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[Letters 2000 to 2999]

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2002. Zinc Plating Appearance Problems
2003. Galvanic Couple Between Chem-filmed Aluminum and Gold
2004A. Recycling dry lime sludge
2006. Platinum embrittlement
2007. Consultant needed for plating facility design
2008. Metalworking Fluids Recycling
2009. Nickel plate ductility problems
2012. Electroless copper plating adhesion
2013. Anodize for Ice Maker Evaporator
2014. Aluminum alloys & corrosion
2015. Anodize or Alodine under powder coating on aluminum
2016. Identifying tags for zinc plated and powder coated work
2017. Electro polishing tool steels
2019. 15-5 surface preparation
2020. Inconel
2021. Electropolishing
2022. FDA approval for EN?
2023. Nickel plating solution
2024. Precipitating Nickel
2025. Oxidation on copper surface
2026. Powder coat gas bubbles on zinc plate steel
2027. Electroless nickel tarnished during heat treatment
2028. Nitinol Electropolishing
2028a. How to electropolish Nitinol for microstructure studies
2029. Chrome over Electroless Nickel Shafts Adhesion/CD problems
2030. Trouble with passivating 17-4 Stainless Steel
2031. Removal of tin from wastewater
2032. Spraying acid to remove rust in zinc phosphatizing line?
2034. Max. operating temp.of zinc plating with chromate conversion
2035. High Chloride in Galvanizing water system
2036. Reclaiming Palladium Metal
2037. Imparting various color to copper wire
2038. White Specking on Galvanneal Surfaces?
2039. Hot dip galvanizing
2040. Electropolishing Titanium
2041. Painting techniques and different types of antique metal painting
2043. Fluxless Solder-Copper Bond
2044. Plating Iron
2046. Yellow Chromate Finish Quality?
2047. Source for Nickel Free Plating Solution for Fashion Jewelry
2049. Elimination of phosphating pretreatment for powder coating
2050. White/light anodizing on aluminum casting
2051. Proper shipping of ceramic finishing for oceanic transport
2052. Request for the testing method
2053. Hard Coating A380 die casting
2054. Zinc Plating - Advantages of different finishes
2055. Copper Adhesion on Copper
2057. Looking for cad. plating alternative
2058. Fluoboric Acid based Lead Strip
2060. Electrically conductive coatings for Mg die castings?
2061. Transparent Conductive Coating
2062. Adhesion between photo-resist[dry-film] and copper
2063. Blackening Copper
2064. Rumor: chromate conversion coatings cause skin cancer?
2065. Corrosion
2067. ADDITIVES FOR NICKEL ACETATE SEAL
2068. Protecting High Polish Magnesium
2069. Brass finishes
2070. Thin gold film on fibre optic cores
2071. Corrosion resistant coatings under Sea water and temperature exposure conditions
2072. NON-CHROMATE BRASS BRIGHT DIP
2073. Light reflecting aluminum coating on molded plastic parts
2074. Etching on electropolished steel parts
2075. HELP on Anodizing pretreatments
2076. Removing anodizing from aluminum
2077. Aluminum vs Stainless Steel cathodes for anodizing tank
2078. Bright dip chemicals attacking tank?
2079. Fishing Reels & Pitted Chrome: Refinishing Suggestions?
2080. Rust removal on antique gun
2081. Trivalent chromium solution, research
2082. Stripping electrolytic nickel from copper
2083. Problems encountered whilst de-embrittling zinc plating
2084. Quality margins
2085. Bright-dip replacement?
2087. Sodium Chromate Tetrahydrate?
2088. Flash rust in wash tanks
2089. Teflon coating removal
2090. Electroforming nickel/copper on ABS using pulse plating
2091. Surface modification of 316L
2092. Zinc Dichromate
2093. Alkaline Cleaner for SS316L
2094. Finishing Frames
2095. Need help with Brass cleaning and antitarnish
2097. Need Magnetic Shielding Coating
2098. Electroplating or Electroless nickel with clinch nuts
2099. Improving adhesion with a two step zincate
2100. Tarnishing brass
2101. Chromic Anodize Pitting Indications-2024 and Rack Stock
2102. Prepping Aluminum for good adhesion
2103. A company that can coat 316ss with black chrome?
2104. Nickel on chrome & zirconium
2105. Float valves
2106. Guess my plating problem
2107. Hardcoat
2108. Color case hardening steel
2109. How to paint on new steel
2110. Cyanide destruction
2111. Problems in cleaning brazed Copper product
2113. Do I need a primer on a galvanized steel pole?
2114. Cadmium Plating: Brightness = Embrittlement?
2115. Looking for information on electrophosphating
2116. How do I apply a color on stainless steel
2117. Wastewater Treatment Operating Costs
2118. Infrared vs. Convection??
2119. Dip Tank for Hot Wax Application
2120. Seeking UV vacuum metallization lacquers
2120a. Seeking shop to metallize foils [Germany]
2121. Gold Plating Solution Required
2122. Reflective Coating/Metallizing Materials
2123. Drag Finishing?
2124. Electropolishing of Silver
2125. Automated On-line Analyzer and Replenisher
2126. Why black oxide?
2127. Transfer efficiency
2128. Metal Colouring by Fishlock?
2130. Stripping Dry Film Lube from anodize
2131. "202 clear anodize"
2132. Formic acid [1%] as a pre-plate acid dip?
2133. Need chemical solvents for cleaning stainless
2134. Problems with PFC for Windows 95,98
2135. Passivate vs: bisulfate
2136. Sandblasting galvanized steel
2137. Aluminum Hard Anodization Steam Sealing Capability
2138. Aluminum Finishes
2139. Plateaus on polished 316L
2140. ECM of stainless steel tubing
2141. How to dispose of gold stripper
2142. English translation of Japanese Aluminum Anodization standards
2143. Aluminum Hard Anodization Steam Sealing Equipment
2144. Need 18K electroforming information
2145. Specification violation
2146. Alternate for chromic anodize
2147. Black Chromium Plating
2148. El Ni plating bath liners?
2149. Looking for Al-Alloy Panels
2150. Isocyanate-free Aircraft Topcoat
2151. Bearing raceway finish
2152. Plating to a rotating cathode
2153. Immersion Tin on Aluminum
2154. Looking for anodizing schools
2155. Radio Frequency Shielding with bright tin
2156. Analysis lab with Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy Capability
2157. Cobalt and environment
2159. TungstenCobalt alloy
2160. Tank Cleaning
2161. How can I tarnish, or make bright brass dull
2162. Porous Hard Anodize
2163. PLEASE HELP WITH COLLEGE PROJECT!
2164. Discontinuation of a plating room
2166. Processes for electroless nickel plating
2167. Equipment setup to restore wire shelving finish
2168. Portable anodizing for plumbing fixtures
2169. Conductive coating and thick gold
2170. Coating measuring
2171. Passivation
2173. Titanium Polishing
2174. Titanium Disc Surface "Bright" Treatment
2175. Seeking XRF standards
2176. Copper plating
2177. Drying Method for Stampings
2178. Energy efficient electroplating
2179. Comparison of Different Metal Coatings
2182. Students Need Urgent Help
2183. Steel mandrel etching out of aluminum
2184. HVLP gun range finders
2185. Looking for low gloss field applied exterior polyurethane
2186. Metal Finishing
2187. Pretreatment problem
2188. Wanted info on chromate
2189. Plating process info needed for school project
2190. Surface Treatment For TungstenCopper Material
2191. Alumilite Finish Needed?
2192. MIDS - selective plating of polymers
2193. Coloring of stainless steel
2194. Surface preparation problem
2195. Nickel Sulphamate bath additive
2196. How to deposit copper uniformly
2197. Chromic vs. Sulfuric Anodize
2198. Plating specification
2199. Difference between electroplating and anodizing?
2200. First Pass Transfer Efficiency
2201. Plating onto Carbon
2202. Inquiry for Anodize thickness measuring units
2203. High Mg 356 casting and aluminum anodizing
2204. Canadian company wanted for 'bronzing" supplies
2205. Electroforming Magnetic materials
2206. Deburring small stainless and titanium parts
2207. Avoiding Orange Peel
2208. Alkaline Zinc-Nickel Adhesion to Hardened Steels
2209. Chrome oxide finish with a barrier coat
2210. How to anodize my project for school
2211. Books about buffing and polishing
2212. Environmental Site Assessments
2213. Hull Cell Testing
2214. Coating for zinc plate
2215. Cadmium Plate Thickness Control
2216. Primer for bus vehicle
2217. Help needed
2218. Sheet steel preparations for oil painting
2219. ASTM Specifications
2220. Basic primer on anodizing
2221. Water Quality
2222. Alkaline non-cyanide zinc problem
2223. Cobalt in gold deposits
2224. Help-Having trouble plating this steel
2225. Appearance Standards
2226. Looking for technical info
2227. Anodizing vs powder coating?
2228. Cyanide health problems
2229. Coated Valve Threads
2230. PASSIVATION OF 2205 DUPLEX STAINLESS STEEL
2231. Hydrogen Relief of Electoplated Parts
2232. THIN FILM CORROSION PREVENTATIVE
2233. Clear vs Yellow Chromate
2234. Protective Coatings
2235. Where can I get the elusive powder
2236. Potassium gold cyanide
2237. Anodize vs chromate conversion
2238. Dye Bath Control
2239. I want an estimate of a Finishing Plant
2240. Electropolishing tungsten
2241. Satin finish Hard Chrome
2242. Selective Gold Plating
2243. Electroplaters and Building Codes
2244. Non-cyanide based continuous wire plating
2245. Coating for Rusted Steel
2246. Anti Oxidating Anode
2247. Salt Spray Chambers Wanted
2248. Improved Driveability Needed!
2249. Looking for European Job Shops
2250. Need shop to blacken stainless steel screws
2250a. How to blacken stainless steel parts
2251. Books for analytical methods for plating solution
2252. Teflon Coating on Aluminum
2253. Conductive coating for aluminum
2254. Removing tin from copper
2255. Magnesium and Equipment for etching
2256. Black oxide finish
2257. Life of Nickel Sulfamate bath
2258. Chemicals for electropolishing or chemical polishing of gold jewelry
2259. High Temp Adhesive
2260. Oxyseal Coating
2261. How to produce zinc sulfate
2262. Silver or gold coatings on glass
2263. Silver electrodeposition on YBa2Cu3O7
2264. DETERMINATION OF METAL THICKNESS
2265. Tough metallic coatings for nonmetallic composite panels
2267. Where is PFS Media manufacturer ?
2268. Looking for Electroless Tin Solution
2269. Outsourcing of paint mixing operation
2270. Electro-polish pure titanium
2271. Remove tarnish from shell casings
2272. Potential increase of the anodizing business
2273. Sulfonic acid
2274. Need Help wFinish that can withstand abrasion
2275. Anode Current density for electroforming
2276. Gold plating
2277. Zn production line needed
2278. Strength Reduction from Zinc Plating
2279. Finding EN solution
2280. Vapor degreasing
2281. Iron chelates
2282. Woods Nickel Strike
2283. Anti-tarnish Brass Coating
2284. Vapor Degreaser Acid Inhibitor Needed
2285. Properties of Chrome in relation to thickness
2286. Electroplating for injection molding
2287. Conductivity of zinc chromate coating
2288. Advise on coating wood
2289. Zinc Phosphate
2290. Marbleized colors on aluminum profiles?
2291. NICKEL FREE SOLUTION
2292. Wanted to Buy: Powder Coating Line
2293. Porous coating on aluminum
2294. Search for black plating process
2295. Looking for book -Paints and Varnishes
2296. Rust formation on etched 304 stainless
2297. Waste Stream Cu Analysis
2298. Looking For Aluminum - Copper composite material[plate]
2299. Two stumpers
2300. RACK MARKS IN ZINC PLATING
2301. Tempering after grinding for stress relief?
2302. Need Information on Pulse Plating
2303. Failure testing of nickel plating
2304. Ripple and nickel plating
2305. Cold sealing
2306. Pulse rectification
2307. Color anodizing of die-cast aluminum
2308. What pre-alodine cleaners and deoxidizers are commonly used by the industry?
2309. Microcracks in hard chrome
2310. Need a Conductive Coating for BrassCopper plating
2311. Molten salt electroplating informationhelp
2312. SnPb Plating - Carbon Treating
2313. SnPb sulfonic baths - expected lifetime
2314. Problem on black chromate
2316. High temp titanium oxidation prevention
2317. How can I get those little suckers painted?
2318. Electro-coagulation vs Ion Exchange?
2319. What is Ultrabrass?
2320. Stainless Steel colouring
2321. Zinc passivates and temperature
2322. EN heat exchanger
2323. Silicon carbide whisker
2324. Equipment to measure surface area
2325. Polypropylene balls
2326. How to dispose of gold stripper
2327. Durable brass plating - titanium process developed by NASA
2328. Carburetor linkage plating
2329. Tuffcoat electrolytic clearcoat
2330. Heating Zinc Ammonia Chloride[ZAC]
2331. Measuring Plating Thickness
2332. Inert anode
2333. Ion Deposition
2334. Adhesion testing of Thermal Sprayed Coatings
2335. Cerium plating?
2336. Cleaning stages prior to plating
2337. Cyanide Bronze Plate Bath Analysis Procedures
2338. Power supply for anodizing titanium
2339. Tin on Aluminium castings, an adhesion problem
2340. Looking for info on plating Bi and C
2341. Metal Finishes
2342. Chrome plating problem
2344. Electroplated copper
2345. Powder Coat Safety Recommendations
2346. Nickel Sulfamate appearance
2348. Market for used electropolishing acid
2349. FREE Nickel and Brass Plating Chemicals
2350. Electroplating in Thailand
2351. Chrome stripping
2352. Chemical, UV, and High-Temperature Resistant Paint
2353. Removal of weld varnish
2354. Plating on Thyroplast 2316
2355. Thickness measurement
2356. Technical : Copper vs zinc-plated copper for hanging rods?
2357. How to dry zinc-base diecastings after plating?
2358. Do you operate cyanide-free alkaline copper process?
2359. Gold plating supplier in the netherlands
2360. Coil line equipment for paluminum printing plates
2361. New Aluminum Alodizing Chemicals Available
2362. Agingtarnishing brass
2363. Bad adhesion of hard chrome on stainless steel
2364. Costbenefit analysis of heat treating CRS to eliminate hydrogen embrittlement
2365. Overhead Lifting Equipment in the Galvanizing Industry
2366. Looking for palladium technical information
2367. Have you heard of a device called a hot spray barrel?
2368. Powder coating on zinc die-cast - Adhesion problem
2369. Thin film anodizing
2370. Pulse Rectifier Hardcoat question
2371. Plastic tanks for anodizehardcoat
2372. Painting plastic figures
2373. Plating info
2374. Zinc enhanchment
2375. Appearance of Mild Steel after Bead Blast and Black Zinc..
2376. Activating salts for nickel
2377. Paint finish inspection
2378. Rust patinization
2380. Paintpowder stripping
2381. Question re: Boric Acid Determination in Ni Bath
2382. Zinc Anodizing in Ontario?
2383. Color shift during sealing
2384. Engineering Jobshop
2385. Smut[?]on indium-silver
2386. Cyanide-free silver bath
2387. Need some cyanide free gold
2388. Patination and protection
2389. Hazardous exposure in preparation?
2390. Phosphated Steel Finish Quality
2391. Hydrogen embrittlement of zinc deposits
2392. Immersion Tin
2393. Search For Dark Brown Plating
2394. Making other materials look like stainless steel
2395. Electroplating Help
2396. Zinc Plating
2397. Internal powder coating application information
2399. Preserving patinas without gloss
2400. Anodised aluminium pet tags
2401. Correlation between acceleratednatural weathering
2401. Correlation between acceleratednatural weathering
2402. Is it possible to use Copper pennies as alloy for silver ?
2403. LOOKING FOR TITANIUM-PLATINUM ALLOY
2404. Galvanic action between Aluminum &Stainless Steel
2405. Using nickel anodes in a cadmium plating solution
2406. Problems with zinc plating
2407. Infra-red curing for powder coating of aluminium sections
2408. Filters for powder coating booths
2409. Optimum pH for Acid zinc
2410. Need vertical powder coating line for aluminum
2412. Novice question
2413. Heatspreader plating for good adhesion
2414. Cadmium Plate Chemical Maskant Needed
2415. Plating Polymers
2416. Metal ion removal
2417. Pump problems with palladium-nickel rinses
2418. Polish small ID of brass part
2419. Powder coating defect types
2420. Jigs of anodizing process
2421. Safer etching of silver?
2422. Buy metal plating chemistry
2423. pH resistance of zinc dichromate
2424. Leadtin BARREL plating
2425. Filtration of chrome solution
2426. Hardwearing coating of Aluminium
2427. Zinc Deposit on Anode Baskets
2428. Plating tin alloys
2429. Coating jewelry with lacquer
2430. Help with info about Krome King?
2431. Shiny Copper Forever?
2432. BA surface finish
2433. Clear Finishing Dilemma
2434. Rinsing Process
2435. Manganese Phosphate Bath Heating and Sludge Control
2436. Steel railing finishing
2437. Carburetor finish removal
2438. Wanted - Electroless Gold Wash
2439. Commercial Bronze Plating Baths
2440. BASIC HELP WANTED
2441. Ebonol C
2442. Passivation of SpotSeam Welded Stainless Steel
2443. Porous Aluminum
2444. Painting over electrogalvanizedchromated steel
2445. Wear resistant coatings for 17-4 PH Stainless Steel
2446. Clear anodize for cosmetic application
2447. Gold is too shiny: what do I do?
2448. Nickle Sulfamate Tank
2449. Effect of Heat on GoldNickel Plated Kovar
2450. Chrome Removal
2452. Fluidised dip tank
2453. Neodymium-Ferrite-Boron Electroplating Technology
2454. What is gold potassium cyanide?
2455. Seeking coil coating line
2456. Plating motorcycle parts at home
2457. VAPOR PHASE ELECTROPOLISHING
2458. Replating Christmas Ornament
2459. Discoloration of Black Anodized Aluminum Parts
2460. Nickel-plating stainless
2461. Cloud-Chamber coating process
2462. Problem with stripping heavy copper plate after carburizing
2463. PLASTIC MEDIA FOR MASS FINISHING
2464. XRF Machine
2465. Nickel Plating Alternatives?
2466. Looking for a used Taber Abrader
2467. Titanium sword blades to be finished
2468. Finishing for copper, brass, aluminum combo
2469. Hard Anodizing MIC-6 Tooling Plate
2470. IR Reflow Equipment
2471. Zinc Iron Chromate for linear guide rail product
2472. High temp powder coating pretreatment
2473. A waste of time?
2474. Need polypro tank advice
2475. New zinc electro plate line won't plate
2476. "Chrome" some PLASTIC fishing lures
2477. LOOKING FOR SOLDER PROCESS
2478. NEED Ni electroforming supply
2479. Chrome paint
2480. Is chrome plating best for us?
2481. Wanting information about "Low Volume" Anodising plant& equipment
2482. Free nickel solution
2483. Rubber metal bonding
2484. Furnishing finishes
2485. Top Coat for Zn black [SpanishEspanol]
2486. Cass test for Gold deposit
2487. Electroless Nickle
2488. Hard Anodized
2489. Looking for a Spec on Black Electrophoretic Coating
2490. Gold plating of Stainless Steel
2491. Conversion Coatings
2492. Science student in need of help! what IS the purpose of ethylene glycol?
2493. Hue difference problem in Ag plating
2494. Adhesion Problem
2495. Application ideas for conductive, solderable polymer coating?
2496. Prevention of corrosion in steam boiler systems
2497. Data on Silver Plating
2498. Acid copper onto steel?
2499. Chrome plating of steel mill work rolls and also EDT texturing
2500. Help with Silver plating
2501. Chrome repair of undersize parts
2502. Burnishing powder
2503. Selective Nickel to Nichrome etch
2504. Desperate search
2505. Have you heard of Pai-Kor's Plaforization product?
2506. Looking for Rubber Masking Tool Designer and Manufacturer?
2507. Brass Plating on MS & Aluminium?
2508. Vendors wanted for Iridium or Tantalum plating on Titanium
2509. Abrasive Blasting Technique
2510. Painting & Silk Screening on Bare Aluminum
2511. Bead blasted stainless rusting?
2512. Antique silver plated horse
2513. Copper jewlery
2514. Aluminum coating
2515. Anodizing on dye cast aluminium
2516. Important Blasting Info Needed!
2517. Looking for Metal Filled Epoxies
2518. How to improve friction of steel on ice
2519. Coating for a mold used for polyurethane foam
2520. Polisher needed
2521. How bad is Chromate?
2522. Hardness of Nickel Plating?
2523. Looking for used Zinc Galvanizing equipment
2524. European Surface Finishes
2525. Looking for Manufacturer quote Zinc line
2526. In search of copper patinas
2527. Electro Chemical Buffing
2528. Iron Phosphate VS Conversion Coatings on aluminum
2529. Stainless Brightness on 6463 Alloy
2530. Etching Aluminium
2531. Steel Artwork
2532. Electropolish Q's
2533. Anodizing mask needed
2534. Nickel PlatingStress relief
2535. Wanted: E-Coat line
2536. Accounting Program
2537. Looking for Chrome on Plastic plater
2538. What are the physical properties of Steel 316L?
2539. Available finishing on forged steel artworks?
2540. Where can I find this book?
2541. New Business Advice Needed
2542. Corrosion Comparison chart
2443. Porous Aluminum
2544. What the anodizing and "beer can" finish is costing
2545. Looking for JS-600 finish, and chrome like finish on plastic
2546. Dry Film Lubricants
2547. Interested to purchase aluminum foil
2548. HARD COAT ANODIZING
2549. Market research
2550. Spare parts for environmental chamber
2551. Question about phosphate coating
2552. Aluminium anodised name plates
2553. Chromating magnesium racing wheels
2554. DeVilbiss Powder system
2555. Flaky anodize
2556. Looking for form for supplier audit
2557. Rust removal from car chassis
2558. Motorcycle Rims
2559. Hard Anodize
2560. Palladium Chloride Supplier Wanted
2561. Hydrogen embrittlement baking cycles
2562. Electro Chemical Deburring
2563. Hot Dipped Galvanizing vs Zinc Plating
2564. Looking for polishing prep methods to provide smooth hard coat on 6061-T6
2565. Nylon coating
2566. Help to get started silver plating
2567. Anodizing remover
2568. Preparation or coatings
2569. E M I Powder [ electro magnetic inductance powder ]
2570. Delamination of fluorocarbon polymer from anodized aluminum
2571. Ductility of plated molybdenum
2572. Automated Polishing of Stellite
2573. Corroguard cg941- where can i find it
2574. Divercy process v. electropolishing?
2575. Titanium Racks in Chromic Acid Anodize
2576. Methods for pH measurement in D.I. water
2577. Indium Plating of Copper
2578. Clearcoat ProblemRemoval?
2579. Waste treating nitric acid nickel strips
2580. Waste disposal of Acid Copper solution
2581. High efficiency chromium plating
2582. Masking for chrome
2583. US market volume [$]
2584. Copper Analysis
2585. Zn electroplating student project
2586. Can you make your own chrome stripper and nickle activator?
2587. Looking for shops that plate 1 to 4 alum. auto wheels
2588. Software - Preventive Maintenance
2589. EN onto nylon or plastic
2590. Gold plated electrical contacts
2591. Determining HF concentration in Nitric acid baths
2592. Looking for supplier of Al-Mg plates
2593. Porous Pots
2594. Ruthenium plating
2595. Hydrogen Embrittlement
2596. Seeking rotary electroforming station for 33-13 RPM record stampers
2597. Diff. Ni-Cd Fatigue
2598. Black Chromated zinc in contact with Magnesium
2600. Chromic acid problem
2601. Suppliers of Solder Plating Solution Wanted
2602. Carbonate Refrigeration Equipment
2603. Powder Coating Sheet Metal Screws
2604. Passivation Standards
2605. Galvinized tin
2606. Rust finish
2607. Powdercoating galvanised steel
2608. Getting the rims on our motorcycles dipped
2609. Copper/brass tarnish removal and protective coating
2610. Recommendations for Clearcoat?
2611. Interference Colour Anodizing
2612. Titanium scrapSyncro-Plat machines
2613. Wash Booth Disappearing
2614. Stainless steel sink scratches
2614a. Seeking electropolishing equipment [Latvia]
2615. Zinc-Nickel plating w/ iridescent chromate coating
2616. Touch-up Spray
2617. Wear resistant coating for nickel
2618. Polishing beryllium spheres
2619. Chrome Plating Plastic Parts
2620. Phos & Wax in Tennessee
2621. New anodize line questions
2622. Copper sulphate question
2623. Loose contaminants in Tin Plating
2624. Beware of this embrittlement!
2625. ACID GOLD PROPERTIES
2626. Lead plating or coating of brass electrical connectors
2627. Aluminum Desmutting Solutions
2628. Anodizing in Southeast USA
2629. Electropolishing 15-5 stainless castings
2630. Surface Area Calculation
2631. Electropolish racking problem
2632. Handling cadmium plated parts
2633. Wanted: Aluminum Impregnation and Alodining Equipment Provider
2634. Can epoxy paints be used on mirror polished stainless surface?
2635. Plating on Zinc
2636. Wirebonding to the copper plate
2637. HELP:Industrial Applications of Electroplating
2638. Cheap alternatives to Chromate post-treatment
2639. Electroless tin
2640. Air emissions from cadmium electroplating
2641. Notches along stainless steel electropolished edges
2642. Vibratory Plating
2643. Need general and technical Plating information
2644. Plating zinc based die-cast articles
2645. Wanted !! Nordson 1999 Price List
2646. Canadian Anodizing Houses
2647. Cooling for anodizing
2648. PROTECTION COATING FOR ALUMINIUM FINNED TUBING
2649. Nickel plating stainless steel tubing
2650. Help on a Science Project
2651. Polishing English Riding Stirrups
2652. Aluminum alloy composition and structure
2653. Removing Electroless Nickel from steel
2654. Home anodizing. Myth or reality?
2655. Looking for answers re. Alvin Co.
2656. Lacquer problems
2657. Peptone and Tin Plating?
2658. SPC Book for beginners
2659. Ni plating- Carbon Substrate
2660. Micromask
2661. Electroless and sulfamate nickel plating problems
2662. Heat coloring Copper
2663. Corrosion protection & blackening
2664. Coatings on glass with Indium oxide doped with tin
2665. Metal and alloy coatings on tube IDs
2666. Black anodize on 380 die castings
2667. Home zinc plating
2668. Bacteria problem on E-Coat systems
2669. Coating Selection for Ti Alloy
2670. Aerosol can spray
2671. Agitators
2672. Conversion coatings on aluminum & Immersion gold Interface
2673. Conductivity of zinc-chromate electroplating materials
2674. Rinse Dilemma
2675. Tungsten carbide plating
2676. Stainless steel tumbling media
2677. GOLD OVER NICKEL PLATING FOR ELECTRICAL CONTACTS
2678. REEL TO REEL LINE
2679. ANODISE 6XXX ALUMINIUM EXTRUSION MATERIAL
2680. Failure of Hardcoat Film
2681. How do you remove Zn from Ni Sulfamate Bath?
2682. Rh sulphate
2683. RAPID PAINTING / CURING OF PLASTIC [A.B.S] COMPONENTS
2684. Removing electoless Ni from steel
2685. Potassium Hydroxide as Thru-hole Activator
2686. Citric acid for copper passivation??
2687. Painting Service, Automotive OEM
2688. Plating Racks
2689. Pebax Coating on Aluminum
2690. Adhesion Specification
2691. Aluminum anodizing technique
2692. help with blueing brass
2693. POTENTIOSTAT/GALVANOSTAT
2694. PLASTIC BARREL PLATING FOR PLASTIC PARTS
2695. Process Control of Solutions
2696. Electroplating of Alloys by Abner Brenner
2697. Blacking of metals - steel and cast iron
2698. Need research info re: zinc on car bodies
2699. Activation of Japan steel
2700. BLACK ANODIZE COLOR PROBLEM
2701. Al-Mn-Aloy plating
2702. Electroplating finishing facility for urban hydroponics gardening
2703. Sulfamate Nickel GM 4254M Code 10
2704. Yellow patches in silver plating
2705. RMS finish requirement
2706. Metallic whiskers
2707. Rhodium plating on gold cables
2708. BLACKENING FOR STEEL AND CAST IRON
2709. Large capacity EN/Teflon bath required
2710. Source for copper plating very long steel bars
2711. Waste treatment
2712. Cyanide removal from electroplating wastewater
2713. Iridescent zinc plating without hex-chrome
2714. Spec QQ-Z-235
2715. Jet Black on Brass [Wear resistant if poss.]
2716. Test Panel Suppliers
2717. Etching of magnesium  
2718. Phosphoric acid anodising of aluminium  
2719. Bullet Coatings
2720. Chromating on zinc
2721. Silver free black chromate
2722. Finishing large quantities of big and small parts quickly
2723. Nikasil plating on motorcycle cylinders
2724. Plate nickel on aluminum
2725. Latest of powder coating [in Spanish]
2726. Improve Booth
2727. 99 HARLEY
2728. Soldering nickel titanium wire????
2729. Pulse plating
2730. Looking for polishing-buffing machines
2731. Gold Plated Glass [windows]
2732. Determination of T.D.S. in water
2733. Deionized water
2734. Information Needed For Type III Hard Clear Anodize!!
2735. Restoring antique radios
2736. Magnetic abrasive powder
2737. Waterspots on zinc phosphated black dichromated metal
2738. Stainless Steel Refinishing
2739. PICKLING FOOD PROCESS WATER PIPE
2740. Measuring surface reflectance
2741. Re-chromating cadmium plated fasteners
2742. Need Source for 16,000 Amp DC Ammeter
2743. Continuous electrocoating system
2744. Plastics plating
2745. Phosphate coated steel after excessive temperature exposure
2746. Looking for carbon or woodprinted foil
2747. Chrome plating on fiberglass and plastics
2748. Recoating Hot-dip Galvanized Coil
2749. nickle plating?
2750. Information on recovering acetone
2751. Replacement of trichloroethylene in ellipsometers
2752. Nickel Activation
2753. Effect of Chromate Leaching on Conversion Coated Zinc Nickel Alloy Plate
2754. Old HVWM Co. stuff
2755. Metallised membranes
2756. Powdercoating plastics?
2757. Polish removal
2758. Anodizing appearance variations
2759. Nickel plater for polycarbonate
2760. Metallised polymer membranes
2761. Yellow zinc plating with different appearance
2762. Nickel Plate Repair
2763. Electroplating solution of niobium or tantalum
2764. Conductive coating on Mg
2765. Imitation Rose Gold
2766. Aluminium plate - Bubble and peel
2767. SALT SPRAY HIGH RESISTANCE AFTER NITRIDING PROCESS
2768. Autophoretic source needed in Ontario Canada
2769. Stainless Steel Rust?
2770. Internal versus External Heaters
2771. CrP stainless steel tubing
2772. Re-Anodizing or Epoxy Paint?
2773. Nickel and Chrome Oxide
2774. Tin over S.S.
2775. Conductive Prep for ABS & ABS/PC
2776. Is Hard Anodizing More Difficult?
2777. Plating tank cover design
2778. Spring Breaking After Zinc Plating
2779. Tribo vs Super corona equipment
2780. Ceramic Chrome Supplies
2781. Copper plating on Carbon?
2782. Stripping Gold and Nickel from Copper
2783. LACQUERING BLACK ANODIZE
2784. Spot welding smut
2785. We need a fuel-oil fired boiler
2786. Tin Plating
2787. Vacuum Coating Equipment
2788. What is a 400 grit finish?
2789. Nickel plating wooden figurines
2790. The right maskant
2791. Copper-solder cleaning
2792. Continuous Phosphating
2793. Chromating Aluminum A-360 alloy
2794. Optimum coating weight for chromate conversion
2795. Black finish on Aluminium
2796. Intimate Secrets of Your Great ... Great Grandpa
2797. Nickel Strike
2798. Cobalt Acetate
2799. Silver Plating Plastic
2800. HELP NEEDED FOR ENGINEERING CLASS
2801. CP Ti etch maskant
2802. Filtering solutions
2803. FINE TEXTURE ON TITANIUM
2804. Carbonate removal in silver cyanide bath
2805. Chemically etch nickel?
2806. Dow 20 on Magnesium
2807. Aluminum and chlorine
2809. Industrial Anodizing
2810. Electropolishing Supplies
2811. Polishing a titanium bicycle frame
2812. Restoring Saab Aircraft
2813. PAINT EXPERT NEEDED - N. CALIFORNIA
2814. Thermographic Inspection in welded workpieces
2815. Silver on glass
2816. What is 'bright plating'?
2817. Non cyanide brass bath
2818. Vibratory plating rental
2819. Pt over Tungsten?
2820. References Information on P2Etch Process and Alodine Process
2821. We need thermal & abrasive deburring equipment
2822. A Replacement For Plated Finishes
2823. Oven for Powder Coating
2824. I WANT TO BUY RAW MATERIAL FOR NICKLE BRIGHTENER
2825. Cu-Ag grain boundary etch
2826. Plastic armor finish?
2827. Copper - steel separation
2828. Rose Gold
2829. Wanted - Mexico Powder Coating
2830. Anodizing information
2831. Mirror finish
2832. Hard Anodize
2833. Certificate for environmental friendly cleaner
2834. Looking for Electrodag 109B
2835. Searching for plater
2836. Need bright dipping info
2837. Heat resistant conductive materials
2838. Polishing Soft, Low-Temp Alloys?
2839. Young's modulus for Invar 36
2840. Calculating waste gases from nickel plating
2841. PCTFE coating materials wanted
2842. Reasons for Anode Polarization
2843. Electrolytic Tinplate
2844. Student Question: Uses of boric acid, fluorine, and barium sulfide
2845. Forming quality feather edges-burrs in metals
2846. Waste treatment in zincplating
2847. Sprinkler Head Protection
2848. Osmium & Irdium Electroplating
2849. Material and equipment for plastisol
2850. Protection for outdoor sculpture with rust and patinas
2851. Silver flaking from E.N.
2852. Sludge Dryer
2853. Looking for Ion Exchange Resins
2854. Wanted: Antique Brass Electoplating
2855. Delrin Surface Finishing
2856. Need info about the electroless copper plating bath
2857. Need parkerizing instructions
2858. Nikasil Plating, how is it done and what is it?
2859. What is the effect of waveform on anodizing?
2860. Patina Copper
2861. Can i plate copper on amorphous carbon thin films
2862. JS500 vs E-coating
2863. ELECTROPLATING PRODUCTS OVER 30' IN LENGTH
2864. Cleaning m-c for jigs
2865. Surface Tension Testing
2866. Post-Plating Dip Processes
2867. Penny Science Project
2868. WANTED USED POWDER COAT EQUIPMENT
2869. home plater, what's the prob?
2870. PVD
2871. Stainless Steel in Foods
2872. Chemical Removal of Braze Alloy
2873. ion specific cation resins
2874. Metal coating preventing stray light in the UV-Visible range
2875. RHODIUM PLATING
2876. Fluid Power Questions
2877. Maximum Hardness of Hard Chromium plating
2878. Gun Metal Plater
2879. Dendritic growths during Cu plating
2880. Looking for Stapleton process source
2881. Stress in ni sulfamate
2882. Evaluation of strip solution life
2883. Safety of anodizing titanium
2884. Aluminum [???] pool ladder
2885. Looking for information on a blackening process on ss
2886. Tin plating of cookwarestandard
2887. Disposal or recycling of Muriatic acid used in stripping chromium
2888. Anodizing in PA
2889. Holiday Detection
2890. Inquiring for the yield strength of electroplated nickel
2891. EN plating of zinc diecast-Stripping
2892. UK Chrome plating of Aluminium parts
2893. ZINC CLEANING COMPOUND
2894. Black Oxide Finish Removal From Brass
2895. Transparent Powder Over Aluminum
2896. Polishing Titanium; Pretreatment
2897. Question About Vertical Anodizing
2898. Factors affecting the as-deposited hardness of EN-P
2899. Copper Whiskers during Copper Electroplating
2900. Decorative colored passivation
2901. Chips after EN plating?
2902. Heavy metal copper waste?
2903. Uneven weight loss in etching
2904. Address for Manufacturer-Service Center for Isoscope
2905. Type 3 Class 1 anodizing requirement for a large structure
2906. Plating external threads
2907. Alloy Electroplating
2908. TIN WHISKER PROBLEM
2909. Wanted: Used microsection equipment
2910. Hydrogen Embrittlement Tests
2911. HELP! Painting on nickel electroless
2912. Require Molybdenum Solubility Data
2913. Info about chemical side of plating?
2914. Chlorine, aluminum, & coldfusion
2915. Help with Brass oxidizing
2916. Looking for Special Chemicals, Inc.
2917. Info on Cobalt-Zinc orCobalt-Nickel alloy plating
2918. Activation of Hard Nickel Alloy
2919. Evaporation rates for waste electropolishing solutions
2920. Bright Aluminum or Silverplating
2921. Electrograining
2922. Wet Coat and Powder coating to Zinc-yellow chromate finish
2923. Thermal Creep of Nickel
2924. Gold Plating Adhesion on bending part
2925. Nylon Coating Removal
2926. Copper coating of plastic foils
2927. Brass plating with paladium
2928. Powder Coating alkaline zinc deposits
2929. Selective stripping of anodizing
2930. Brown stain in nickel plating
2931. Nickel Bronze flatware tarnish
2932. Brass plate 800 lb bell?
2933. Pool Graphics
2934. Plating on plastic
2935. Electroless Nickel on Plastic Injection Molds
2936. Looking for vendors of alumized pipe and fittings
2938. Nickel Sulphamate Passivation and additives
2939. Alodine Pencil?
2940. Gold electroplating
2941. Electroless Paladium
2942. Manganese phosphate supplies
2943. Problem - Nickel Acetate Seal Producing a film on Black Anodize
2944. What is joncoat?
2945. Nikasil on plastics
2946. Vendor to sulphuric Black anodize using inorganic dyes
2947. IVD Peel Strength
2948. I need help with a masking problem
2949. Cadmium Adhesion
2950. Need to Calibrate Udylite PC-10 Hull Cell Rectifier
2951. BLACK CHROMATE OF ALUMINUM?
2952. Heat-anodizing of titanium
2953. Seeking info on mercury usage
2954. Copper on Quartz
2955. Dumpsters, trash AND wrought iron treasures
2956. Passivation procedure for Electroless Nickel
2957. Gold solution efficiency
2958. Wanted: Atomic Absorbtion Spectrophotometers
2959. Stainless steel grill top
2960. Aging Galvanized Sheet Metal Products
2961. Debonding problems with metallized PVC film
2962. Grey Dull Surface Coating On Aluminum
2963. Electropolishing stainlesssteel
2964. Woods nickel strike ?
2965. Needed: Pewter Plated and-or Oil Rubbed Bronze Finishes
2966. Need tester to find lead paint
2967. Chromate conversion coloring
2968. Electroless copper bath stability questions
2969. Wrinkle finishing
2970. Rhodium Electroplating
2971. Need advice on new market
2972. Electro-polishing of pure metals
2973. Black coating stainless?
2974. Long term effects of cadmium plated steel wire?
2975. Silver plating
2976. Dryer needed for passivated SS parts over 5" long
2977. Hot Melt Vinyl Plastisol
2978. Rochelle salts in silver solutions
2979. ACID ZINC BLACK CHROMATE
2980. Zinc cobalt vs Galv
2981. Seeking SIC's of Companies using Electrostating Coating Processes
2982. Good Reference Books for Electroplating
2983. CHROMATE CONVERSION COAT
2984. Electrolytic etching of titanium
2985. Nitrite-free phosphate problems
2986. Bright Dipping of Brass
2987. Electroless copper plating on VALOX
2988. Electrically conductive black finish for steel?
2989. Coloured finish on nickel chromium alloy layer
2990. Wrinkle Black Powder Coat
2991. Home Powdercoating Gun-Powders for DIY Small Projects?
2992. Sheradising
2993. Reel-to-reel Ni-Au jobshop needed
2994. Reworking a chromated &painted part?
2995. HELP FOR CHILLING PLANT FOR ANODISING
2996. Strontiumelectroplating?
2997. Hot Rolled vs Cold Rolled
2998. Hot tin-lead dip
2999. War medals are tarnishing

 

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