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Need Coating/Paint that looks like Clear Anodized Aluminum

July 13, 2009

We use cast aluminum parts of mixed/unknown alloy aluminum. Our usual vendors have been unable to give them a good-looking anodized finish because of the impurities/porosity in the metal. We want them to look "frosty" like our other, machined parts which anodize quite well because they are alloy 606x.

So, I would like to send cast, unfinished sample parts, about 2" x 2", for some sort of plating/painting/anodizing process that closely matches the anodized treatment of the machined parts I will also send. It is an interior application. It can be a paint, a plating, or some combination, whatever works. Volumes up to 5K parts.

Cliff Hersh
Lighting OEM - Hayward, California, USA
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