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7000. Need state of art micro deburring method for SS416 parts 
7001. Will electropolishing help remove silver from our handling dies?  
7002. Specialty finishes for structural stainless steel cable
7003. Seeking vendor for lead tin alloy plating [India]
7004. Need plater maybe Seattle area
7006. Requirement for White Brass electroplating [England] 
7007. Tin plating over aluminum in barrel?
7008. Plating Magnesium AZ91D
7009. Blackening Zinc casting with Ultrex -27?  
7010. Needs product to prevent/stop rust on car [Saipan]
7011. Seeking supplier of alloys for air force [Pakistan]
7012. Problem with Tarnishing of Silver plated buttons
7013. Jewelry Plating - Help Needed
7014. Plating tank heaters 
7015. Remove Gold from emblems
7016. Repair reflective surface of large mirror
7017. Zinc coating corrosion prevention 
7018. RAL 6015 conversion
7019. Looking for PVD Finishers [New York, USA]
7020. Lowering the average surface roughness of hardcoated aluminum casting
7021. Seeking expert witness in chrome plating lawsuit [Mich., USA]
7022. Way to strip plated silver off copper
7023. Passivation time limits for pre-bond treatment of stainless
7024. UBAC Bright Acid Copper High Speed
7025. Need info about Kanigen process
7026. EN on Aluminum questions
7027. Plating on Aluminum?
7028. Seeking [Electro]galvanizing plant for ABS components [Saudi Arabia]
7029. Seeking dip spin line for Dacromet coating
7030. Want info about Electropainting of car bodies
7031. Want to import copper and brass waste products [India]
7032. Need color chart book for RAL standard system
7033. Seeking brush electroplating equipment [N.J., USA]
7034. Seeking rhodium plating chemicals [Mich., USA]
7035. Want my plastic dirt bike parts vacuum metallized [Nev., USA]
7036. Refinishing painted or anodized mountain bike components
7037. Wipe on silver replating
7038. Nickel electrodeposition moulds
7039. Woodwork antiquing help please
7040. Removing salt stains from chrome rims
7041. Etching aluminum to reveal microstructure
7042. Which Electroplating Solution is best?
7043. Electroplating for high school students
7044. Carbon fibre experimental Muffler design
7045. Polymer used for traffic light?
7046. What is inhibited HCl ?
7047. Non HF Ti Etch?
7048. Seeking shop to do Blue chrome electrodeposition on silicon wafers [Cal., USA]
7049. Rotating Hard Chrome Plating
7050. Gold plating on top of Chrome layer
7051. Iron contaminated Cobalt Hardened Gold Plating Bath
7052. Need metallic Ceramic Coatings [Ontario, Canada]
7053. Waterborn help needed
7054. Contaminants in Tin/Lead Solder
7055. Accelerated Material Tests for Cr on plastic substrate
7056. Want to buy a chroming machine [Kentucky, USA]
7057. Need product to remove copper oxidation
7058. Tarnishing coins for science project
7059. Electroless copper plating on silicon microstructures
7060. Want to know 'k' value of aluminum alloy
7061. Information on resurfacing 440C wear surfaces
7062. Finishing Processes
7063. Copper sulphate recovery experiment
7064. Cleaning evaporators
7065. Seeking a Thermal Deburring Shop [Okla., USA]
7066. Need Rhodium Plating Service [Ireland or anywhere]
7067. Stop corrosion of aluminum air cylinder
7068. Anodization of titanium for biocompatibility
7069. Plating of neodymium magnets [plater needed] [Chicago, USA]
7070. Nickel plating failing 96 hour salt spray test
7071. Want galvanic activity chart
7072. Info requested on Muriatic acid
7073. How to Rust Altoids' Tins
7074. Power supply for home use
7075. How to color the nickel/silver hardware on our custom fly rods
7076. Corrosion of Spanish solar cells by iode/iodine solution
7077. Information on black nickel plating
7078. Plating on Tellurium Copper
7079. Galvanizing Ductile Iron Castings
7080. Galvanizing problem
7081. Where to find zinc ash
7082. Powdercoating of galvanized steel
7083. Nylon Coating in Autoclaves
7084. Chromic Oxide etch
7085. Abrasion test [hardness test] for SNpB plating
7086. Pitch Diameter increase of zinc plated threaded parts
7087. Aluminum in Zincate bath
7088. Resource for Metal Composition/Characteristics
7089. Etchants for Cu-Ag alloys
7090. D2 Tool Steel To Make A Sword Blade
7091. Should I paint Aluminium Patio Cover
7092. Paint process for anodised aluminium
7093. Chemical formula for copper plating
7094. Copper sulphate: a competitive or non comp. inhibitor?
7095. Need De-fogger for Display Window Protector
7096. Hot Dip v. Electroplating v. Phosphating for Indian Valve Mfgr.
7097. Can our dies for paper & plastic tubes be built of titanium instead of stainless?
7098. Seeking burnishing media for plated aluminum [Saskatchewan]
7099. Help ... yet MORE hypothetical dead fish!!!
7100. Stainless Steel polishing method for precision seals
7101. Recipe for chemical polishing of Stellite alloys
7102. Hydrogen embrittlement of 4340 steel
7103. Electroless Nickel Plating Anodic Protection Problem
7104. Understanding Ti N, Ti F coatings-help!
7105. Need Black Paint Vendor in LA Area
7106. Removing nylon coating
7107. ASD For Dummying of silver and copper
7108. Immersion UT procedures
7109. Want modulus of elasticity for aluminum alloy
7110. Copper Finishing "Cobratech" Dip
7111. Copper Sheet Coloring
7112. Cutting and deburring stainless steel capillary tube
7113. What chemical for electropolishing 410 stainless?
7114. Liquid Nickel Recycler Needed
7115. Help refurbish Nigeria's Aluminum Company
7116. Reverse nobility problem in Bahrain galvanized piping systems
7117. Corrosion of SS316 in a Saudi Arabian seawater RO desalination plant
7118. Info on steel pickling wanted
7119. Info wanted on chemical pickling of forgings
7120. Stainless steel chemical etching
7121. Need Ruthenium, Platinum plating solutions [India]
7122. Aluminum Extrusion surface refinishing?
7123. Zinc plated parts deteriorated in shipment
7124. Nickel Buildup In Bright Nickel Solutions
7125. HELP - Zinc contamination through screen printing
7126. My plating related problems
7127. Seeking Electroless Nickel Plating Kits [Greece]
7128. Need Tungsten Carbide Coating for our new parts [UK]
7129. Silver protection lacquer wanted [Greece]
7130. Electroless Nickel Bath Analysis Help
7131. Poisoning a society with cyanide and not knowing
7132. How to make plastic plating tanks
7133. Messy air diaphragm pumps
7134. Mil-Spec for Coating Thickness for Anodize
7135. Fluorine Resin KH-21 & ZMC3
7136. Stainless steel that is magnetic?
7137. Cleaning goldtone flatware
7138. Can I weld zinc plated and chromated hinges?
7139. Gold plating parameters
7140. Seeking Chrome plating of my valve covers [Mich., USA]
7141. Trying to Find Twinkle Copper Cleaner
7142. Polished Aluminum Motorcycle accidentally streaked!
7143. Seeking chemicals for anodizing
7144. Tests for concentration aluminium in liquids
7145. Request for information about anodization
7146. Metal recovery from electroplating sludge
7147. Seeking tin-oxide coated soda-lime glass [France]
7148. Seeking Mordant solution for galvanizing pre-treatment [Canada]
7149. Simple gold plating
7150. Seeking Chrome Plating of 40k Nylon parts [Tenn.,USA]
7151. What tools and machinery needed to polish aluminum?
7152. Magnesium coating/finishing/plating--what is out there?
7153. Anodizing aluminum extrusions
7154. Seeking used equipment for chrome plating [Malaysia]
7155. Throwing power of cyanide zinc plating solution
7157. What is black oxide on stainless steel about?
7158. Need a million parts / year autophoretic coated [Florida]
7159. Distributor is seeking powder coatings for wood [Syria]
7160. Coating for galvanized nails
7161. Olive drab passivation problem
7162. Chemical formula of chromating solutions
7163. Chromating zinc-based die castings
7164. Is galvanized steel poisonous?
7165. Helping lustre on old wood furniture
7166. Black Chrome Plating aluminum auto wheels?
7167. How to get copper from copper sulphate
7168. Copper plating industry wastewater capacities and copper concentrations
7169. Surface Finish In ECM
7170. Seeking gold plated flatware [Ohio, USA]
7171. Maximum-Minimum current for Silver-Cadmium Oxide & Gold Electrical Contacts
7172. Need Tantalum Coating on 200 pieces [Wash., USA]
7173. Powder Coating complicated piece, how to?
7174. Urgently need electrophoretic lacquer [India]
7175. Shop is seeking anti-tarnish for silver plate [India]
7176. Mounting accessories for PWB cross-sections
7177. Value of concentrated metals obtained from electroplating wastes
7178. Mirror resilvering
7179. Wants brochure about nickel plating
7180. Turning Brass dark
7181. Cleaning pennies
7182. Science Project Coins
7183. Info Request on Corrosion
7184. Hard Chrome process/facilities
7185. Seeking calcium carbonate [Morroco]
7186. Restoring smooth finish to stainless steel nameplates
7187. Polishing intricate carbide punches
7188. Need quote on passivation of stainless steel angle iron [Nev., USA]
7189. Seeking shop to black anodize on aluminum castings [Colo., USA]
7190. Greenish Color on Anodized Parts
7191. Degreasing of aluminum foil
7192. Measurement of EN for R&R study
7193. Chem Film does not appear to coat holes made after plating
7194. Relieving parts: how long, how hot?
7195. Seeking small Salt Spray Chamber [NY, USA]
7196. Recovering silver from photographic fixer
7197. Seeking high voltage rectifiers [Mexico]
7198. How to spec nickel-gold coating on Kovar
7199. Need Chrysler Plating Specifications
7200. Want British or European Thermal Spraying Standard
7201. White Alimite - what is it?
7202. Eliminating old musty smell
7203. Gas log fireplace adaptor
7204. Deep etching of copper plate
7205. Help with starting a chrome plating business
7206. Flame Spray Coating of plows
7207. Chromography
7208. CO2 cleanse by boiling water
7209. Testing jewelry as science project
7210. Seeking hollow poly balls 5/8" -3/4" dia. [LA, USA]
7211. Seeking secondary quality etp, tfs, black plate [London, UK]
7212. Seeking carbides powder wc tungsten carbides [Italy]
7213. SS316 Anodes corroding in Silver Cyanide Solution
7214. Need Phosphate Coating Shop [Ontario, Canada]
7215. Seeking shop to do tin and copper plating [Mass., USA]
7216. How to achieve brushed aluminum finish
7217. Need shop to plate gold onto zirconium alloy [Memphis, TN]
7218. Suggestions for upgrading very old gold plating line in India
7219. Zinc/Cobalt alloy plating to pass thermal test
7220. Need shop to Silver plate nickel sheets
7221. Using a pen plating system to bond gold-plated parts
7222. Who does / offers White Bronze plating?
7223. Seeking silver plating line [Penna., USA]
7224. Seeking complete E-coating system [Philippines]
7225. Coating for Glass Fibre composite Phenolic resin molded component
7226. Preece Test
7227. How to strip anodizing before repolishing
7228. Propane gas fire logs won't stay lit
7229. How to refinish brass lamps
7230. Details of AC electrolysis on alumina film
7231. How to do Bismuth Electroplating
7232. Material or finish which is a flexible heat conductor?
7233. Procedure for cleaning Titanium Alloy before welding
7234. Maskant for EN, prior to anodizing
7235. Zinc plated barrels
7236. Dissolution Of Nickel And Iron
7237. Plasma Nitriding on satin steel
7238. Seeking shop to chrome plate plastic, a.k.a. vacuum deposit? [La., USA]
7239. Bonding Steel To EDPM Rubber
7240. Streaky brass patina problem
7241. Ceramic Thermal Spray Coating Info Needed
7242. Corona vs. tribo gun for rebar coating
7243. Require formulation of non chromate passivation
7244. Dissolve powder coating, solvent for powder coating
7245. Reducing COD in waste water
7246. Concerned aluminum polisher
7247. Barrel Plating Problems
7248. Patination ART on aluminium
7249. Aluminum brightening wastewaters
7250. Use of Sodium Hydroxide - University Student
7251. Failed septic systems
7252. Removing phosphorous from water
7253. What is alkaline blackening of steel?
7254. Alloy baseball bats
7255. Seeking mirrored industrial protection helmets?
7256. Anodizing of titanium
7257. Buffing urea electrical switches
7258. Acid etching Mordants
7259. Can Iron Phosphate be applied over Cast Iron?
7260. Sulphamate nickel grain refiner
7261. Gold electroplating for jewelry
7262. Should we use gold or tin plating?
7263. Help refinishing old fishing chair
7264. "Chroming" plastic miniature figures
7265. Refinishing of rusted silver cad hardware
7266. Magnesium+hydrochloric acid reactions
7267. Anodizing of small dia. tubing interiors
7268. Silkscreen on Powdercoat adhesion problem
7269. Masking during the Anodizing process
7270. Electroless Nickel plugs
7271. A-level work on effect of CuSO4 on the reaction of H2O2 and yeast
7272. Black Oxide Masking 
7273. Seeking Shop to do Magnesium Coating [Bally, PA]
7274. Anode Calculation for Chrome Plate Process
7275. Hard Chromium Plating on Nitrided Steels
7276. Stainless Steel finishing to achieve light purple or blue color
7277. Removing nickel plating
7279. Build up pitted brass on sax before silver plating
7280. Uncommon electrodepositing combinations
7281. Material with very low coefficient of friction
7282. How can welded joints in aluminum be plated to match 6061-T6 ?
7283. Picking a coating for a Ni surface
7284. Metal coating to cut cold PVC insulation
7285. Seeking sulfurized nickel anodes in sheet form [N.Y., USA]
7286. Capacity limitations of ion exchange columns
7287. DESPERATE NEED FOR 'NOXON' SILVER CLEANER
7288. How best to make my aluminum Porsche wheels black?
7289. Cleaning of [ca 1795] French clock with ormolu finish
7290. Dangers of heating zinc for science project
7291. Nickel acetate solution transport properties
7292. The role of FeCl3 in zincating?
7293. Extracting silver from photographic fixer
7294. Un prix pour carbonnate de calcium [Casablanca]
7295. Plating a non-conductive coating onto zinc die-castings
7296. Want to know how to plate onto molybdenum
7297. Spec'ing Electrically Conductive Black Anodize
7298. Seeking shop to gold plate very small ID tubes [Cal., USA]
7299. Galvanizer in Cyprus is suffering excess dross
7300. Primer Compatibility to Hot Dip Galvanized Surface
7301. Want published refs. to E-Nickel salt spray performance
7302. Oxygen injection boiler water treatment
7303. Choosing an aluminum alloy for our engineering student project
7304. Electroforming research for rapid prototyping
7305. How does copper sulphate inhibit enzymes?
7306. Better control of set times for fiberglass mats
7307. Polishing polycarbonate with gaseous mixture
7308. Mystery blue titanium coating 
7309. Transparent for C-Band Transmission
7310. Coating to increase heat dissipation from stainless steel surface
7311. "Wet" Aluminizing of ceramic products
7312. Best way to put silver on copper auto antennas
7313. Stainless Steel Brush Finish Specifications 
7314. Suggested additions to ECM electrolytes
7315. Copper Residue in FeCl3 etchant
7316. Air Knifing Rinse Quality Impact On Iron Phosphatized HRS / CRS
7317. No oxidation inox 304/316 warranty certification
7318. How to achieve high-quality champagne colour anodizing
7319. Safer alternative to HF acid for aluminum brightening?
7320. Can't Find Anodized Aluminum To Impregnate
7321. Troubleshooting ideas for a variety of finishing processes
7322. Uses of Disalt in the finishing industry
7323. Copper is building up in cyanide copper plating baths
7325. Seeking a supplier of "Reduction Nickel"
7326. Quality Policy/Surface Defect Catalog
7327. Enamel technology show in Europe?
7328. Problems with drying of green passivation
7329. Refining used Rhodium with charcoal
7330. Is copper a problem in boiler feedwater?
7331. Seeking shop to chrome plastic on vintage motorcycle [N.S., Canada]
7332. Acrylic powder for artist use in home oven
7333. Aluminum prep prior to chrome plating
7334. Need product to shine brass cartridge cases in tumbler
7335. Powder coating antique truck engines
7336. Looking for a way to bronze baby shoes too old for electroplating 
7337. Stainless steel protection
7338. Please explain zinc dichromate plating
7339. Importance of hard gold in plating PWBs
7340. Lemon Juice/Science Fair Help
7341. Need plastic center caps for four wheels chromed cheap
7342. Evolution of the alluminum baseball bat
7343. Testing oxidation rate of metals for Science Fair
7344. Looking for stress and strain curve for a bone
7345. Science class wants to know advantage of low current in Electroplating
7346. Question on Chrome Plating
7347. Which juice cleans pennies best
7348. Seeking refractory bricks and castables [U.A.E.]
7349. Dry-Lube Coating Materials and Techniques
7350. Dull stainless steel after electropolishing....but I want it shiny!
7351. How to reduce nickel ion concentration in nickel bath
7352. Seeking sprayable iridescent paint [Wisc., USA]
7353. Seeking high temperature semi-gloss paint for tractor mufflers [India]
7354. Interested in alternatives to yellow chromate on our zinc plating
7355. Teflon Post Plate Treatment
7356. Seeking Nickel-cobalt, etc., process and equipment [Mexico City]
7357. Small dichromate equip. possible?
7358. Help with plating tank height requirements
7359. How to paint plastic
7360. Explain the process of chromate conversion coating
7361. Painting metal school desks and plastic school chairs
7362. Compare the various ways to plate onto plastic
7363. Coating methods to thermal insulate cast iron manifold
7364. Seeking rims for KLR street fighter bike [Fla., USA]
7365. Seeking Slurry Hone [or comparable] process [Ariz., USA]
7366. Seeking polishing services for cast aluminum [Egypt]
7367. Chemical grinding & polishing of brass parts
7368. How to use steel pickling inhibitor?
7369. Sulfuric Anodizing Cathodes [lead vs. aluminum]
7370. Temp/time chart for anodizing aluminum
7371. Cause of yellow discoloration in anodized finish
7372. Relationship of Sn/Pb Plating Thickness with Current
7373. Is Clear Chem compatible with Silver plate?
7374. Cleaner info required for galvanized steel
7375. Polyacrylic Acid, cleaning, phosphating, metal pretreatment
7376. Hazards of laser cutting galvanized steel
7377. Support of anodizing tanks and grating 
7378. Corroded Ti anode baskets in nickel sulfamate plating 
7379. Information on chrome seal per PS 11501
7380. Copper plating of steel for home school experiment
7381. Metal coating on anodize
7382. LOSS OF SILVER DURING ELECTROLYSIS
7383. Cleaning and Preservative products 
7384. Paint Stripping process
7385. US10B Hardware Finish
7386. Need dry alternative to phos & oil
7387. Material Selection: Hastalloy C or Titanium?
7388. Fine Polishing on rare metals [Tantalum] which method?
7389. What ingredient can keep our white buffing compound from turning yellow?
7390. Metal Polisher and Platers needed TERRIBLY [Wisc., USA]
7391. Voltage required for anodizing of titanium
7392. Use of anodising baskets
7393. Barrier layer plating between bronze and tin
7394. Surface Preparation of Moly for Ni Plating
7395. Can Zinc be painted?
7396. Need brass or gold plating of my bath fixtures [Va., USA]
7397. Removing scratches from lacquer furniture
7398. Stripping chrome
7400. Aluminum Vacuum Coating
7401. Hydrogen Project
7402. Seeking Copper Plated Strip Steel [Germany]
7404. Electropolish Processing Vessel with Agitator
7405. Seeking Nickel Anodes [Pakistan]
7406. Silver on Cast Aluminum Difficulties
7407. Nickel in Steel
7408. Copper and Silver Electroplating
7409. Dale Southall's PhD Thesis
7410. Hydrogen Evolution in Electrolysis
7411. Material Properties for Aluminum Alloys
7412. Possible Coating[s] for aluminium to seal against Teflon o-ring
7413. Need cosmetic caps for toiletry bottles [Fla., USA]
7414. Galvanic corrosion of masked articles
7415. Seeking semi-automatic wheel polishing lathes [Fla., USA]
7416. Need supplier to anodize and dye Titanium [Mo., USA]
7417. Smut after chromating of Magnesium
7418. Problems in Aluminum Brightener
7419. Nickel stress test
7420. Nickel vs. chromic acid plating
7421. Gold is immersion plating on polypropylene tanks
7422. Zinc plating gets cloudy during powder coating
7423. Rustoleum paint not sticking to Ospho
7424. Dewetting solder on tin plated brass terminals
7425. Porosity in zinc die casting
7426. Color finishing stainless
7427. Electropolishing Niobium
7428. Sealing Question On Mil-A-8625 Type Three Class Two Anodizing
7429. Penetration And Growth Ratio on Aluminum Oxiding
7430. Hard Chrome Rolls for Bonding Blistering and Flaking
7431. Mechanism of Auto-Catalytic Nickel Deposition
7432. Cold Seal Adhesives
7433. Oxinitriding
7434. Treatment of Boronated Waste Water using an RO Membrane
7435. Seeking a used Anodizing Line [Oregon, USA]
7436. Seeking Used Polishing Equipment [MD, USA]
7437. Chrome Automotive Bumper Repair
7438. About Anodizing
7439. Key Lengths for Materials
7440. Seeking Acrylic Claw Foot Tubs [NJ, USA]
7441. Hard Chrome Plating Aluminum
7442. Cyanide Copper Strike Bath
7443. Seeking Chrome Finish for tpe Parts[MI, USA]
7444. Chrome Plating "bubbles"
7445. Need Material Safety Data Sheet
7446. Remove rust on chrome?
7447. Why does silver tarnish?
7448. Cyanide Problems
7449. Electroplating on Polypropylene
7450. "Bubbles" in Chrome Plating on Plastic
7451. Seeking Titanium Surface Finishing[Cal., USA]
7452. Need an Electroplating/Anodizing Kit [Mass., USA]
7453. AuSn Eutecticum
7454. Streak & splotch trouble with hard anodize
7455. Seeking equipment for Plating of ABS [U.A.E.]
7456. Rusty Penny
7457. Plating Problem
7458. Black and White Corrosion on Zinc Plating
7459. Real World Salt Spray Performance?
7460. Sheridizing vs Galvanizing
7461. Seeking Product and Services [Gujarat, India]
7462. Seeking 25 foot long hard anodised [Quebec, Canada]
7463. Galvanic Corrosion between Gold Circuit Board and Aluminum
7464. Composition of Electroplating Wastewater
7465. Reducing sludging of Iron Phosphate Bath
7466. Gas or Infrared?
7467. General questions about honing technology
7468. Seeking special electric Polishing/Buffing Tool [Australia]
7469. Surface Finish standards & conversions
7470. How to do backyard anodizing
7471. Powder Coating over Zinc/Yellow
7472. Seeking ELECTROBLACK [Harrington, Austraila]
7473. Seeking Gold Plating on Plastic [PA., USA]
7474. Coloration and Patination of Ferrous Metals
7475. Help with Delayed Blistering of Bright Tin Parts
7476. Indium Tin Oxide
7477. Seeking Black Anodization [Vancouver, BC, Canada]
7478. Chromic Acid
7479. Chrome Plating on Glass Fibre
7480. Electropolishing of Coining Dies
7481. Seeking Mandrels for Large Nickel Electroforms [Hjallerup, Denmark]
7482. Plating Bath for Platinum
7483. Direct EN on Zn
7484. Lab Testing Procedures for Brass Solutions
7485. Silver Plating Brass
7486. Trying to Find a Baker's Rack to match a Cherry Wood Table
7487. How to Blacken Tin
7488. Anodising Aluminum
7489. Queries about AC Electrodeposition
7490. Literature about Metal Plating on Plastic
7492. Discoloration of Passivation Film
7493. FPL vs PAD
7494. Seeking Magnesium Coatings Shop [PA., USA]
7495. Info Request
7496. Durable Brightly Colored Plating to replace TiN
7497. Seeking Hot Solder Dip Source [FL., USA]
7498. Secondary Processing of Pre-Plated Steel Tubing
7499. Electroless Nickel Plating
7500. Could electrowinning remove metals from electropolishing solution?
7501. Corrosion on Studs
7502. Additives for acid zinc chloride
7503. Removing Tarnish from Copper, Brass or Bronze
7504. Blistering problem in Antique Brass Plating
7505. Information needed on aluminum finishing tools & techniques
7506. Seeking Electroless Solder [New Delhi, India]
7507. Organic Coating
7508. Seeking PYROCK [PA., USA]
7509. Information on Finishes to my Technology Project
7510. Seeking Far East suppliers of Anodised Aluminum in Coils [Poland]
7511. White spotting problem on Black Chromate Process
7512. Seeking Exporters of Metal Finishing Chemicals [Dhaka, Bangladesh]
7513. Seeking Sodium Bichromate [Cairo, Egypt]
7514. Clear Coating over Silver and Gold
7515. Corrosion during "de-waxing"
7516. Seeking 32 microinch finish on CDA 110 Copper plates in volume [MA.,USA]
7517. Black Dip Enamel Adhesion Problems
7518. How to etch 302 Stainless Steel to promote rubber adhesion
7519. Rugo Surface Finish and Hardness Scale Equivalents
7520. Establishing a Buffing Standard
7521. Seeking shop to do Stannate Immersion coating of Magnesium Castings [Ga., USA]
7522. Plating on TiAl 4V alloy
7523. Chemical resistant protective tank coating
7524. Finishes for garden art
7525. Seeking paint applicator for edges of overhead doors [N.Y., USA]
7526. Chemical Polish Problem
7527. Need clear coat on parts [Colo., USA]
7528. Looking for Ford spec for PVD
7529. Aluminum electro-polishing magazine article
7530. Want chroming spray for my rims
7531. Chemistry project on chlorine & gold
7532. Seeking copper bath tubs from India [London, U.K.]
7533. PTFE Type Paint for Masking
7534. HELP - On Nickel Free Gold Plating
7535. CHROME PLATING ON PLASTIC
7536. SEEKING WHO MAKES CATAPHORESIS/E-COATING MACHINERY?[Turkey]
7537. Seeking Powder Coating Suppliers
7538. Discoloring of Plated Gold Surface
7539. Coating for Boat Lower Units that isn't Blasted Off
7540. Removal of Chrome Plating from Sterling Silver
7541. Chemical Makeup of the Zinc Plating Demonstration - How it Works?
7542. SEEKING AIR MAKE UP, SPRAY BOOTH CURING FEATURE [OH., USA]
7543. Did I remove enough rust?
7544. Jones Reagent
7545. Seeking Cross Hole Chamfer inside Tubing [IA., USA]
7546. Conductive Coating for Glass
7547. Scratches
7548. How do you electroplate steel copper?
7549. Gold Anodizing Die Cast
7550. Woodgrain Finish on Powdercoating
7551. Tank Plating Operating Conditions
7552. Seeking Shirt Pocket Clips [FL., USA]
7553. Uniform Deposits on Panels with 'Shadowing'
7554. Seeking Chrome Plating SUV Rims [DE., USA]
7555. Headlight Insert Refinishing
7556. Is cyanide copper or acid copper better as a nickel undercoat?
7557. Conductive Coating
7558. Seeking info on Organic Fibres for Special Effects[Turkey]
7559. Seeking machine for chemical deburring very small pieces [Cal., USA]
7560. EQUIVALENT SURFACE FINISH N5 N6 N7 N8 N9
7561. 300 vs 400 Passivation
7562. Way to Copper Plate Glassfibre?
7563. Electropolishing inside of Copper Tips
7564. Ti Anodizing Color Spectrum vs Oxide Thickness
7565. Aluminum Alloy Selection for Dyeing
7566. Measuring Anodic Coating Thickness
7567. Is Nikasil successful for Diesel Cylinders?
7568. Etch Brightening?
7569. Polished Light Pipes
7570. Brass Plater Needed [N.C., USA]
7571. Plater for Lamp Parts needed
7572. How much gold needed based on thickness and square inches
7573. Anti-gall surface for contact with tin-lead
7574. How can I monitor the plating thickness of a part while it is being plated?
7575. Coated aluminum tubing to replace copper tubing
7576. How do I remedy suspected El Ni on eEl Ni galling?
7577. Corrosion Resistance of Blueing
7578. Weldability of Cold Black Oxided Parts?
7579. Electro Deposited Painting?
7580. Plating the inside of 4130 tubing for rust prevention
7581. IR Absorbing Paint
7582. Conversion of Surface Finish
7583. How to choose a salt spray chamber?
7584. Conversion from Baume to S.G.
7585. Passivation Testing
7586. Thermal Conductivity of Coatings on Aluminum
7587. Cast iron grade for outside sculpture
7588. Black finish for aluminum
7589. Help with Mirrored Brass
7590. Copper Barrel Blues
7591. Silver plating fishing lures for fun
7592. Saw on Oprah?
7593. Stainless steel rods for counter hot plate
7594. Stainless steel marks and scratches!
7595. Effecting Metals With Heat
7596. Help Me...please
7597. Info Request
7598. Purpose of thesis
7599. INFO REQUEST
7600. Zinc Strip
7601. Quality[stability of]manufacturing synthetic diamond 230/270
7602. Chemical elements relating to Yield Strength
7603. DEMAND FOR 2 FCL SODIUM CYANIDE
7604. Finishing wrought iron
7605. Black Oxide vs Phosphate
7606. Chemical polishing of titanium
7607. Cheapest protective coating to aluminum as alternative to anodizing
7608. Oxalic Acid Anodizing
7609. Preserving magnesium metallic finish with clear coating--is this possible?
7610. Need some advice on Chrome Stripping
7611. Sn/Pb Removal
7612. I'm looking for a non-reflective coating on steel
7613. High conductivity copper film
7614. Nickel Contamination in Methanesulfonic Tin Baths
7615. Electroless or Immersion lead-tin plating process
7616. Color coding stainless steel
7617. Brush Plating; Regulations
7618. Nitric and Sulphuric acid dilemma!
7619. Oven built for electrostatic painting
7620. Search for Particulate Silver Suspension or Better Idea
7621. Information request
7622. Graphite Coating Method Needed
7623. Chloride corrosion for SS316L
7624. Mechanical or Chemical Removal of Oxide Layers off a Ni-Fe Alloy
7625. Seeking shops that run Alodine 5200 [Ariz., USA]
7626. Resistivity of black nickel electroless plating
7627. Irridite on Copper?
7628. Hydrogen Embrittlement via Cad Electroplate
7629. SEEKING INFO REQUEST [INDIA]
7630. Military Specifications
7631. Seeking Chrome Aluminum Wheels [CA., USA]
7632. Seeking Chrome Dipping Info [NY., USA]
7633. Price and Process of Dipping
7634. In Search of Katana
7635. Info Request
7636. Looking for mirror finished aluminum for light fixtures [Ind., USA]
7637. Rust on Camper Steel Tubing Frame
7638. I need to know how to "age" the look of new chrome.
7639. Questions about aluminum anodizing
7640. Corrosion resistant light absorber [Selenium Atmosphere]
7641. Coating required for Fabric dyeing machines
7642. Cleaning nickel clad finish
7643. Anodised vs Powder Coating
7644. How to do off-white anodic process
7645. Need gold-plating service for church organ electronic contacts [N.J., USA]
7646. Please quote your Sodium Cyanide [Pakistan]
7647. Black chromium solution and anodes
7648. Removal of copper build-up in plating baths by freezing the solution and precipitating copper
7649. Need Thum Cell Voltage
7650. Nikisil plating inquiry
7651. Black spots on pipes hot dipped
7652. Microsection vs XRF method for plating specification
7653. Hexchrome, COD vs BOD testing
7654. Chlorine resistant masking material/film
7655. Stripping Anodized Aluminum
7656. Japan Finished chandelier, what is it?
7657. Titanium Etch based upon EDTA
7658. Bore Improvement in Long Hypodermic Needle Tubing
7659. Magnesium process - DOW 7- a question
7660. Seeking non-Cyanide Gold Process [Thailand]
7661. Seeking commodity plating chemicals for India market
7662. Need new acid activator between copper and nickel strike
7663. Small [75 liter] Barrel Silver Bath
7664. Vacuum Sputter Coat on Alloy Wheels
7665. Tungsten/Tantalum coating
7666. Hot Dipped Galvanized G90 vs G60
7667. Need quote for cataphoretic paint line
7668. ELECTROPHORETIC LACQUER
7669. Corrosion in aluminium alloys 3003 and 3103
7670. Anodising in black colour
7671. Need Aged Look on Galvanized Roof
7672. Rit dye effective for anodizing?
7673. Making materials stick to Polyethylene
7674. Seeking highly competitive zinc plater for high volume plating[NC., USA]
7675. Nickel-free plating operations with chrome or chrome-like finish
7676. Why plate gold-tin alloy
7677. Painting crankbaits
7678. Seeking roller and spray coat [India]
7679. Electromotive Force Potentials for Zinc-Nickel Plate
7680. Corrosion resistance of 2024 v.s.7075
7681. Environmental impact of Chromate conversion coating
7682. Mil-F-14072
7683. Removing petrol stain
7684. Questions about titanium anodizing
7685. Rust Removal and Prevention- Marine Application
7686. Antique Stickley Hand-Hammered Copper Bowl Cleaning and Repatination
7687. Can Blue Copper Sulphate harm an animals paws ..claws...or feet?
7688. Other types of metal that can be used to electroplate copper onto?
7689. Electropolish worldwide sales _ Info request
7690. Stainless steel to stainless steel contact
7691. Finishing Stainless Steel After Welding
7692. Splotches on hypotubes
7693. Endurion
7694. Phosphated 9310 alloy steel
7695. Masking for Ag plating
7696. Alumilite 205 finish
7697. Seeking Companies to perform electroless copper plating[Surrey, UK]
7698. Seeking clear coating of fabricated stainless steel sheets[FL., USA]
7699. How to tint lacquer for aluminum articles
7700. Painting of Anodized Aluminum
7701. Oxide 'smear' on PCB's
7702. What is best anodize stripping solution
7703. Maximizing Stainless Steel Emissivity
7704. Titanium or lead coating for plastic
7705. Seeking buffing pads [Ontario, Canada]
7706. Request Information on Electropolishing
7707. Seeking Non-chromate chemical supplier [Malaysia]
7708. Extend the use life of sealing solution
7710. Info on non cyanide silver plating
7711. Should paraffin based cutting oil cause our plating source problems?
7712. Crack on Small Galvannealing Samples
7713. Black Stained Zinc
7714. Electroless Stripping Chrome/Nickel
7715. Cyanide Free Gold Strip Bath
7716. Choosing the best environmental test
7717. Removal of Cadmium from Ammonium Nitrate Stripper
7718. Who makes porous plastic pipe?
7719. Polishing Complex Parts
7720. Acid finish on metals
7721. How to do black and stain chrome?
7722. Brighteners used for silver plating
7723. Van der horst bath for depositing Fe
7724. Seeking water based HDPE coatings [India]
7725. Seeking Sprayable Stainless Steel [India]
7726. How to produce a verdi gris finish
7727. Tin Oxide removal
7728. Health effects of cutting galvanized pipe
7729. Brass Bed Cleaning Vaults
7730. Brightening a dull copper platter
7731. Non-commercial black patina for zinc
7732. Muriatic acid has rusted pewter and brass fireplace
7733. Wanted - Oxidized Brass Finish - Green
7734. SEEKING QUOTE REQUEST: ISOPROPHOLIC ALCOHOL [FL., USA]
7735. Plastic sealant
7736. Uranyl Nitrate Drying
7737. Seeking painted aluminum Harley [VA., USA]
7738. Electroless composite coating
7739. Lacquering brass?
7740. Info about Powder Coating in India
7741. History of Galvanizing
7742. Bleeding ink on anodized parts
7743. Corrosion protection of iron
7744. Bluing/Black Oxide/Zinc Phosphate
7745. Copper Etching process on leadframe[Sodium Chloride as Oxidizer]
7746. Seeking hard coat anodizing of pocket knife handles [Asia]
7747. Anodizing and Electropolishing Industry in Thailand?
7748. Dimension change in re-finishing black anodize
7749. Why carbonate in silver cyanide bath
7750. Needed - White Gold Bath plating bath
7751. Viable process needed to plate Magnesium alloy.
7752. Plating of Kovar parts
7753. Want hand held gold plating pen [New Zealand]
7754. SEEKING FINISHING SOURCE FOR VERY LARGE PARTS [FL., USA]
7755. PHOSPHORIC ACID FREE BRIGHT DIP
7756. Polishing procedures for Teflon Hardcoat on photographic film tracks
7757. Galvanized steel roof and paint adherence problem
7758. Electroplating aluminum onto aluminum
7759. Anodizing Ti with TSP
7760. Separation of Copper Sulphate and conduction of electricity
7762. Polyaniline coating
7763. Dry Grinding D 2
7764. Zinc coating thickness control
7765. Expansion temperature of steel
7766. Water proof nonconductive even finish
7767. Beer can printing mandrels
7768. Sulfuric/peroxide pickle
7769. Chemical polishing of stainless steel
7770. Anodising problems? Mar. 19)
7771. Nickel plate turns black after exposed to water
7772. Info on Amp hours on plated steel surface
7773. Recovery of metals from dragouts
7774. BRASS LACQUER REMOVAL AND SHINNING PREP
7775. Etching Stainless Steel
7776. Passivated vs Pickled Mar. 1)
7777. Bright Finish on Titanium
7778. Hard Coating Aluminum
7779. "Accurate blackening process for stator stack"
7780. Copper Bars in the Nickel Electroplating Industry
7781. Salt Spray
7782. HELP ME -- OLD BRASS BED
7783. Here is help for zinc electroplating
7784. Etching Stainless Steel Mesh
7785. Magnesium wheels
7786. Parafin wax product
7787. Electrolytic black colouring of anodised aluminium
7788. Ceramic/polyamide pulleys
7789. Lacquer removal
7790. Etching Process
7791. PENNIES
7792. Plating from waste photographic chemicals
7793. ALUMINIUM COATING
7794. Zero Discharge and Energy Efficient Plating and Cleaning Shop
7795. Pharmaceutical tablet to be coated with metal?
7796. Joint Bath for Type II and Type III Al Anodizing
7797. Surface roughness with Anodized Aluminum
7798. Non-residue polishing - a possibility?
7799. Seeking Vendor for pickling and passivation of SS pipe [IL., USA]
7800. Hydrochloric acids
7801. Science Fair Project
7802. Excess aluminum in sulfuric anodize solution...
7803. Aluminum Conversion Coating
7804. Seeking Large capacity S.S. pickling required [CA., USA]
7805. CONTINUOUS PICKLING PROCESS OF STEEL WIRES USING SULPHURIC ACID
7806. Electropolishing aluminum diecast parts
7807. Tin plated copper screws okay for the long term?
7808. Hard Chromium plating of Titanium
7809. Electroless copper soldering problems
7810. Recovering heat from ovens for use in heating water
7811. Printing from etched magnesium plates
7813. Looking for scratch resistant lacquer or other finish
7814. Demineralized water on concrete
7815. Painting kitchen cabinets
7816. Surface Finish Relationships
7817. SEEKING PASSIVATING EQUIPMENT [Cal., USA]
7818. SEEKING HYDROFLUORIC ACID [Tex., USA]
7819. Electropolishing of (High Copper 4%) aluminium extruded parts.
7820. Pitting in hard chrome
7821. Removal of Trivalent chrome
7822. Melonizing Process
7823. Silver plating of glass Christmas tree decorations
7824. What makes a penny rust?
7825. Preparation Information
7826. Titanium Polishing
7827. Predicting weight loss in etching
7828. Seeking Aluminium Coating On ERW Tubes [India]
7829. Hardness Testers
7830. Reducing Chrome 3 levels
7831. Acid Copper Electroplating Process
7832. Seeking Plating House [NJ, USA]
7833. Requesting info on getting an antique finish on brass
7834. Parkerizing Too Soft
7835. Chemically coloring my copper
7836. Citric Acid v/s Metal - What's the reaction?
7837. Anodizing thickness and corrosion tests
7838. Project on NaCl
7839. Copper sulfate solubility in water or Isopropanol
7840. Titanium nitride sintering in alumina matrix
7841. Dielectric layer over Au
7842. Hand finishing and Burnishing Training Course
7843. Anodizing Questions
7844. Fume Suppressant for bright dip solution
7845. Electroless nickel formulation required
7846. PVD color coating
7847. Seeking Black Nitride finish on 303 stainless steel [NJ., USA]
7848. Seeking Simple dip coating for brass [FL., USA]
7849. Exterior Paint Substitutes
7850. Metallic powder painting
7851. Seeking 3000A rectifier, 7.5 hp polishing machines [Montreal, Canada]
7852. MIL/Fed Specification information requested
7853. Seeking conductive spray for baby shoes[GA., USA]
7854. What will make a penny rust?
7855. Seeking High Temp Aluminium Tape [Poland]
7856. What kind of cyanide to open up concrete?
7857. Etching sputtered Titanium
7858. How to dissolve clay materials?
7859. Seeking a small Fluidized bed unit [Md., USA]
7860. King Midas Brass Cleaner
7861. Electropolishing of small components
7862. Stainless steel acid cleaner required
7863. Zinc plating on 12L14 carbon Steel (Blistering)
7864. Seeking Shipley Niposit Electroless Nickel PM-980 [WA., USA]
7865. Paint Adhesion on Stainless Steel
7866. Where can I find blue chromate dye?
7867. Alloys Plating
7868. French Polish formula for furniture refinishing.
7869. How to obtain Brushed Brass finish
7870. Seeking components for setting up an electrochemical cell [TN., USA]
7872. U.S. Magnesium Alloy Molders and Chemicals
7873. Zinc anodized electroplated vs hot dip galvanized
7874. Seeking advice on brushing equipment addition to cleaning line.
7875. Etching on brass and stainless steel
7876. Seeking AA Spectrometer [India]
7877. NAVSEA corrosion req against Iridited AL and Zinc-plated Carbon Steel
7878. Seeking "Time Saver" Belt Sander [NY., USA]
7879. Seeking Indian-made 500-A rectifiers [Sri Lanka]
7880. What or how to fill weld pits prior to chroming
7881. Anodising Aluminum
7882. Acid resistant coating for aluminum
7883. Corrosion on 6061-T6 with Clear Anodize
7884. Delayed plating blisters on zinc castings
7885. Differences between clear zinc and yellow zinc.
7886. Mass plating of small components
7887. How to pre-test for casting blisters before plating
7888. Hot zinc galvanizing versus electroplated zinc
7889. Quenching 316L S.S. in Nitrogen?
7890. Objective method to grade reflectivity of aluminum alloys
7891. Material selection for corrosion prevention in cyanide solutions
7892. HOME GUN BLUEING-SELENIUM DIOXIDE
7893. Seeking zinc ash waste after metallizing [Turkey] {3/08/01}
7894. Chrome removal from brass
7896. Pitting corrosion in domestic hot water heaters in Greece
7897. Galvanic compatibility of aluminum and copper
7898. Brushable masking material for titanium anodizing -AMS2488 type 2
7899. Dimension Change after Hard Coat
7900. Coating Problem In Chrome
7901. Spec for zinc nickel plating
7902. Want to set up an electroforming facility
7903. Standards for Chrome Plating?
7904. Make glass surface conductive
7905. Need conductive paths on polymer
7906. Regenerating phosphoric acid
7907. Want automatic machine to remove mylar from dry film resist
7908. Nitriding books and articles
7909. What is Plasma Polishing?
7910. Marine exhaust manifold protection
7911. Removing chrome plating from aluminum rims
7912. Rhodium Plating Jewelry
7913. Hopeite solubility
7914. Want galvanizing line for nails
7915. Electrolysis of Water Experiment
7916. Seeking large quantity of boric acid [India] {3/09/01}
7917. Leaded steel- Nickel chrome plate
7918. Aluminum's corrosion-resistance
7919. Anti-oxidation / Anti electrolysis
7920. When to use stellite/colomony and HVOF tungsten carbides?
7921. Stainless Steel Contamination during welding
7922. Seeking Automatic Polishing Machine for stainless steel [India]
7923. Seeking know how for phosphating and other finishing compounds
7924. Acid stains off stainless bulk tank
7925. Inhibitor for sulfamic and phosphoric acid
7926. Green titanium color
7927. Gold plating
7928. Seeking liquid metal coatings required [Israel]
7929. PTFE / CERAMIC COATING
7930. SEEKING POWDER COATING WOOD PROCESS [JORDAN]
7931. Seeking to powder coat chopper motorcycle [Ind., USA]
7932. Chromate coating for 200 hrs salt spray.
7933. Gold stripping on titanium substrate
7934. SEEKING AUTOMOTIVE PAINT SPRAY SYSTEM [EGYPT]
7935. Seeking Equipment [PA., USA]
7936. Seeking interested to import satin electroplating plant or chemicals [India]
7937. Nickel plated parts
7938. Electroless Nickel adhesion to Copper and Epoxy
7939. Aluminum alloy wheels
7940. Badly tarnished brass
7941. Heavy brass oxidation
7942. Aluminium foil for aa1235 and 8011
7943. Gold potassium cyanide
7944. Polishing atvs and street bikes
7945. Seeking Aluminium Bronze Electroplater [U.K.]
7946. Allowable Chloride and sulphate levels
7947. Optimum Nickel Sulfamate Strike parameters
7948. Hard Coating
7949. Phosphating concerns with acid pickling
7950. Non-Stable Black Color
7951. Black Spots on Salt Fog Tested Zinc Plating
7952. Electroless Silver ???
7953. Seeking Corrosion resistant finish needed for 1050 steel laminations [PA., USA]
7954. Nylon treatment
7955. SEEKING TEST COUPONS FOR MIL SPEC 5541 [AUSTRALIA]
7956. Product to use on Pine Box by dipping?
7957. Where to buy Liver of Sulfur
7958. Electropolishing Ti-6Al-4V round-bar fatigue specimens
7959. Anodising aluminum, a molecular level
7960. Gas Ovens okay for Powder Coating
7961. White spots on black anodized cast surfaces
7962. Aluminum finishing: iridite vs anodize
7963. Seeking Supplier For Carrying Out Flash Tin Plating On Aluminium Bearings [Western India]
7964. Do copper braze joints present an adhesion problem for alkaline zinc?
7965. Seeking Parts Hot Dipped [N.Y., USA]
7966. pH measurement
7967. Bronzing Baby Shoes
7968. Cold Enamel paint for ceramic-like finish
7969. Chrome Plate Plastic
7970. Need Used Robotic Equipment
7971. Alternative pre-treatment process desired.
7972. Electropolishing solution purification
7973. Bleach attack 6061 T6 chromate conversion coating
7974. Anodizing 7175 Aluminum
7975. Dry off temperature after pre treatment?.....
7976. Boron removal
7977. Paint stripping
7978. NON-WIPE COPPER BLACKENING SYSTEM
7979. Silver Plating Safely
7981. Business Recruitment
7982. Magnetic Steel equivalent to ASTM 1015
7983. Stainless corrosion and incompatibility
7984. Hydrochloric acid resistant ferrous material for processing.
7985. Manager needs help! with RF conductive finishes
7986. Dye lightening for anodized parts
7987. Cadmium plating nitrided surfaces
7988. Plating Plastic
7989. Zinc plating on Polypropylene
7990. Seeking e-coat supply vendor [Utah., USA]
7991. How can I remove PVC
7992. Sludge from pretreatment process in aluminum car body
7993. Treatment of Waste Solutions
7994. Polishing aluminum automobile wheels
7995. Anodizing an old Marine Corp sword
7996. How and Why does Copper Oxidize
7997. Chrome Plating Waste Clean up
7998. Seeking small quantities Potassium Silicon Fluoride [Ill., USA]
7999. Non-ferromagnetic nickel electroforms

 

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