway finish
1268. Criminal to Concentrate Wastes?
1269. Ductility in Nickel Electroplate
1270. Shop vacuum
1271. Coil coating equipment wanted
1272. Metal climbing in bright acid tin
1273. ETCHING STAINLESS STEEL
1274. Looking for Alkaline Silver/Copper stripper
1276. Need Information on Air Pollution Control Technologies for Plating Lines
1277. Low VOC substitute for polyurethane with spatter finish???
1278. Hardcoat Anodize Additives - ANODAL EE & Others
1279. CHROMATE ADHESION
1280. Ceramic coating
1281. Metallic Finishes in Automotive Coatings
1282. Loss of current in anodizing tank with concrete body
1283. Removing trivalent chrome with lead nitrate
1284. Anodizing and dyeing alloy 6262
1285. Coating thickness measurement
1286. Waste treatment installation
1287. Chlorine fluxing wands, ceramic coated
1288. HOW CAN I STEP TO 20TH CENTURY PLATING?
1289. Hardness and corrosion resistance of electrodeposited chromium
1290. Cu coated Aluminum has Galvanic Corrosion Problems?
1291. TUMBLEX DEBURRING MEDIA
1292. Applications for aluminium anodizing other than windows/doors
1293. Cleaning copper pennies in the garage
1294. Phosphate Anodizer Search
1295. Anode material, POD Alexandria
1296. What is "black" and what isn't?
1297. How to maintain Electroless Nickel deposition constant?
1298. Nickel Plating Solution Recipe Needed!
1299. Cadmium on Spent Electrowinning Cathodes
1300. Off-The-Shelf Cad Plating System
1301. Nickel Sulfamate: Gone Matte
1302. TRAINING VIDEOS
1303. Hull Cell
1304. Seeking chrome plating of my motorcycle & auto parts [10 inquiries]
1304a. Want procedures for chrome plating of plastics
1304b. How to get a layer of copper into a plastic object
1304c. Chrome Plating of stereolithography models
1305. Immersion copper on tungsten
1306. Need reference for paint formulation [microwave application]
1307. Industrial Oven
1308. Auto parts , Protecting magnesium polish
1309. Rectifier cabinet material and coatings
1310. Porous pots
1311. Energy savings opportunities?
1312. Painting on fishing lures
1313. Die Attach Solderability problem using parts with a Ni Coverage
1314. Hard coat anodize
1315. The process of color anodizing
1316. Polypro balls
1317. Magnesium parts : environmentally safe alternative to chromatation
1318. How to paint aluminum?
1319. Silver plating polyester
1320. How to touch up bronze anodize?
1321. Medallion Products and gold "immersion plating" product
1322. Zinc Phosphate nodules
1323. Exterior, brass, lockset refinishing
1324. Practical Chromium plating books
1325. Pickling of stainless steel
1326. Testing oxide coating by salt spray
1327. Chromate coating conductivity on aluminum at high temperature over time
1328. Plating Vendors for Spare Parts used in Wafer Fabrication Industry
1329. Hydrogen Embrittlement of 301 Extra Full Hard SS caused by Electroplating
1330. Tantalum plating/aluminum oxide barrier
1331. '70 Goat , Black anodized aluminum- is refinishing possible?
1332. Failure Analysis of Electronic Plating
1333. Electropolishing Questions
1334. Market characteristics of electroless and electroplating
1335. Revealing grain boundaries in aluminum alloy 357
1336. Alumablack
1337. Electropolishing cell for educational purposes
1338. Options for finishing bare steel [guitar]
1339. Need used rectifiers
1340. Rinse water criteria
1341. Adhesion in hot dipped galvanized articles
1342. Cleaning cycle for Manganese Phosphate needed
1343. Two Step colored anodizing
1344. Used salt spray cabinet
1345. Chrome Phosphating and Powder Painting Aluminum
1346. Looking for[turnkey] sublimation finish technology
1347. Wastewater treatment
1348. Stripper for electroless nickel
1349. Invar coating application
1350. Salt spray test for stainless steel?
1351. Pits and holes
1352. Anodizing Zinc Alloy Castings
1353. Thick anodize coatings
1354. Import of various metal and wood finishing Chemicals
1355. Manganese phosphate
1356. "Tie-dyed" anodizing
1357. Chemical cleaning services desired
1358. Chrome Application Machine
1359. Treatment of Magnesium
1360. Protective coating powder
1361. Clear coat on heat-colored copper
1362. E-coat, Powder coat applier
1363. Building construction for plating
1364. Plating as a maskant for nitride
1365. Looking for Plater in the Midwest.
1366. Cleanroom design
1367. Need help polishing hardened steel without introducing pits
1368. ANODIZING TITANIUM
1369. Preparation of Stainless Steel for Epoxy Powder Coating
1371. Hard chrome cases on ID
1372. NEED COST FORMULA
1373. Hydrogen Embrittlement of C1050 steel RC41
1374. Supplier needed: Can you vacuum metalize Delrin
1375. Cleaning with Bugs
1376. IRON [ion?] ELECTROPLATING
1377. Electroplating brass onto carb needles[Help]
1378. Ecological phosphatation for steel preparation?
1379. Does milling remove passivation?
1380. Anodizing titanium 6-4
1381. Gold chromate
1382. Need corrosion comparison, galvanneal vs. unplated steel
1383. Colour anodization of stainless steel
1384. Help choosing Anodize Coating for Marine Environment?
1385. Bubbling of tin plating
1386. PCB Connectivity fixed by plating[?]
1387. Wear and hardness of chromium coatings
1388. FLASH RUST ON ONE SIDED ZINC COATED STRIP
1389. Seeking Parts for Rockwell PLASTISOL Machine
1389a. Seeking Plastisol coating raw materials and equipment
1390. Looking for used pumps for anodizing line
1391. Trouble with free machining copper substrate
1392. Polish a part in 316L MIM
1393. High strength strip steels hydrogen embrittlement
1394. Gold finishing
1395. Solder Joint Corrosion
1396. Finishing equipment
1397. Dewetting problem
1398. Certification of tanks?
1399. Prime Station Re-Engineering
1400. FDA SEZ "How do you know it's electropolished?"
1401. Electropolishing Facility Lighting Questions
1402. Powder Coat Questions
1403. Brightening agent for iron
1404. Electro-chemical polishing bath for silver
1405. Brass plated tubing
1406. Strip Plating with chloride zinc acid process
1407.Protective coating for ink
1408. Plating glass?
1409. HELP REGARDING STANDARDS
1410. Surfactants in wastewater
1411. Alkaline paint remover
1412. Difference Between Type I and Type II anodize
1413. Cleaning corroded chrome plated steel
1414. Accomplishing heavy oxidation on Copper
1415. Recycling of chrome plated aluminum
1416. Nickel Strike for Silver Plating
1417. Activating stainless steel
1418. Life Time Finish [on Zinc Die Cast ?]
1419. Anodizing MIC-6 and Jig Plate
1420. Powder coating pretreatment on a septic system.
1421. Shear Test specification for thermal break
1422. Powder utilization in manual batch plant for aluminium extrusions
1423. Smut on nickel fluoride seal
1424. Ripple in Chrome Plating Rectifiers
1425. Ti Nitriding?
1426. Nickel plating solution
1427. Anodizing Zirconium
1428. Polish aluminum to a mirror finish
1429. Black Oxide rusting
1430. Parcolubing, Anolubing
1431. Welded aluminum vacuum chamber cleaning
1432. Replating flatware
1434. Rubber Mold Coating
1435. De-Ionized Water
1436. Evaluation of Diffused Nickel-Cadmium Plating
1437. Anodizing Specifications-- a grand compilation
1438. Central electrode in anodizing bath
1439. Brush Plating
1440. Hot dip tin plating source
1441. Looking for plater in PA or MD
1442. Looking for Ontario Area Anodizers
1443. Surface Cleaning and Finishing for type 410 AISI Stainless Steel
1444. Wish to acquire company involved in stainless steel
1445. Oxidation of Titanium? Can somebody do it?
1446. Palladium-nickel on PCBs
1447. CAD or not to CAD
1448. Patination of non-metallic surface
1449. Wanted-vibratory tray for brass plating
1450. Need a used boiler
1451. Sulfamate nickle plate
1452. Jobshop control software
1453. Ball burnishing
1454. Cost of hard chrome
1455. Wanted: Vibratory Polishing System
1456. Oil and temperature resistant coating
1457. Need Surface Finishing for Thin Gauge Aluminim & Steel
1458. Powder coating anodized aluminum
1459. Plating Copper onto Aluminum?
1460. Spent sulphuric acid available
1461. Painting or plating Porsche 928 valve covers & intakes
1462. Alkaline wash solutions
1463. Plating on stainless steel
1464. Control Technologies
1465. Anodic protection of 316 SS tanks for electroless nickel plating
1466. Non-cadmium brush touch-up process
1467. Polishing stainless steel utensils
1468. Excess nickel and tin-nickel plating solutions
1469. Want to buy anodizing line
1470. Electropolishing of Titanium
1471. Re:Aluminum Painting
1472. Brighteners for Acid Gold Plating
1473. Etchant for Stainless Steel
1474. Ni-Boron Electroless
1475. Inherently conductive paints
1476. Removing Chrome
1477. Silverperchlorate
1478. Anodizing and sterilization
1479. Plating Expos
1480. Anodizing & Coloring line for aluminium profile
1481. Help with drying plant
1482. Finishing of Guard Rail Framework for a houseboat
1483. Solderability and Corrosion Resistance
1484. Color case hardening
1485. Nickel Replacement -- HELP
1486. Electropolishing of NiTi alloys
1487. Enhansing Water-Glass corrosion protection on Zinc Chromate
1488. ANODIZING...HELP!!
1489. Stamped hardware problem - Any takers?
1490. Zinc Chromate
1491. Protection of zinc plated metal
1492. Blackening of Stainless Steel
1493. Instrument panel lens painting
1494. Preparation of galvanealed steel for painting
1495. Problems with 6000 series aluminum
1496. Need help on Alzak process
1497. Electro-plating for gun restoration
1498. Electrocoating supplier
1499. Chemical Polishing of Titanium
1500. Seeking Suppliers of Hardness Testing Equipment [Fla., USA]
1500a. Discrepancies in Rockwell hardness readings
1500b. Seeking Mors brand Rockwell Hardness Tester [Cal., USA]
1500c. How does substrate hardness affect plating process?
1501. Plating on Z.A.M.A.C.
1502. Searching for clear gloss coating
1503. Platinum Electroplating
1504. Hot Blacking Quality Problem
1505. Laboratory analysis of polysulfide andor total metals?
1506. How To Deposit Boron?
1507. Fine grained Pb electroplating
1508. Simple coating to repair anodized aluminum
1509. Paint adhesion to zinc die cast
1510. We want Aluminium Stabilizer
1511. Electropolishing stainless steel tubes
1512. Zinc-nickel jobshop
1513. Nickel plating impact question
1514. ISO 9000 and QS-9000 registered company list?
1515. Need to buy anodizing equipment immediately!
1516. Chemical deburring titanium
1517. Hard anodizing processes
1518. Stiecel buffing
1519. Eureka partners
1520. Masking fixtures
1521. Non-tank passivation of stainless steel?
1522. Need some basic definitions
1523. Painting on zinc
1524. Pretreatment for painting galvanealed steel
1525. Need Polished "Brass" Anodized Finish
1526. Electroplating titanium onto aluminum
1527. Tin ceiling restoration
1528. VYDEX Teflon product for Teflon Hardcoat Anodize
1529. Outgassing in Nickel Plating
1530. Silver Plating for Galling Resistance
1531. Phosphating DefinitionProcedure
1532. Annealing ProcessEquipment
1533. Enchancing the reflectivity of mirror polished stainless
1534. Copper Plating Stained Glass
1535. Remove brass finish and accelerate tarnishing
1536. Chrome maskant
1537. Questions about titanium
1538. Rechroming of motorcycle parts
1539. Looking for "ematal" treaters!
1540. Epoxy adhesion to nickel plating
1541. Help on chlorides in Chromic Anodize
1542. A New Way to Deal with Dirt?
1543. Chrome plating repair material
1544. Low cost non-stick highheat finish
1545. Zinc-rich powder coating as a base coat
1546. Verification of proper Iridite Finish
1547. SB14 [California Senate Bill 14?]
1548. Aluminum Rack Systems
1549. Help sorting out Federal part numbers
1550. Best clear coat for wheel application
1551. Milling of Stainless Steel
1552. NiCl in acid copper
1553. Sulphamate nickel over chrome
1554. High temperature lacquers
1555. Sprayable, High Build, Profile Coating
1556. Liquid Nitrogen Cleaning Equipment needed
1557. Coef. of Friction of Anodized Alum.
1558. Acid recovery
1559. NEED PARTS FOR IMPREV-X HARDCOAT RECTIFIER
1561. Satin nickel process in barrel
1562. Black finish for brass
1563. AMS 2417E, type 2, Zinc Nickel plate source, NADCAP approved
1564. Hardcoat anodizing at room temp
1565. High Temperature Clear Coat for Aluminum
1566. Plating nails
1567. Irridescent paint finish
1568. Powder Coating
1569. COPPER HARDENER
1570. Hot Black Oxide on AISI H10 [5% chrome] material
1571. Galling between silver plate and nickel plate threads
1572. ORP values for treating waste water
1573. Rectifier ripple
1574. Voltage Used in Anodizing process?
1575. Need information on high quality acid Cu plating systems
1576. WEAR COATING NON-MAGNET STAINLESS STEEL
1577. Electrocoat priming of classic car
1578. Anodizing plant wanted
1579. Swing arm polishers
1580. Unknown coatings, Sanstrom coating and Parker Lubrite #5
1581. Brass plating problems
1582. Testing information
1583. Vertical Powder Coating Plants
1585. Technology transfer to manufacture plating brightners
1586. Pulse plating in Acid Tin
1587. Black chromate on acid Zinc-Cobalt
1588. HCN Concentration in Dilute Cyanide Solutions Used in Plating Process
1589. Required Nickel Sulphamate supplier
1590. Metallized [Au-coated preferred] O-rings
1591. Aluminium etching and desmuting
1592. Compound Plating on Aluminium
1593. Electrophoretic Polyurethane Coating Required
1594. Galvanic Corrosion in dye and seal tanks
1595. Cleaning off Carbon
1596. Hardcoating 7075 alloy
1597. Electroless Plating of Lead
1598. Chrome Remover and Nickle Activator recipies?
1599. Affect of anodizing on aluminum fatigue strength
1600. Looking for info on TiN and TiCN coatings
1601. Finishing wrought iron furniture
1602. WWT reaction tank design
1603. Anodizing of IVD aluminum
1604. Electroless Pb deposition
1605. Metal Filler needed in Powdercoating
1606. Sherardizing
1607. Electroplating - Vat Heaters and Thermostats
1608. Need help on finishing standards!!!
1609. Sodium Dichromate Etch
1610. Electroplating vs Plasma Spray Coating
1611. Hard Anodizing using Pulse Rectifier
1612. Restore automotive interior plastic
1613. Fisheyes [Specieist!]
1614. Gold plating a conductive cloth or sponge
1615. Bend test
1616. Copper plating of lizard models
1617. Black Nickel Plating
1618. Necessity for primer with powder coatings
1619. Thermal deburring
1620. UV coating of Brass
1621. Aqueous degreasers vs. vapor degreasers
1622. Cadmium stripping on high strength steels
1623. Alkaline resistant sealing additive for aluminium
1624. Wet Abrasive Blasting Equipment
1625. Black Ni Plating on aluminum
1626. Hardcoat Anodizing
1627. Plating Inco 718
1628. Krytox lubricant films
1629. UVOzone cleaning equipment
1630. Cadmium plating wanted
1631. Electropolishing of Aluminum or SST
1632. Protective Finish for Copper
1633. Cu deposition on Si
1634. Geometric Tolerancing
1635. Dissolved Ti in Acid
1636. Air brushed anodizing
1637. Electrical insulation for aluminum
1638. Looking for finish specs
1639. Black Optical Coatings on 304 Stainless Steel
1640. Gold as an etching resist
1641. Low cost anti-corrosion coating for steel
1642. Info re Electropolishing of Tool Steels
1643. Feasibility of electrowinning technology
1644. Tin whisker growth
1645. Powder Coat, how can I paint on top of it?
1646. Sulfuric acid anodizing solution to be given away
1647. Electrically resistive electroless plating on epoxy
1648. PVC, can it be chrome plated?
1649. Nitric or non-cyanide silver electroplating solution
1650. Copper plating parts
1651. Plating beryllium and beryllium copper
1652. Electrowinning Cell Vendors
1653. Acid cleaning - alloy oxide removal, brightening processes
1654. ISO FOR JEWELRY BATH
1655. Chemical polishing of stainless steel
1656. Neodymium-Ferrite-Boron electroplating
1657. Stainless screens for electroforming
1658. Looking for this Research Report
1659. Cu deposition on Si substrates
1660. Effect of chromium contamination in bright nickel plating solution
1661. Electroplating small parts
1662. Hobby Electroplating Kits... safe?
1663. Brush Plating Post Bake
1664. Nickel plating stainless steel springs
1665. Protecting magnesium parts
1666. DC/AC equipment for colour anodizing
1667. Looking for plating and anodizing equipment
1668. Electropolishing of gold
1669. Selective paint removal
1670. Black matte paint for space use
1671. Where is the Nikasil?
1672. Electro polishing defects
1675. Monitoring anodizing parameters
1676. Etching stainless steel
1677. Anodize Problem
1678. Looking For Aluminum Alloy Composition Information
1679. Adhesion of Nickel plate onto Stainless Steel
1680. Black Ni Plating
1681. Zinc plating vs hot dip galvanizing
1682. Refinishing storefronts
1683. Acid Copper Plating Bath Organic Additive Structures
1684. Brass Blackening Solution
1685. Removing dye from anodized parts
1685a. Bad powder coating on wheelchair
1686. HARD CHROME PLATING VERSUS HVOF
1686a. Where to find 'Chromate Conversion Coating'?
1686b. Need hard chroming equipment for kitchen storage accessories
1687. Copper plating looks more like brass
1688. Anodizing Problems
1689. Copper and tin electrodeposition
1690. What is Gravelox [Gravalox?]
1691. Can anyone ID this Mil Spec?
1692. Seeking training videos
1693. Selective cyanide detector
1694. Autophoretic Coating Process
1695. Lactic acid or metacryllic acid in nickel plating
1696. Acid purification problems
1697. Terms & Conditions for the Metal Finishing Industry
1698. Ni/Au Immersion
1699. Electro-polishing to achieve a mirrored surface
1700. Nickel plating process
1701. Powder coating a bridge
1702. Small lot PVD finishing
1703. Steelfacing help
1704. Testing electrical resistance/conductivity of chromated aluminum
1705. Emissivity Control or Coatings for Thermal Management
1706. Variability in 3005 Anodized Aluminum Finish
1707. Small anodizing line
1708. SEALING SURFACE NICKS
1709. Information on commercial anodizing processes
1710. The market for nickel plated steel strip
1711. Aluminum Refinishing
1712. Silver plating on coins
1713. Gold bath brightener
1714. Ultrafine Metal Finishing... "Durasurf"?
1715. Corrosion-resistant aluminum sandcastings
1716. Cu over SS
1717. Repairing powder coat on Harley
1718. Spotting/bleed out of plated lead castings
1719. Stubborn alloys to anodize
1720. Stainless Steel Finishes for Aluminium
1721. Temperature of acid copper solution
1722. Chromium Nitrate or ? for Stainless Steel
1723. Sheet metal cleaning
1724. Anodization/Heat Transfer questions
1725. Cu/Ni barrel plating on die cast zinc
1726. Brass Plating
1727. Past article on SPC
1728. Drying parts after plating
1729. Effluent streams
1730. Cleaning tarnish from brass
1731. Hard Gold
1732. Stainless Steel Pickling Alternatives
1732. Stainless Steel Pickling Alternatives
1734. Polymer Coating of Sterling Silver as an Anti-tarnish Treatment
1735. Copper Plated Roofing Material
1736. Chrome removal question
1738. Plant layout
1739. Coating Thermoset Composites
1740. APPLYING WAX COATING ON ANODIZED TUBES
1741. Tungsten-Ruthenium alloy electropolishing
1742. Low Cure Powders
1743. Passivation of 440 stainless steel during heat treatment
1744. Salt spray test for austenite stainless steel
1745. Room Temp Hard Anodizing
1746. Copper Tarnish
1747. Chrome plating
1748. Hydrogen while stripping?
1749. Removal of Sulfate From Scrubber Wash Down Waters
1750. Vapor Honing
1751. Satin Chrome on steel and brass
1752. Who has the best seal?
1753. Restoring stainless steel molds
1754. Stainless steel blackening thru chemical dipping
1755. Seeking Mechanical Plating Sources
1756. Wire bonding
1757. Humidity Effects on Sealed Anodized Coating
1758. Sulfate mystery
1759. Restoring Hardware For Cupboards
1760. Intentional tarnishing of brass
1761. Recommended Al alloy[s]for bright dip & clearcoat anodizing
1762. Anodizing titanium
1763. Potentiostat/Galvanostat: is there a market in plating industry
1764. Size of metal finishing market
1765. Deburring of disc drive actuators
1766. Introduction to Powder Coating
1767. Boron Reduction Problems
1768. Lab equipment
1770. Electropolishing electroless nickel
1771. Formulas for electroplating on plastics
1772. Hardcoat Wear Testing
1774. Auxiliary Anodes
1775. Fundamentals of Speculum
1776. Want to buy paint system
1777. Barrel plating media
1778. Thickness measurement
1779. Termosil process
1780. Powdercoating Pretreatment
1781. Removing powder coating from magnesium
1782. Want copper anodes
1783. Antiquing a new chrome finish
1784. Faster nickel deposit
1785. Anodizing brass air pistol parts
1786. Plating Plastic
1787. Used Salt Spray Cabinet Wanted
1789. Zinc-nickel plating
1790. Anodizing on reflectors
1791. Dummy plating Cu from nickel sulfamate
1792. Sulphate concentration allowed in anodizing effluent
1793. Salt Spray Cabinet
1794. Software
1796. Copper as an accelerator in Iron Phosphate
1797. Hot dip tin plating
1798. Anodized material like heatsinks
1799. Electroforming of waveguide structure
1800. Aluminum pool ladder
1801. Erosion-corrosion protection
1802. Ion-exchange resin - supplier sought
1803. Tin/nickel co deposit
1804. Imperv-X Hardcoat Anodize Help
1805. Anodizing 6061 T6 vs. T651
1806. Stripping electroless nickel
1807. Hardface Removal
1808. Poroseal or Poroprint?
1809. Process of Phosphating
1810. Need Cadmium info
1811. Electroless tin for drinking vessels
1812. Hydrogen Diffusion vs. Zinc coatings
1813. Copper Brightener problem ?
1814. PVD Plating
1815. Spec for zinc-iron coating
1816. Rhodium plating problem
1817. Plating the ground pads on C-MOS chips by electroless plating
1818. Maximum temperatures for phosphate coatings
1819. PTFEHard anodize
1820. Eductor agitation benefits
1821. Measuring the current density in a chromium bath
1822. Removing protective coating on motorcycle frames
1823. Corrosion spots on stainless steel 316 L
1824. Non-cyanide mil spec cadmium plating
1825. Plating gold in Denmark
1826. Removing worn anodizing
1827. Electropolishing titanium
1828. PVD Corrosion Barrier Options
1829. Blackening silver [in Spanish]
1830. Wrinkle finish on antique radio
1831. Removing protective coating on motorcycle frames
1832. Comparison of corrosion resistance of Galvanneal and Zinc Plating
1833. Removal of suspended solids
1834. Reclaim titanium tantalum scrap?
1835. Silver-Lume silver process
1836. Slack tower
1837. Anodization process
1838. Industrial testing standard on Dacrotizing
1839. Silver plating
1840. Metal Coating/Plating Techniques [Carbon/Graphite]
1841. Blackening on stainless steel
1842. Electro deposition, control algae
1843. Lift rod problem
1844. Cobalt co-deposition in conventional hard chrome baths.
1845. Anodizing small aluminum parts at home ???
1846. Maximum allowed curing temperature for coated zinc diecastings
1847. To improve quality of ss304 as good as ss316 and 316l
1848. Help in determining "P ratio" of zinc phosphate conversion coatings
1849. Copper Contamination in Pre-CAA Deoxidizer Solution
1850. Waste treatment
1851. Making a correct electrolyte
1852. Interested in Kanigen
1853. Polishing Titanium
1854. Chromate protective layer
1855. Color detection for anodized AL w/stainless steel appearance
1857. Chrome Thickness Properties
1858. PVD coatings
1859. Cleaning solder flux
1860. Aluminum 60XX water cooling channels protection from tap Water
1861. Plating C14500 tellurium copper
1862. White finish for Stainless Steel Crowns
1863. Nickel Recovery from strike/plating baths
1864. Wear Couple: Hardcoat vs. Chrome Plate
1865. Citric Acid
1866. Need Teflon - nickel solution
1867. Chrome plating over brass parts
1868. Titanium in a Zinc bath
1869. Technology for Superabrasive Electroplated Products
1870. Film Build-up After Anodizing
1871. Pitting in hard chrome plated steel
1873. Primer for galvanized metal
1874. Polishing Cast Aluminum
1875. Passivation of 312 SS
1876. Silver Plate Hydrogen Embrittlement
1877. Plating on Stainless help
1878. USED EQUIPMENT HOT DIP GALVANIZING
1879. PREVENTING CORROSION ON ALUMINUM CASTINGS
1880. Electropolishing of High Speed Tool Steel?
1881. Lowering metal concentration in electropolish solution
1882. Al-Ni-Co Acetate Sealer
1883. Bronzing [Hollow] Wax Objects
1884. Deburring machine for aluminum extrusion
1885. Sulfamic acid
1886. Corrosion of hydraulic cylinder rods
1887. SEARCH FOR LIQUID STAINLESS BUFFING COMPOUND
1889. Delamination at copper/steel interface
1890. Porcelain Powder coating
1891. Security by the Sea: zinc plate v. hot dip galvanized; then powder coat ?
1892. Bronzing baby shoes
1893. Cyanide Brass Questions
1894. thermal passivate
1895. HELP ON HARD COAT ANODIZING!!!
1896. INFORMATION ABOUT PTFE
1897. How to depassivate?
1898. Non-cyanide Tin Plating
1899. Nitrite accelerator substitute [sludge free]
1900. Looking for Media
1901. Shot peening of Electroless Nickel
1902. Powder coating on anodized Aluminum extrusion
1903. Graphics on Aluminium
1904. Fast coppering of steel wire
1906. Non cyanide copper strike
1907. Design of Experiments on Chrome Plating
1908. Copper electroplating adhesion problem
1909. Nickel and chromium automatic temperature control
1910. How to Strip Electroless Nickel
1911. Passivation Stainless w/ dichromate
1912. Mil-spec/Processing software
1913. Hard chrome plating
1914. Replacement of cadmium plating
1915. Organic passivating systems for Ag-electroplatings
1916. Electropolishing
1917. Reference material on zinc plating
1918. Need materials...Liver of sulfur and jewelers rouge
1919. Galvaprep
1920. Satin/Matt Nickel help please
1921. Phosphoric anodizer
1922. Looking for a surface mount component plating house
1923. Gaseous vs. Salt Bath Nitrocarburizing
1924. Low luster zinc plating capability
1925. Cost Estimates
1926. Powder Coat and Dielectric Path?
1927. Sharp corners and hard anodizing
1928. Stripping and clear-coating old steel furniture
1930. Pyrophosphate copper plating
1931. Books for liquid effluent treatment
1932. Hardcoat for PMMA
1933. Speed-Cote
1934. PZT CERAMIC PLATING
1935. Conductivity Measurements
1936. Shear Strength of Chrome Plate
1937. Need help with cleaning brass inserts
1939. Portable Pen Plating System
1940. Antique Bronze on Zinc
1941. Plating Bath Conductivity Reduction
1942. Reflection properties of powder coated surface
1943. Hydrogen embrittlement
1944. Record keeping per EPA standards ace
1945. Printing colors to use for tinplate printing
1946. Aluminium Cold Sealing Additive Suppliers
1947. Corrosion protection of magnesium alloys in automobiles
1948. Corrosion problem
1949. Pulse plating with Solder alloys
1950. Need Composite Chrome Coating
1951. Chrome plated furniture
1952. Silver plating information
1953. Paint-filling etched metals
1954. Electropolishing gold
1955. Gold over TiN
1956. Pickling stainless steel
1957. Stripping
1958. Powder coating of wood
1959. Electroless nickel on silver?
1960. Cleaning of Pb/Sn solder
1961. Looking for a method to get polyester resin electrically conductive
1962. Pickling kovar to size
1963. "Whitewash" on Chrome Plate
1964. Electroplated Ti From Aqueous Solution?
1965. Plating of plastic
1966. Electroless plating
1967. Inefficiency in Zinc Nickel Plating - the role of Carbonates
1968. UV-curable coatings
1970. Looking for commercial chemicals for electroless copper
1971. Testing protective finish
1972. Zinc & clear chromate
1973. Gold plating on mild steel and welds?
1974. Garage Plating
1975. Effect Of Alloying Galvanized Coating With Magnesium
1976. Glycolic Acid
1977. Looking For Anti-tarnish Agent Applied On Silver-plated Jewelry
1978. Chromic Acid Anodizing [CAA] Future?
1979. Chrome vs chromite
1980. Info on pewter finishing and polishing
1981. SS chemically blackened in The Netherlands?
1982. MEK Emission
1983. Bar coded aluminum tags
1984. Atomic Absorption Instrumentation - How to choose the best?
1985. Beryllium...?
1986. Yellow hard anodizing
1987. Stripping of NiP Coatings
1988. Coating Aluminum Sand Castings
1989. Equipment
1990. Deox. for castings
1992. Nodule suppression in electroforming
1993. Vibratory polishing--cleaning process water
1994. Plating seashells
1995. Temperature limitations for zinc and chromate coatings
1996. "Cellular" Anodizing coatings
1997. Transfer of chrome
1998. E.N.plating roughness
1999. Carbon dioxide pellet blasting

 

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