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3000. Problems in Gold plating
3001. Trivalent Chrome Plating Chemicals Available
3002. French Finish
3003. Dissolving gold deposit for analysis
3004. Treatment of Acid Gold Cyanide Baths
3005. Plating White Metal
3006. Corrosion resistance of tungsten heavy metal alloys
3007. Metal coating on fibers
3008. Poor zinc chromate
3010. Corrosion testing
3011. Natatorium ductwork
3013. Satin nickel plating
3014. Titanium etching
3015. MolyPhos
3017. Electropolishing Type 304SS Problem
3018. PAINTING ALUMINUM FOR OUTDOOR EXPOSURE
3019. Blackening Nitinol
3020. Future trends in the Metal Finishing Industry
3021. JS-500
3022. Durable,"Lifetime" outdoor brass finishes
3023. Anhydrous ammonia fuming of copper?
3024. Powder coating vs. polyurethane enamel coatings
3025. Pitting in tin
3027. Turn sandblasted steel deep brown
3028. Resilvering plateware
3029. Pretreatment process for brake pads
3030. Chrome Plating Hanger or Rack Material
3031. Electrical Grounding of Anodized Parts
3032. Chromate in Chemical Conversions on Aluminum
3033. Bronze-Gold Coloring of Stainless Steel Window Handles
3034. Strange black residue appears on 15-5PH stainless after electropolishing
3035. How to specify yellow zinc chromate
3036. Palladium chloride as a precursor for silver deposition
3037. Nickel Quality
3038. Gold plating on Music Wire
3039. Transparent protective coating
3040. Plating codes
3041. Removing Chrome from Brass
3042. Mid-Phos EN salt spray problems
3043. Cadmium Diffusion into Steel
3045. Black nickel plating in PCBs [circuit boards]
3046. Metal hydroxide sludge reuse
3048. Paint plugs in an e-coat system
3049. ANODISING ALUMINIUM
3050. ALUMINUM ANODIZING PARAMETERS?
3051. Carburetor Shaft Coating
3052. Iron nickel alloy plating
3053. Tarnish on silver plating of electronic components
3054. COLOR PLATING
3055. How to patina brass
3057. Anodizing in layers using a screen??
3058. Black Spotting after Baking
3059. Wood spray toners
3060. 17-4PH stainless finishing
3061. Plating on Magnesium
3062. Lithographic plate
3063. Looking for brightener in palladium nickel plating solution
3064. GMP Standards
3065. Low Chrome Seal For Anodized Aluminum
3066. ANODIZING Vs. POWDER COATING
3067. Yellow fingerprint stains on zinc + clear chromate
3068. Yellow drip stain on Iridite aluminum
3069. Antiquing Paint
3071. Problems with the Faraday cage
3072. Anodizing of Tungsten
3073. Hard Anodizing 7050 Alloy
3074. Re: buy a powder coating system
3075. Am I crazy to want to start a job shop?
3076. Hardness in Electroless Nickel plating
3077. Chem Milling of FeCrAl Films
3078. Immersion Gold Plating
3079. Porcelain enamel surface prep
3080. "Finishing Shops for the 90's and Beyond"
3081. Duplex Nickel
3082. ANTI-GALLING COATING
3083. Galvanizing startup
3084. Nickel [and gold] plating on Tantalum
3085. Considerations ZA-27
3086. Cyanogen iodide destruction
3087. ANODIZING ALUMINUM BAKING PANS
3089. Plating stained glass
3090. Hex chrome laser marking passivation
3091. Adhesive Use on Conversion Coated Surfaces
3092. Need advise on plating thickness measurement
3093. Chrome-looking Powdercoat
3094. Inexpensive black electroplate technique?
3095. Antique look for maps
3096. Shielding your home from a power transformer
3097. Super fine finish for used stainless steel commercial kitchen equipments
3099. Nickel or copper coated graphite powder
3100. Getting into automotive gold and chrome plating
3101. Getting mercury to adhere to copper
3102. Electroplating and ISO9002
3103. Resists for silk screen printing application
3104. Zinc nickel
3105. Wastewater treatment created "peanut butter" sludge.Help!!!
3106. Gold Plating Tools
3107. Silver plating directly on Aluminium
3110. Aluminum oxidation remover/cleaner
3111. Raw aluminum finish
3112. Plating Line Info Needed
3113. Blue Zinc Passivate
3114. Electroless Iridium Plating
3115. PLATING WITHOUT CYANIDE
3116. Anodizing, salt spray results
3117. Titanium conductive coating,dark grey, on titanium
3118. Looking to Acquire a Company
3119. Limiting Galvanic Corrosion, 302 SS & Zn-Ni Plated Steel
3121. SILVER ELECTROPLATING -help!
3122. Tungsten plating
3123. PROBLEM!!!
3124. How do I etch aluminum without producing smut?
3125. High temperature zinc plating application
3126. General waste water treatment directions
3127. BLUE HELP
3130. Stripping off old zinc phosphate crystals
3131. Pretreatment for automobile components
3132. Chrome Plating Wood?
3133. Dimensional changes in Eutectic solder joints for optoelectronic applications
3134. Nitrate Waste Water Treatment
3135. Chelating agents from plating& photo processes
3136. Passivation of electroless silver with tin chloride solution
3137. Basic question about rotogravure cylinder plating chemicals
3138. Au immersion removal
3139. Dissolved Oxygen/Electrolyte Baths
3140. Aging a Reproduction Civil War Canteen
3141. Optical Colors on Cheap Metal
3142. Rivet Slide
3143. Conducting/insulated balls
3145. Rosemount pH and Torroidal Conductivity
3147. Looking for Prelude wood finish
3148. Electroless nickel coat with a thickness of 0.004"
3149. Substitute for DEVCHEM 253 Heat Resistance Epoxy Coating
3150. Titanium Etch - Heat of Reaction
3151. Paints containing PCBs?
3153. Accounting Software
3154. Zinc Chromate Plated Steel Friction Coefficient
3156. Rectifiers ripple and metal deposit characteristics
3157. Food grade polymer as flocculent aid
3158. Cold sealing crystal problem
3159. Current density in copper strike
3160. Plating copper bath control system
3161. Corrosion in gold plated stainless steel
3162. Electropolishing solution for stainless steel
3163. Plating titanium
3164. What exactly is the licorice in cadmium plating
3165. Tomize process?
3166. Cleaning Paint Hooks?
3167. Protective coating for material handling chains
3168. Aging brass and steel on reproduction firearms
3170. Galvanizing thickness/coating relationship
3171. P-Salt or not?
3172. Stainless Steel Corrosion Woes
3173. Water Spots on EN
3174. Blank spots from titanium anode
3175. How the chroming effect is done
3176. CEMENT PATINA
3177. Cleaning method for specially fabricated parts
3178. Copper and how to finish it
3179. Seashell Cleaning and Refinishing
3180. Powder Coating Over Zinc Chromate
3181. Removing scale from Stainless Steel
3182. Help ! Remove nickel, chrome from cast iron cookware.
3183. Thickness of bell wall
3184. Primer not adhering to Hardcoat Anodizing
3185. Rust inhibitor and autophoretic coatings
3186. Special Aluminum Coating for tight tolerances
3187. Best ABS for electroless Cu/Ni plating
3188. Electroplating equipment to buy in UK
3189. Detonation Coatings
3190. US 10B
3191. Power Supply for Hobbyist Zinc Plating
3192. Adding an acid etch salt
3193. Surface Finishes for Poly Crystalline Woodworking Tooling
3194. CHROME, GOLD FINISHING FOR PLASTIC
3195. Oiled silver plated parts turning green
3196. Plating on Nickel-Titanium Alloy
3197. Organics and what to do about them
3200. Electrically conductive black finish
3201. Copper plating
3202. Metallized concrete
3203. Designers Reference
3204. Chroming and coating model plastic parts
3205. Painting polypropylene and polyethylene
3206. Spot passivation
3207. Thermal Conductivity Of Anodize?
3208. ABS pellets plus three coatings = success!
3209. Lab Software
3210. Plating of Chromium on Titanium substrates
3211. Measure paint usage
3212. Stripping Cad plate and choices
3213. Waste Cyanide Treatment by Hexavalent Chromium
3214. Tin Plating
3215. Electroplating of silver help: how does it work?
3217. Information
3218. Tin plate or Terne 2
3219. Low Cost Pretreatments For Alum. Extrusions Used In Benign Environments
3220. Large phosphate tank
3221. Current density software
3222. E Coat Definition
3223. Spray vs. steam wand for iron phosphates
3224. Special blasting nozzles for hard to reach areas
3225. Chrome on Aluminum
3226. Chromium plating baths
3227. Uneven anodizing
3228. Nickel plating fasteners
3229. Gold plating Cu-Mo alloy
3230. Chromate conversion coating on zinc plated steel
3231. Oil/surface impregnation
3232. Performance of powder coating on outdoor aluminium furniture
3233. Anode grade Graphite
3235. Books
3236. Weathering characteristics of powder?
3237. Ligands or chelates
3238. Hexavalent Chrome
3239. 500 hour electroless nickel
3240. Reflow of Tin-Lead Solder
3241. Topcoat/sealer after chromate
3242. Friction Coefficients??
3243. Exceptions from Pretreatment Regulations for Touch-Up
3244. Suitable pretreatment method on cast iron product!
3245. Surface hardening of Titanium
3246. Thickness meter for copper-nickel-chrome plating on plastics
3247. Agitation for composite EN deposits
3248. Pd-Sn solution [activator]necessary for plating on ABS plastics
3249. How much silver is needed
3250. Chrome plating protection from corrosion
3251. Solution for wear on diecasting
3252. Brass handrail shows every fingerprint
3253. SUCCINIMIDE
3254. To use plastic tanks or not
3255. Saekaphenierung
3256. Barrel plating aluminium
3257. WET PAINT ON CHROME-PLATED ABS PARTS
3258. Chemical Conversion Coatings on Al
3259. Nickel Plating of PolyCrystalline Diamond tooling
3260. Plating onto lead basemetal
3261. International standard of phosphating process
3262. Manual Touchup of Type III Hardcoat
3263. Flux in hot dip galvanization
3264. Zinc Flake/Chromate coating
3265. Spraying bronze on wood
3266. Best Finishing for Aluminum Microwave Waveguide
3267. Chrome plating apparatus
3268. Plating of small ABS parts
3269. Looking for fatigue data for 6061-T6
3270. Nickel sulfamate-failure of corrosion test
3271. Ceramic Coatings
3272. Copper plating on aluminium wire
3273. Green Tarnish on Copper Courthouse Dome
3274. Platinum plating
3275. Excessive current in zinc plating
3276. Bar top finishing
3277. Trying to find AMS2759/10 Nitriding Spec
3278. Black Oxide
3279. OH&S student looking for sandblasting info
3280. Economic and environmental friendly technology to paint metal furniture in a third world country
3281. Measuring thickness on zinc chromate coating
3282. Tin plating terminals
3284. Beyond Titanium Nitride
3285. Paint shop to powder paint aluminum die cast parts
3286. Polishing a Huffer
3287. Paint removal from bronze statue
3288. Chrome plating plastics
3289. Tin Pans
3290. Acid resistant electrophoretic coatings
3291. Ion-exchange resin information required
3292. Passivation alternatives to Nitric Acid?
3294. Nitride coating of aluminum
3295. Sculptor seeks coating for styrofoam
3296. Ambienol....have you tried it and what happened
3297. Chromate sluffs off on slightly stressed metal
3298. Substitute for cyanide as tarnish remover?
3299. Increasing ASF in barrel plating
3300. NIKASIL
3301. Etch Rate Table
3302. Chemical treatment/coating for cast iron machinery?
3303. Rod Caps
3304. Bonding powder paint to zinc plate
3305. VACUUM COATING TO GOLD FILL JEWELRY
3306. Timeframe of diffusion of Cu into gold Through Ni barrier
3307. Rusting Steel at Seams Under Sealant
3308. Black anodized finish
3309. Black Optical Coatings on 316L Stainless Steel
3310. Light Fastness of Anodise Panel
3311. Photosensitive Compounds
3312. Correlation between natural aging and lab tests on brass components with gold plating
3313. Equipment for measuring thickness of gold plating
3314. Hydrogen embrittlement
3315. Advice and help
3316. Water soluble paint
3317. Formulation techniques
3318. Looking for training in aluminum anodizing
3319. Alumina coating of small wire via Aluminum plating?
3320. Rhodium
3321. Measurement of parts physically inaccessible
3322. EA934 Bond Removal
3323. Expectations of Electroless Nickel
3324. Sputtering Metal Coatings On Non-metal Substrates
3325. I need a practical guide to specifying plating
3326. Chrome Plating a RIM tooled part
3327. Chrome plating/dipping
3328. HARD COAT DETAILS
3329. Cleaning of Capscrews
3330. Electrolytic deflashing
3331. Home brew anodizing help
3332. Storing plated parts
3333. Surface finish for IMP parts
3334. Waste water
3335. Chromate conversion coating failure on aluminum
3336. Activating hardened H13
3337. Bluing
3338. How do I stop copper oxidation?
3339. Electroforming on resin substrates
3340. Aluminum metalizing on HIPS
3341. IMITATION GOLD PLATING
3342. No expense spared finishes
3343. Electrophoretic
3344. Salt spray testing of zinc plated and passivated MS parts
3345. Design of Experiments Methodology, Why?
3346. Ti-Cad plating
3347. Non-cyanide gold plating
3348. Tin plate Current
3349. Producing galvanneal
3350. Reducing the throwing power of Nickel sulphamate solutions
3352. Looking for Winox - Gold Oxidating Agent
3353. Quick Question: Typical Tin plating steel cathode surface area?
3354. Stainless steel corrosion by chloride ions ?
3355. Bronze Color Variation
3356. Hydrogen embrittlement testing
3357. Hard wear resistant Coating for Aluminium
3358. Curb welded nickel plated chain
3359. Sales suggestions
3360. Requirement for information
3361. FINISHINGS &COATINGS
3362. Paint adhesion
3363. Removal of copper oxide using cyanide
3365. Cold galvanizing product supplier
3366. Additive for hardening tin plate
3367. Scratches on chrome plated surfaces
3368. Electroplating with Bismuth
3369. Alodine 1201 versus Alodine 1200S
3370. Info on Anodizing Plant and Materials
3371. Filter press cloth selection
3372. Medical Device of Anodized Aluminum
3373. Anodizing tank connections / super cooling
3374. Removing coatings from copper cookware
3375. Blacken Metal w/ Sulphuric Acid & Copper Sulphate
3376. Zinc Tin Alloy Powder
3377. Pitting & Anodic corrosion in SS316 in marine environment
3378. Crazing of hard anodize
3379. Strip and repair of rusted antique cast iron bed
3380. Crawler systems for surface prep of large structures
3381. Inquiry regarding in-house training modules
3383. Hardness of hexavalent chrome
3384. Plating on Plastics
3385. Protective coating for steel???
3386. Application of Ebonex®Electrode
3387. Abrasion resistant Chrome platings on Plastic
3388. Coating Aluminum
3389. Etching solution for nickel-iron
3390. Silver Nitrate electroplating
3391. SATIN NICKEL
3392. Wastewater treatment
3393. Aluminum tin cans
3394. Hardness measurement for hardcoated aluminum
3395. Alodining of holes
3397. Stripping of anodic coatings
3398. A protective layer for old gasoline tanks
3399. Refinishing GI M-16 magazines
3400. New metalizing method on substrates
3401. Stainless steel electropolishing with organic solvents
3402. Hydrogen Embrittlement
3404. Resin coating in vacuum for zamak parts to be chrome-plated
3405. Ferric Nitrate process for Magnesium Alloys
3406. Fluoborate bath info
3407. Looking for rechroming services
3408. Plating composites, Ultem2300
3409. Poor adhesion on stainless steel springs
3410. Nickel on Stainless steel
3411. Proper pre-plate cycle for Electroless Nickel
3412. Chromate conversion coating testing
3413. Rilsan Coating Know-how for Driveshaft Components
3414. Spotty Conversion Coating of Cold-worked Aluminum Clad
3415. Restoring old bike parts
3416. Info needed: Chrome Plating and Anodizing
3417. Hydrogen Peroxide in finishing process
3418. H.E. testing methodologies, confidence in
3419. Changes is RMS Values after Hardcoat Anodize
3420. Patchy stained Nickel chrome deposit
3421. Vacuum Metalizing for Short Productions?
3423. Zinc Brightener for ammonium chloride/zinc chloride zinc plating
3427. In-house lab setup
3428. Bending aluminum pipe
3430. Source for heat resistant paint <300 F
3431. Brightening dull stainless fasteners
3432. Looking for surface finish
3433. Water Based Glazes
3434. Red colour heat resistant powder
3435. PRETREATMENT FOR POWDER COATING
3436. Analysis of tin plate and tin-free steel
3437. ANODE-CATHODE SPACING IN ANODIZING
3438. BRITISH STANDARDS SPECS FOR PLATING
3440. Mechanical Properties of clearcoats
3441. Properties of E-coatings
3442. Blackening the silver articles
3443. Advice on buying low volume Vacuum Plating equipment/supplies
3444. Tin ceiling molds
3446. Electrodeposited aluminum coatings
3447. Electro plating polyamide
3448. MATTE FINISH FOR 304 STAINLESS STEEL
3449. E-paint vs. Powder Coating
3450. Anodizing Titanium
3451. Alternative to Ferroxyl testing & Spot Indicator of Chromium and/or Nickel
3452. Inadequate bonding of silver powdercoat
3453. Nitrided Acme screw galling
3454. MacDermid Inc...and "Cybron"Source requested
3455. OR-620 titanium dioxide pigment
3456. Bright finished [structural]aluminum
3457. Prep of brass, silver, and copper before lacquering 
3458. Gold Plating direct to copper
3459. Info on chrome stripper
3460. Transparent colors to go over chrome plating.
3461. How to make chrome black
3462. Student needs help on nanometer diamond composite electroless plating
3463. Magnesium on aluminium
3464. Spalling of sulphuric acid anodizing
3465. Thickness gauge for checking powder thickness before curing
3466. CLEAR COATING FOR 400 SERIES STAINLESS STEEL
3467. Need MSDS for Chrome Away
3468. Phosphating process cells
3469. Copper passivation
3470. Electrolytic stripping
3471. Nickel vs chrome
3472. Heat conduction &electrical insulation properties of 20 micron black anodised aluminium
3473. Chemical for brightening aluminium pressure die castings
3474. Tin sol bath
3475. Racking for passivation of stainless steel
3477. Oil used for pressed parts is incompatible with paint process. Help?
3478. Scandium
3479. Caustic Etching chemicals for anodizing
3480. Is hydrogen embrittlement a concern with Ospho finish?
3481. Satin nickel electrolyte formula needed
3482. Limiting Galvanic Corrosion -steel vs. aluminum
3483. Technical query regarding phosphating
3484. Turning hard anodising black
3485. Looking for the right shop
3486. Plating electroless nickel onto 'Duplex' stainless steel
3488. Shot peening aluminum for fatigue resistance
3489. Aluminum frame outside-does it hold up?
3490. Pollution Prevention Opportunities for Rinsates and Toxic Chemical Paint Strippers
3492. Help with Cataphoretic Coatings
3493. Polishing Invar for mirrors
3494. Colouring brass cartridges red or blue
3495. Hardcoat anodizing coloration problem
3496. Calculating amount of metal plated on a part
3497. Historical rust-inhibiting finishes for steel
3498. CAST IRON FINISHING OTHER THAN PORCELAIN?
3499. Adhesion of identification coating to high hardness steel
3500. Acid Copper Bond on Nickel Substrate
3501. Does UV light have a tarnishing effect on silver?
3503. How you doing the plate on titanium
3504. Torroid/ferrites coating without jig marks
3505. Have you ever heard of a product called Picklex
3506. POWDER PAINTING WOOD
3507. Vinyl Wash Primer on G-90 Hot Dip Galvanized Sheet Steel
3508. Black without anodizing?
3509. Removing chrome plate
3510. What's best for etching aluminium?
3512. Aluminum finish and fatigue life
3513. LACQUER MANUFACTURER
3515. Copper plating on graphite fibers
3517. Molybdenum Phosphate plating/coating on steel sheet metal
3518. Paint Adhesion Problems
3519. Metal Finishings
3520. Longevity of Nickel Plating in Ice Machines?
3521. Black anodize that survives caustic wash?
3522. A Glass Skillet
3523. How can I restore my old tub?
3524. Nickel anodes
3525. Nickel plate adhesion
3526. Copper anodes
3527. Process to obtain a surface with Titan.
3528. Plating EN and bright Nickel on Mg
3529. Plating on Aluminum
3530. Best Coating for a Polished bare AL bike frame
3531. SUS nuts cleaning
3532. DIE ATTACH DELAMINATION
3533. Cyanide emission
3534. Gold Coating for high IR reflectance
3535. Info on medium sized barrel plating systems
3537. Alkaline cleaner temperature
3538. Stainless steel & brass anodizing
3540. Electroplating - one-piece process
3541. Analysis Equipment for chrome and nickel
3542. Coating aluminum parts used in industrial equipment
3543. Chrome plating aluminum extrusion
3544. Yellow chromate without Cr VI
3545. The Japan 5S
3546. Electropolish current/voltage settings
3547. Software Search
3549. Rectifier control circuit
3550. PLASTISOL SPRAY UP SYSTEMS
3551. Excess lead in treated wastewater
3552. Etching zinc from brass surface
3553. Ebonal "Z" 80
3554. Electroless indium baths
3555. Aluminum Content in Galvanizing
3556. Plating with spent photo fixer as an electrolyte
3557. Cleaning junk left after PCB etching
3558. A chromate that can survive HDMB baking?
3559. Suppliers
3560. Seal floors in plating shop
3561. Anodizing book needed
3562. Resistivity of zinc cobalt [passivated]
3563. Phosphate Removal
3564. Brightening process for aluminium required
3565. Iridite
3566. Poor wear-resistance for coloring titanium
3567. Musical Instrument Keys
3568. Restoration Detailing Colors
3569. Plating Silver onto Stainless Steel
3570. Best pH for Iron Phosphate
3571. Passivation problems with T304 stainless steel
3572. Plating to BeBeO
3573. Epoxying 2 Stainless Steel surfaces
3574. Looking for mil spec
3575. TiCad Substitution for Vac Cad plating?
3576. Painting anodized aluminum -good or bad??
3577. Permanently Marking a Hardcoated Part
3578. Fine blistering after powder
3579. Gold Plating the ID of tubing
3581. Electrogalvanize difference between 60G60GE and 70G70GE
3582. Tin plate passivation
3583. Need help packing anodizing baskets
3584. Finishing aluminum reflectors
3585. Aluminium Polishing
3587. Help on hard anodizing?
3588. Colored writing on brass
3590. MIL-Std vs. AMS Std's
3591. Proper plastic material to build the tank of
3592. Turning leaded glass strips from yellow to white metal look
3594. Wood appearance on steel
3595. Sulfuric/oxalic anodizing
3597. Zinc Dichromate
3598. "P-ratio" and "Nickel Adhesion Volume" for zinc phosphate
3599. Brass Polishing
3600. Lacquers and wastewater treatment
3601. Need design/build spray coating tunnel
3602. Aluminum Vapor Deposition
3603. Restoring a tin ceiling
3604. Cleaning anode bags
3605. Alusil?
3606. Black Chrome
3607. Phosphor bronze hydrogen embrittlement?
3608. Industry Standards for Repainting Cars?
3609. Removing Carbonates from a silver potassium Cyanide bath
3610. Removing copper respectively to nickel
3611. Black Anodize long [foot] Aluminum Tubing
3612. Using reclaimed powder mixed with virgin powder
3613. Hazards presented by wastewater streams
3614. Anodising LM24 Die cast Alloy
3615. Heating/cooling coils in chromic anodizing
3616. Removal of chrome plating from a monel [German silver] radiator shell!
3617. Alternates to Zinc Chromate finish, for improved electrical conductance
3618. Help! How to make fluorhidric acid
3619. Noise reduction when Buffing
3620. Evaporation of rinse water
3621. Anodize coating thickness measurement
3622. Where to buy permalloy plating equipment
3623. How can I get 0.1 nm roughness on Si surface?
3624. Plating on plastic in Europe
3625. Creating Durable Ag/AgCl Wire
3626. Seeding of FPL Etch
3627. Anodizing Coefficient of Friction
3628. Abrasion resistance of anodize coatings
3629. In house color dye [aluminum]
3630. Looking for a Chip Resistant Finish
3631. Chrome-plating a column
3632. Cherry Red; case hardening: ?
3633. Black Nickel
3634. Plating Problem
3635. Treatment of Acid Gold Cyanide Baths
3636. Where can I buy big size white sapphire plate?
3637. INQUIRY FOR ELECTRO PAINT
3638. Black Chrome
3639. Ecoat Service Provider
3640. 3-mercpatopropionitrile
3642. Looking for an analytical method for Citric Acid
3643. How should the acids and lye used during home anodizing be disposed?
3644. ELECTRO PHORETIC PAINT
3645. To anodize or chromate
3646. Dog urine corroding galvanized steel flashing
3647. Flat black finish throughout a small tube
3648. Chromate coating time
3649. Anodizing Of Titanium Alloy per AMS2488 Type II
3650. Powder coated stainless steel laser engraving
3651. Chromic Anodizing on Titanium Racks
3652. Chrome alternatives
3653. Golden coating powder
3654. Gold edging on crystal wine glasses
3655. Alternative for nickel plating of fasteners
3656. Dangler Design Problem
3657. SILVER BRIGHTENERS MFG/TRADERS LIST
3658. Cyanide free alkaline copper
3659. Phosphate removal from chrome solution
3660. Cyanide in the finishing industry
3661. Question -- ultrafiltration in manufacturing
3662. Help on Hard Permalloy
3663. Rebuilding of Operating Pistons for BOP's
3664. Pattern building process for nickel
3665. Beryllium nickel descaling
3666. Higher consumption of palladium
3667. Rust protection for etched carbon steel
3668. Corrosion in cars
3669. Aluminum-Bronze
3670. Diffusing the galvanic couple
3671. Stripping electroless nickel from copper
3672. Nitrates in Mn phosphate bath
3674. Removing anodizing
3675. Chrome plating on chromed plastic?
3677. Nickel alloy
3678. Anodizing layer peels off!!
3679. Color won't stick when anodizing
3680. Stripping silver from Nickel
3681. "SMUT"
3682. Need advice on electroplating
3683. Anti-reflective process for 416 stainless
3684. Surface finish Symbols
3685. Plating Thickness/Eddy-Current
3686. Touch up powder coating!! 
3687. Need for info. about gold plating
3688. Oxidation removal from electroless nickel plating for solderability
3689. Ni anodes
3690. MIL-C-5541E [CHEM FILM] Spec
3692. Black Chromate Alternatives
3694. Mechanical Galvanized Fasteners
3695. Looking for unsharpened razor blade source
3696. Book by Prof. Dott. Eugenio Bertorelle
3697. Costs of Anodizing Plant in Different Industries
3699. Copper adhesion to chrome alloy
3700. Electroforming equipment supplier
3701. Plastisol coat company
3702. CARBON BUILD FROM LASER CUTTING
3703. VACUUM EVAPORATOR
3704. Polishing Media Suppliers
3705. Powder Coating MDF
3706. Expensive Degreasing Method
3707. Chemical milling of a spark machined pressing tool of alloyed steel
3708. Steel Annealing Smut Resists Conventional Cleaning Methods
3709. Information about a surface roughness symbol
3710. Seeking Technical Help for Hard Chrome
3711. Maximum Chromic Acid Anodize Thickness
3712. Brass or brass plated finials
3713. Relation of mechanical galvanizing with galling
3714. Materials finishings for titanium, aluminum and steel
3715. Is this chrome plating?
3716. Seeking Information on Standard Nickel Plating Process
3717. Chrome plating of spheres
3718. Precleaning of painted parts spoils zinc passivation
3719. Plating effects on Solder/Wire bonding
3720. Dealing with rust
3721. Precoating procedure
3722. EPA Quiet Zone Powder Booth, good or bad?
3723. Electroplating an aluminum pickup truck grille
3724. ACID DIP - How much?
3725. Stainless steel finish [look] on structural steel?
3726. Nickel coating on plastic surfaces
3727. Gel etch
3728. Zamak polishing compound for vibrator
3729. Weeping on air bearings
3730. REVERSE ETCH QUESTIONS
3731. Electroless plating of MMC reinforcements
3732. Is there room for another plating shop ?
3733. One Coat Waterbase Paint
3734. Coatings for Stainless Steel
3734a. Stainless Steel Paint
3735. Problems With Danglers
3736. Aluminum emissivity and absorptivity
3737. D/E Filters
3738. Trouble Clear anodizing 6061
3739. Corrosion resistant coating for Magnesium
3740. JF-500 or JS-500 Finish ?
3741. PROTECTIVE DIPPING WAX
3743. Boron removal from wastewater?
3744. Alonisation?
3745. Barrel plating
3746. Comparison Of Cold Blackening to Hot Blacking
3747. Electroless Nickel on Plastic
3748. Room Temperature Blacking Problems
3749. Recycling of XRF Equipment
3750. Reflective material search
3751. Consulting Chemist
3752. Copper Texture
3753. Need to change the color of a threaded metal rod
3754. Citric acid additive for dishwasher
3755. Clear coating Silver
3756. Toxicity of Zinc Phosphate pretreatment
3757. Phosphating coating - Harmful to Humans?
3758. Treatment of old iron cannon barrels
3759. Alodine, or not to Alodine?
3760. Metal Plating Of Plastics
3761. ISO 9000
3762. Whisker problem
3763. Polishing Jet Fuel Piping
3765. Bad adhesion between Wood's nickel & electroless nickel
3766. New steel over old galvanized roof, sealer available?
3767. New company seeking assistance
3768. Brass exterior Coach Lights
3769. Testing ductility of nickel deposits
3770. Anodizing small parts [aluminum and titanium]
3771. Chrome and Brass Plating of Parlor Stove
3772. How can I achieve heavy gold plate on brass w/pen plater?
3773. Peeling of Nickel Sulfamate from steel
3774. Electrolytic blackening with CRS
3776. Bollards
3777. How to finish stainless steel
3778. Problems in Nickel Chrome plating on Zinc Diecast Parts
3779. LEACHABLE-LEAD FREE SILVER PLATING ON BRASS
3780. Plating of fiberglass
3781. Pot metal repair
3782. Tong Testers
3783. Reflow plating
3784. Aluminum finish, black, electrically conductive
3785. Chemical finishing for sterling silver
3786. Chrome Plating as substitute for silver
3787. Iron in HCl
3788. Waste Disposal - ANODISING
3789. Top coat for Anodize
3790. Low-abrasive coating vendor?
3791. Advice on Tarnishing Brass
3792. Home antique finish kit
3793. pH drop in Nickel Electroforming
3794. Mack Dermid inc
3795. How to overcome non uniform thickness of coating in electroplating
3796. CHROME ON HELMET
3797. Recovery of copper from etching-solution
3798. Water break free
3799. Automotive Specs
3800. Chrome Plating - benefits
3801. Powdercoat filler
3802. Photograph of nickel sulfate
3803. Removal of Cl from Titanium surface
3804. Caustic recovery
3805. Al2O3 foil by anodizing
3806. Dupont 303-S polishing compound. Is there a substitute?
3807. Zinc plating: De-embrittlement and passivation
3808. De-embrittlement for Chromium or Nickel Plated Parts
3809. Spray Finishing Magazines?
3810. Nickel Plating Molybdenum
3811. Tank covers or ping pong balls?
3812. Electroless plating on silicon wafer
3813. Anodizing techniques
3814. SiC/Aluminium etch
3815. Ferrocyanates
3816. Removing graphite.... how?
3817. Chromate slough
3819. SODIUM DICHROMATE on Stainless, dull black on anodize
3820. Nickel plating requirements
3821. KOLENE DE NAMEL
3822. Pulse Plating and hydrogen Embrittlement
3823. Deburring internal passages in a Delrin manifold
3824. Aluminum Color Dye & Pigments
3825. Photo resist for electroplating
3826. Filtration
3827. Yellow chromate on EN
3828. Powder coating
3829. Properties of chrome-plated PVC
3830. Paint booth lining
3833. Chrome 40 finish
3834. Poor paint adhesion on galvanised surface
3835. Control system for copper-ions
3836. Best Masking Materials
3837. Clear coat over Tremclad paint
3838. Zinc plating die cast ?
3839. Copper plated steel problems
3840. Stirring in hard chrome plating bath?
3841. Aluminum Electroplating
3842. Zinc/Chromate Powdery Residue
3843. Brass Sealer
3844. Ceramic coating for PVD chamber wall
3846. Curing agent for Epoxy based powder coatings
3847. Silver plating
3848. Palladium on SiO2
3849. Tensile Stress
3850. Electrolytic polishing solution for cobalt-chromium-molybdenum alloys
3851. Black Oxide on 410 Stainless
3852. Susceptibility of Cyanide Copper Plated Parts to Hydrogen Embrittlement
3853. Electroless copper plating
3854. Need light-colored gold electroplate solution
3855. Anodizing Defoamer
3856. Alodine for Marine Environment
3857. Iron/zinc plating
3859. Diatomaceous Earth Filters
3860. Replace phosphating for painting
3861. Galvanized steel
3862. Removing annealing stains from stainless steel
3863. Automatic working-pressure of abrasive belt machines
3864. Phosphorus Removal
3865. BRIGHT DIPPING FOR BRASS
3866. Making Surgical instruments non reflective
3867. Citrus based etching for titanium
3868. Splash Anodizing Techniques
3869. Anodizing. a lot of questions
3870. Reactivating chrome plated parts
3871. Teflon - what is it?
3872. Cloudy CAD
3873. Palladium Black Deposition
3874. Fluoboric Acid
3875. Chromate Industry
3876. Bright dipping of brass
3877. Magnetic Shielding on plastic
3878. Where to buy used copper anodes?
3879. Coating plastic on top of metals
3880. Chrome-free coating?
3881. Black finishing problem
3882. Electrodeposition of chromium
3883. Future of galvanizing
3885. Chrome is peeling from new wheels
3886. Low volume anodizing.... who?
3887. Hot Dip Galvanizing
3889. The affects of hydrogen embrittlement on cold headed threaded studs
3890. pH measurement in strong acids
3891. supplier of electrophoretic lacquer
3892. Titanium-Cadmium Plating -- What is its Purpose?
3893. Stains on Sandblasted parts
3894. Etching a Steel Mold
3895. Problems with nickel and chrome plating
3897. Electroless nickel plating "peeling off"
3898. looking for black finish on bronze
3899. book for electrolytic refining process of gold
3901. High corrosion resistance coatings for die-cast zinc
3902. idiomatic problems with "plating"
3903. Honda automotive finishing specifications
3905. Prepping and painting hot zinc die castings
3906. Voltage rating for ML coating dielectric test of a PMG Stator
3907. Gluconate Analysis for Caustic Etch
3908. Should we stir a decorative chrome bath? 
3909. 'Flash Attack' During Passivation Of Stainless Steels
3910. silver extraction from photographic fixer
3912. Eddy Current for Copper Black Oxide?
3913. Borates in Waste water
3914. Help with polishing stainless steel
3915. Technique for antiquing mirrors
3916. Tarnish resistant Silverplate
3917. The Influence of Nickel Plating Treatments [like Kanigen] in The Fatigue Life of Steel
3918. Life cycle of molds for silicone rubber
3919. Metal foil
3920. Multi-phase nano crystal matrix
3921. Rust on pickled & passivated 304 stainless parts
3922. Need advice plating electroless nickel plating on silicon wafer
3923. Contamination on Nickel Surface
3924. Stainless steel matte finish how
3925. Teflon coating
3926. Coating on the surface of silicone rubber
3927. Galvanic corrosion [can anyone help?]
3928. Phosphate contamination in sulfuric acid anodizing
3929. Fume Scrubber Size
3930. Looking for small quantities of pure H2SO4
3931. Black oxide process required
3932. E/N plating on tungsten?
3933. Judging quality of a zinc phosphate finish?
3935. Cross hole deburring
3936. MIL-C-5541
3937. Antique Brass
3939. HCD watts Ni roughness
3940. Carbonates in cadmium
3941. Detection of chromic acid from spot
3942. Metal surface finish measurement
3943. Vacuum coating question
3945. PLATING PROCESS FOR ALUMINIUM REFLECTORS
3946. Plating Silver
3947. Emissions control from bright nickel
3948. Characteristics of wastewater from electroplating industry
3950. Plating Coating after Nitriding - Carburising
3951. Cleaning pieces after a polish process
3952. Aqueous inhibitor for iron phosphate rust
3953. Filling up of zinc kettle with: technigalva, SHG...
3954. Replacement for toxic solvents - Carbon Dioxide
3955. Magniguard Coating
3960. Low VOC paint formulation and market forecast
3961. Powder coating Aluminum 6063
3962. Bearing Industry
3963. Dr. Cook flux
3964. Fireplace blackening
3965. Toly-ond coating
3966. E-coating dip painting
3967. Regenerating pickling acid [HCl]
3968. Use of lead layer in hot dip galvanizing process
3969. Hydrogen out of the pickling tanks
3970. Colouring of Gold and Brass
3971. Black coating on Nitinol
3972. Vacuum Metallizing of Paper
3973. Q.C.manual + Software
3974. Black Oxide Removal
3975. New 316 EN tank
3976. Plating x4130 sliding tube
3977. Brightening and Anti tarnishing Brass Keys perfectly
3978. Small plating barrels
3979. Problems with the pH
3980. Colouring Stainless and plated steels
3981. HELP with my chemistry report
3982. Acid waste streams and/or phosphate contamination in chrome baths
3983. Niobium Coating
3984. Water Filtering problems
3985. Aluminum discoloration
3986. Need Information about color anodizing cooking ware
3987. POLY OND COATINGS AND RADIATION
3988. PVDF process parameters
3989. Need for cadmium plating on CRES in seawater
3990. Solderability problems
3991. Filiform Corrosion
3993. Can I close the loop on Nickel rinses
3995. LOOKING FOR SHOP TO DO BLACK OXIDE ON PEN CLIPS
3996. Nickel/gold plating of aluminum
3997. White milky areas during Nickel plating
3998. Electroless Nickel Finish for Zinc Diecast Part
3999. Sorting plated hardware lots

 

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