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[Letters 6000 to 6999]

 

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6000. Zamak, Za-8, or other cosmetic finish for zinc die castings
6001. Need chrome plating on plastic toy truck [Ill.]
6002. Kickstand plating
6003. Wholesale chrome plating needed [Ontario]
6004. Restoring bronze statue
6005. Specular polishing of aluminum
6006. Information on AA5086 Aluminium
6007. Properties of Zinc vs. Manganese phosphated fasteners
6008. Platinum ink
6009. How to get black finish on Stainless steel plates
6010. Anodize
6011. Nickel Plating a Motocross bike frame
6012. Protective Coating "clotopas concentrate Z21"
6013. Exterior porcelain panel manufacturers?
6014. Nickel Stripper MSDS needed
6015. Corrosion problems with Nickel plated Phosphor Bronze
6016. Masking tape for gold and silver plating
6017. Waste treatment solution needed
6018. Silica scale removal from cooling water system
6019. What phosphorus percentage should plater hold?
6020. Clear Coating / Colour Coating
6021. Recycling Chromating Wastewater
6022. Removal of copper from electroplating waste
6023. Pickling Cobalt Chrome
6024. Preventing Copper From Discoloration Inside PVC Cable
6025. Paxblak 144?
6026. Chrome Plating on large volume of small plastic parts [N.Y.]
6027. Renewing aluminum look
6028. Tin ceiling restoration
6029. Cast Iron sculpture restoration
6030. How to get Metallic or Pearl finish on lamp
6031. Galvanized refinishing
6032. Chromium Testing for Science Fair
6033. Young's modulus and Poisson's ratio for ITO
6034. Etching on Stainless Steel
6035. Vacuum chamber anodising
6036. Surface chemistry after chromate conversion
6037. Zinc electroplating
6038. Twin moulded non conducting plastic also getting plated
6039. Use of hot dip galvanize in coastal area
6040. What do you know about cyanide treatment
6041. Spray defect: Fisheyes/cratering/cissing
6042. Hot dip aluminizing books & articles
6043. Improve Our Finishing of Stainless Kitchen Equipment [India]
6044. Where may jeweler buy cyanide? [N.C.]
6045. Chrome Plating of Plastics
6046. Blue chrome the plastics on my dirt bike
6047. Passivation of Corrosion Resistant Steels
6048. Looking for info on these few chemicals used in anodizing
6049. Yellow dichromate vs. Yellow chromate?
6050. How to harden AL 2024-T351?
6051. Heat Drop - 12L14
6052. Looking For Platinum Plater of Titanium Parts [Cal.]
6053. Shining finish on stainless steel bolts/screws
6054. ANTIQUE SILVER PLATING
6055. SURFACE DEFECTS ON HOT DIP GALVANIZED STEEL SHEET
6056. Galvanealed VS. Hot dip galvanized
6057. Ebonol C optimal operation conditions
6058. Powder Coating Cast Aluminum Limitations
6059. Cost of Anodizing Equipment
6060. Test for difference between 316 and 304
6061. Safety / environmental issues in aluminium degreasing
6062. Voltages for Brush Electroplating
6063. Need information about molybdenum coating on stainless steel
6064. Nickel stress test strips [Texas]
6065. Albaloy Plating on aluminum parts [Fla.]
6066. Teflon coating of electropolished copper
6067. Proper prep and bonding of Invar to epoxy panels
6068. Need custom-made titanium anodes for chlorinators[Australia]
6069. Ni-Al alloy coating needed [Taiwan]
6070. Chrome plating on my plastic car parts [Mich.]
6071. Buying zinc sheet
6072. Need for phosphating before fluidized bed thermoplastics?
6073. High-speed rotor coating material needed
6074. High temperature finish for aircraft
6075. Hours of salt spray for electrogalvanized auto body
6076. Titration for iron in sulfuric acid needed
6077. Monitoring EP Bath
6078. QC saying: "...what you don't measure"
6079. "Antique" Finishes for Iron & Brass Firearms
6080. Gold plating, making of gold potassium cyanide
6081. EDUCATION IS THE KEY: DIPPING WHEELS IN CHROME
6082. Difference Between Chrome and Nickel-Plating
6083. Tin whiskers a problem with immersion tin PWB finishes?
6084. Stainless Steel Preparation before painting
6085. Suppliers of paints & powder coats [India]
6086. RMS Roughness of SPI/SPE finishes?
6087. Copper roof aging unevenly
6088. Institutes or Colleges offering powder coating studies
6089. Plating Phenolic Molded Parts [N.Y.]
6090. Seeking Large Walk-in Powder Coat Oven
6091. Anodizing problems
6092. Hard chrome pitting
6093. Consultant needed: Design and operate a plating on plastics (POP) line
6094. Need Rotary Equipment manufacturers for Satin Buffing
6095: Butynediol and its derivatives for nickel sulfamate
6096. Total, free and phenolphthalene Alkalinity
6097. Coating material suggestion of Al alloy
6098. Need aqueous cleaner help
6099. "Fisheyes" on surface after electrophoretic coating of brass
6101. Need Penetrant Fluorescence Standards
6102. 1927 Pierce-Arrow pitted parts need nickel and exhaust manifold needs powder coat
6103. Titanium nitride at 750C in nitrogen atmosphere?
6104. Adhesives book needed (Brazil)
6105. Is there nickel plating at 99.86%?
6106. Black coating on Invar needed
6107. Fuse polyethylene butt joints together?
6108. Plating of "Silvar-R"/"Silvar-K"
6109. Hard Anodizing rack problems
6110. Brushplate chrome onto aluminium
6111. Coloured plated strip steel
6112. Temperature of part during anodizing
6113. Conductivity checking of anodizing electrolyte
6114. 3-stage iron phosphating surfactants
6115. Chrome plate vs. stainless steel thermal expansion
6116. Special-effect paints & solvents needed [India]
6117. Need Graphite Anodes
6118. Need 8-10' spray booth complete [Delaware]
6119. Anoclamps needed [U.K.]
6121. Looking for anodizers near Montreal
6122. Chrome Plating on ABS [Cal.]
6123. Furnace for baking designs onto tiles [India]
6124. Help on multicolor anodizing
6125. Gold plating Door Hinges
6126. Plating, replating aluminum cylinders ,small bore engines
6127. Gold Plated Roses
6128. Dorrltech on zinc diecasts
6129. Autophoretic coatings
6130. Chrome-Free Passivation
6131. Cl plasma etch of Al using photoresist as a mask
6132. Tensiometer vs. Stalagmometer Readings
6133. Paint Booth Lighting
6134. Removing old chrome
6135. Anti-corrosion techniques for Hastelloy C
6136. Hydrogen embrittlement
6137. Nickel oxidation causing adhesion problems?
6138. How should nickel be activated?
6139. Sealing decorative chrome
6140. Prep of galvanized for painting
6141. Cost of sludge disposal
6142. Cleaner/polisher for nickel plated hardware
6143. Gold plating with diamond dust [Ill.]
6144. Anodizing Ferrari's brass deck lid latches
6145. Wastewater from Aluminum brightening
6146. Medical Usage of Anodized Aluminum
6147. Aluminized steel pipe needed [U.A.E.]
6148. Electropolishing Solution Excessive Foaming
6149. Powder Coating Galvanized Substrate
6150. Seeking Sealing Salts, Dyes, etc. for Anodizing [India]
6151. Plating project issues
6153. Electropolishing of Al parts for deburring
6154. Unwanted anodize rainbows
6155. COPPER FLASH ON LEAD
6156. Al-Cu-Sn vs. Al-Ni-Sn?
6157. Plasma Nitriding is not working
6158. Paint adhesion is poor on Welds
6159. Improving adhesion of paint to polypropylene
6160. Ripple measurement
6161. Hardness measurement of brittle materials
6162. Thickness on definite geometrical surfaces
6163. White spots on anodizing parts
6164. Need shop to anodize aluminum [Rochester, NY]
6165. Suppliers of conical indenters [Indiana]
6166. Aluminum Hardness Testing -- and fast!
6167. Restoring old silverplate
6168. Gold plating artist needed [Texas]
6170. The right trays for Iriditing
6171. Bulk Process for Colorizing Aluminum
6172. Help - Bronze effect
6173. Cadmium vs Zinc Electroplating
6174. Plasma Nitriding and Masking
6175. Discoloration removal on Ni plated Ti parts
6176. Spot Blueing
6177. How to remove anodizing from aluminum Porsche wheels?
6178. Copper As Carburizing Stop-off / Hydrogen Embrittlement
6179. High speed electroless copper deposition process
6180. Metal building rust inhibitor
6181. Dry Chemical Fire Suppression Agent Corrosion of Aluminum
6182. Blisters on Nickel-Chrome Plated Articles
6183. Controlling bacteria in e-coat post rinse stages
6184. Black Oxide Antiquing of Copper
6185. Looking for ALZAK source (coating reflectors) [Minn.]
6186. Plating adhesion to buffed ABS
6187. Electroless Nickel Thickness Vs. Salt Fog Resistance
6189. Staining Polished Aluminum
6190. Mesh Coated Flexible Anode Needed
6191. Chrome plating my fiberglass helmet
6192. Nickel plating-pitting
6193. Preventing tarnishing of metal jewelry
6194. Pollution control measures for chrome plating
6195. Gunblue Recipe Wanted
6196. Cleaning of church organ pipes
6197. Powder Coating on Automobiles
6198. Seeking 20 tons/mo. of nickel carbonate: purity -99%
6199. Alkaline Oxidation Pretreatment of Aluminum Castings
6200. Gold plating thickness on copper contact pins
6201. Prepping metal cabinets that have rusted
6202. Abrasif particle distribution at dry blast nozzle exit
6204. Sample of Black Spot Anodize
6205. Making Nickel Plating Brighteners
6206. New to Copper Plating, need specific info
6207. Price difference between hexchrome & trichrome coatings
6208. Silver precipitating in black chromate
6209. Prepping aluminum boat for repainting
6210. Brass clear-coat for marine hardware
6211. HIGH UV REFLECTANCE COATING ON ALUMINUM PARTS
6212. Teflon finish blistering on coolant water valve
6213. Polished 316L stainless tubing
6214. Want distributorship of special effect paints&solvents for India
6215. Developmental Platers for Chrome Plating of Phenolic Headlamps
6216. Removal of heat staining from brass
6217. Anodising after chromic acid stripping
6218. Castings and Black Anodizing Color
6219. Bright Dip is Too Expensive!
6220. Barrel Chrome Plating
6221. Sterilizable Stainless Steel Coloring Process Needed
6222. Painting baker's racks
6223. Industrial toxic chemical poisoning
6224. Discolouration of passivated components in storage
6225. Painting galvanized ductwork
6226. Chrome plating as high school project
6227. Mispractices in heat treatment
6228. Need 20 000 Kg high purity Glycolic Acid
6229. Need Zn/Ni and Zn/Co Plating Baths
6230. Need a stalagmometer for Chrome [N.Y.]
6231. Cadmium brightener
6232. Plating on coins
6233. Low P Electroless Nickel
6234. Inspection & Test for Zinc+Yellow Bolts
6236. Need nickel anodes for electroplating
6237. Sticky film on anodize
6238. Magnesium anodizing processes
6239. No chrome coverage in LCD area
6240. Lead plating
6241. Gold plating on glass
6242. Liquid touch-up
6243. Tin whiskers in computer flooring
6244. Zinc lined copper tub
6245. Gold plating Brass horns
6246. Surface roughness conversion
6247. Contact resistance through stainless steel passivation
6248. High Voltage Resistant Plating
6249. Hardness in nickel sulfamate plating
6250. DRY FILM NEEDED - FAST -
6251. Blisters after bake
6252. Silver Plate Bake Out
6253. DI water test methods
6254. Plating Jewellery
6255. Making for soft plastic lures
6256. Al casting cracks during caulking
6257. Need continuous coating line for steel wire
6258. Corrosion resistant Al alloy + coating
6259. Chrome additive
6260. Corrosion protection on automotive cast iron brake rotors?
6261. Need Polyamide Extruder
6262. Removing copper from silver nitrate
6263. Gold/nickel plating on A356 Cast Aluminum
6264. Want to buy a used Powder Coating paint booth or oven [Mich.]
6265. Pretreatment of aluminum closure stock [India]
6266. Colouring stainless steel
6267. Phosphate to Rust
6268. Hardcoat anodizing for rip fences
6269. Tin Plating Fishing Hooks
6270. High gloss 2 mm MDF coating
6271. Silver and gold colors on plastic toys
6272. Triple chroming at home
6273. Plating of Chain Sprocket
6274. Potassium hydroxide on ethanolysis
6275. Health effects of Jobshop chemicals
6276. Adhesive wear - Archard's equation
6277. Power requirements in honing operations
6278. Heat treatment of low carbon steel
6279. Need Palladium coating on Titanium tubes. 5100 pcs [Indonesia]
6280. Conductive test paint [Saudi Arabia]
6281. Amount of chromium used in plating in the U.S.
6282. Control Parameters in Pickling of Hot Rolled Coil
6283. Scared to reblue
6284. Repair of metal to be chromed
6285. Wetting agent for electroless Ni coating of aluminum
6286. Non-chromate conversion coating
6287. Anodize my Sportbike [Mid-atlantic states]
6288. Phosphate Filter Bed Media
6289. Clear coat over satin nickel
6290. Chromium demonstration
6291. Orange Peel Standards
6292. Seeking Chrome Plating on ABS [Texas]
6293. Mixed-acid Cleaning of Stainless Steel
6294. Passivation of stainless steel
6295. Hardness of Silver Electroplated Deposits for Engineering Use
6296. Does chromate coating strength degrade above 200 deg. F?
6297. Maximum current density, thin film
6298. Brush plating a hole
6299. Chrome plating electroless nickel plated parts
6300. Satin Finish Over Chrome Plate
6301. Plating electroless nickel to repair oversize bore
6302. Plastic Painting Parameters
6303. Electroplating and anodizing
6304. Data on passivating solutions
6305. Spontaneous Combustion of Buffing Lint
6306. Need to black anodize golf club head
6307. BLACK ANODIZE TURNS RED
6308. Surface Reflective at 365nm?
6309. Copper plate + tin plate without rinse
6310. Anodizing 201R5
6311. Cadmium plating small parts
6312. Zinc Plating
6313. Small steel sheet galvanizing line wanted [Netherlands]
6314. Need plating of plastic caps for my rims [Minn.]
6315. Will vapor honing deburr our holes?
6316. Quality of Deionized water
6317. Iron Phosphating - burner tube attack
6318. Corrosion tests for steel - Tafel's extrapolation [USA or Canada]
6319. Alumite process? Anyone heard of it?
6320. Need Polyethylene Powder [Russia]
6321. Tin Whiskers (Terminal lugs)
6322. Aluminum Oxidized?
6323. Need Laser Engravure Machine for Rotogravure Plant [Pakistan]
6324. Info about gold electroforming for senior project
6325. Seeking type 309 stainless plate [Turkey]
6326. Problems achieving glossy anodized parts
6327. NiCaSil Coating
6328. Stripping chrome off my golf clubs [Cal.]
6329. Plating density tests
6330. Zinc Plated FDA allowance
6331. Remove ZrN coatings PVD
6332. Deionized water for medical devices manufacturing
6333. Burned-out and Bluish/Cloudy Chrome plating
6334. How much current to electro-recover copper?
6335. Need Mil C-5541 & primer on truck door frames [Tenn.]
6336. Can 17-4PH stainless steel be magnetized?
6337. Blueing
6338. Rhodium Plating Solution
6339. Base Metal for Hard Gold Plating
6340. Eliminating Hexavalent Chrome in Zinc Plating
6341. Cadmium Plating Ban
6342. Anodized 6061-T6 galvanic differential
6343. LOW COST HYPOCHLORITE GENERATOR DESIGN NEEDED
6344. Adhesion problem, powder coat on anodized aluminium
6345. THIXON coating?
6346. Internal spraying of tubing
6347. Customer's surface preparation prior to Anodizing
6348. Low permeability of NiFe film?
6349. Conductive Copper Paint
6350. Conductivity & density of conductive metals
6351. Inorganic finishing process or organic finishing process?
6352. 416 fasteners used with silver
6353. "Van Der Paus" structure for electrical determination of plating thickness
6354. What makes up silver plating solution?
6355. Need Nikasil replating of cylinder with integrated head [Denmark]
6356. Will buy 1,000 to 2,000 lbs titanium scrap [N.Y.]
6357. Seeking In-The-Field Pickling Svcs [Okla.]
6358. NEED ALUM SQUARE TUBING 6" X 6" x .250 wall [Cal.]
6359. LOOKING FOR ANODISING PLANT [Kuwait]
6360. Need air make up system for small spray booth [Colorado]
6361. Copper contamination of galvanizing bath
6362. Clear or clear/tinted finish for galvanized steel sheet
6363. Refinishing Mirror Housing on Barracuda
6364. Maintenance of barrel danglers
6365. Need our Carbon-carbon blanks made into nut &bolts [Ala.]
6366. Help with bright dipping old plastic parts [Cal.]
6367. Details on clear chromating brass
6368. Recycling of Aluminum Etch Solution
6369. How to vacuum metalize wood
6370. Chemical Reaction of SST, Chlorine & Hydraulic Fluid?
6371. Electropolishing
6372. Rust on 304 SST
6373. Effect of passivation process on nickel
6374. Sub 8Ra Plastic Finish
6375. Finishing notes
6376. Sealing Rust Finishes
6377. Need Ant. Pewter US15A & Oil Bronze US10B process standards
6378. Non Line-of Site Alternatives to Chrome Plating
6379. POWDER COATING
6380. ELECTROSTATIC POWDER COATING SYSTEM
6381. Screw type chromating process
6382. Turning shiny brass into antique brass
6383. Tin darkening
6384. Removal of oxidation specs from brass
6385. Help Cambridge finish next-gen performance car
6386. Mini powder coating equipment sought [Mexico]
6387. Complete prod'n line for Wire Rod [Saudi Arabia]
6388. Black dust problem from cathodic dichromate
6389. Need full list of MIL specs for plating
6390. Optimum Citric Acid concentration for cleaning Copper
6391. Copper Iridium Properties
6392. Roughness from CuNiCr
6393. Hot Dip process
6394. Brightener for nickel sulfamate solution
6395. Aluminum finish
6396. Optalloy
6397. Aluminum Intake Coatings?
6398. Need Electropolishing Vendor [Ohio]
6399. Seeking manual about magnesium finishing
6400. Books on electropolishing
6401. Transparent Conductive Coating on PMMA and FS [Israel]
6402. Need filter press to filter vegetable oil [Ontario]
6403. Stress test polymer supplier [Wash.]
6404. Hex chrome by ion chromatography vs. ESCO
6405. Reddish-brown smut in black oxide steel parts
6406. Molten silver chloride bath
6407. Metallized Plastic Jewelry Plater Needed [Texas]
6408. Powdercoat paint training
6409. Will Zinc phosphating improve bonding
6410. Anode basket material for MSA lead-tin baths
6411. Regenerating/purifying iron phosphate bath
6412. Black Anodize Corrosion Problem on Die Casting
6413. 304L S.S. verses 316L S.S. in a high saline environment
6414. Electropolishing hard chromium electroplates
6415. Hard gold plating queries
6416. Hard anodizing technology
6417. Use of NRP as a corrosion protective coating
6418. Gold Plating on Top of Tin for Nickel Plated Copper Leadframes
6419. Acid dip a '69 boss 302?
6420. Common uses for boric acid, how to make borax
6421. Seeking shop to Plate Nd-Fe-B permanent magnet material [U.S.A.]
6422. Need urn, trays, etc. silver plated [Virgin Islands]
6423. Need stripping chemicals for powder coating [Qatar-Doha]
6424. Cataphoretic Painting
6425. Need a Copper Plater [Mich. or out of state]
6426. Need info on Solvent-base and Waterborne paint
6427. Market research project custom chrome rims
6428. Help on anodizing
6429. Shotpeening
6430. Methylene chloride - Ensuring a Safe Working Environment
6431. Electroless nickel on titanium
6432. Non-stick food screens
6433. Media Requirements for the New Millennium
6434. Satin finish on stainless steel
6435. Separating Zinc & Aluminum Dust?
6436. Setting up a small electropolishing or passivation system
6437. Etching solution for aluminum alloy 8006
6438. Constant Colour Anodizing
6439. How to reduce the amount of trivalent chrome in hexavalent chromium bath
6440. Info on Nickel oxide staining of stainless steel Electroless nickel tanks
6441. Black oxide treatment in the Lab
6442. Help on darkening stainless steel ball bearings
6443. Ceramic surface coating
6444. Cleaning stains on silver powdercoat
6445. TARNISHING OF SILVER PLATED ELECTRICAL CONTACTS
6446. Nickel Plating Removal
6447. CORROSION RESISTANCE VERIFICATION
6448. Waste treatment by electrofloculation
6449. Zn Plate Rinse Tank Contamination
6450. Hard Chrome Poisoning
6451. Wood refinishing
6452. Refinishing/Rebuilding Brass Musical Instruments
6453. Lacquer repair question
6454. Paladium-what is it and how do i recycle it?
6455. Pickle bath needed
6456. Cleaning chromate conversion coating
6457. Repairing damaged journals on duplex ss refiner shaft
6458. Problems Coating Ni on Ti-6Al-4V [Cal.]
6459. Importer seeks electroplating grade nickel anodes [Pakistan]
6460. PRODUCTION ABS Chrome Plate Source Requested [Minn.]
6461. Laboratory DC power supply needed
6462. Need poly-backed teflon Electro-Membrane Filter material [California]
6463. Seeking pen clip accessories [Wisc.]
6464. Need shop to paint large quantity of sheet metal screws [Utah]
6465. Coating glass rods with indium-tin oxide
6466. Seeking Instrument For Non Destructive Testing Of Silver Plating[India]
6467. Search help needed where to obtain mil specs
6468. Terminology (dichromate)
6469. Chrome finishes on plastics and plaster materials
6470. Stainless Steel Cabinets
6471. Science fair project about marine corrosion
6472. What chemicals are used to coat various plastic films that create the iridescent effect
6473. Seeking aluminium extrusion machines [Turkey]
6474. Chrome vs. Electroless Nickel Plating
6475. Aluminium coating ceramic
6476. Pickle bath for castings?
6477. ANODIZE PITS 
6479. Iron electroforming 
6480. Heat-treatment of ENP Coating reduces corr.resistance
6481. HCl cleaning on Hot Dip Galvanizing Line 
6482. Rust Resistant High Temperature Paint 
6483. Solder cleaning
6484. Newcomer wants advice
6486. Want dull Finish on bright SST 
6487. Seeking info about stainless steel passivation
6488. Industry information needed 
6489. How to NOT anodize stainless steel 
6490. Cleaning Aluminum
6491. Stains On Al Frames
6492. Galvanize sheet
6493. Seeking gel/paste stainless steel pickling [India]
6494. Case Coloring [Florida]
6495. Requires quotation for supply of aluminum alloy [Pakistan]
6496. Steel Corrosion Treatment
6497. Effects of Zn Yellow Dichromate Fasteners on 6061 T6 Aluminum
6498. Solutions for galvanic action
6499. Carbon removal
6500. Electropolishing of zinc
6501. Alodine 5200 vs. Alodine 1200
6502. Product, dip or acid to brighten and protect aluminium
6503. Corrosion of steel by anodised shaft-seal
6504. Conductive coating for aluminum
6505. Copper pollution of zinc plating baths
6506. Hard Chrome on Cast Iron Rolls
6507. Chemical formula or substitute for benzatriazole
6508. PCB Finishes and Shelf Life
6509. Stripper for thermal spray
6510. Electroless Ni removal
6511. Hex Chrome Bans in Europe
6512. Chrome-on-plastic removal
6513. Copper restoration
6514. Re-plating of bathroom fixtures
6515. Gold plating for weather exposure
6516. Mildew in my basement
6517. Gold Plating Efficiency
6518. Material properties for AA8011 aluminum
6519. Polishing machines for flatware/tableware [India]
6520. Top Quality Plating Equipment Required [Korea]
6521. Splitting of cold-headed parts after zinc plating
6522. Problems with my EP
6523. Electropolishing problems on carbon steel
6524. Zinc alloy plating
6525. Recovery Of Caustic Soda during Mercerization in Textile Finishing Industry
6526. Plating Aluminium onto Copper
6527. Friction coefficient CrN/Ti
6528. Coating for Polyethylene Material
6529. Suggested material for Nitric/HF heaters
6530. Chrome Failure, Microgalvanic Cell
6531. Tough black finish for spring steel?
6532. Info needed about electropolishing
6533. ASTM Specification 176 - 71
6534. Removing rust from stainless steel
6535. We know nothing about Chrome Replating!
6536. Information regarding Potentiostat
6537. Resistive oxide coating on Transformer laminations
6538. Cobalt plating on Copper surface
6539. Information about zinc nickel and tin zinc electrochemistry
6540. Tarnished brass lamps, need help!
6541. Searching for source of prefabricated anodize racks [TX]
6542. Need electrolytic nickel anode material [Cal.]
6543. Need gold electroforming on ABS [Inida]
6544. Fully automated ELECTROPLATING machinery & process
6545. Major door mfgr. needs specialized lacquer paint [Bangladesh]
6546. Seeking powders for plasma spray [Pakistan]
6547. Black for jewelry
6548. Thin Hard-wearing Opaque coating for steel?
6549. Surfactants & Emulsifiers
6550. Nickel plating bath stress measurement and control
6551. Oxy-acetylene flame effects on chrome plating
6552. Zinc plating of compression springs
6553. How many hours salt spray equals 30 years life?
6555. Black Colour On Small Brass Component
6556. Drilled hole cleaning technology
6557. Resist for copper. [dry film vs. pad print ink]
6558. POWDER AFTER SEALING OF CHROMIC ACID ANODIZING
6559. Alodine 600 not coating
6560. Zinc alloy/Nickel strike coat bath
6561. Hard Chrome Plating: Hardness vs. Thickness
6562. Coating plastic reflectors
6563. RED FINISH ON BLACK OXIDE
6564. Powder Paint Attributes
6565. Tenemic Paint
6566. Silver oxidation prevention paper source
6567. Does irridite fluid contain TCE?
6568. Correlating copper elasticity to Knoop hardness
6569. Calibration of Plating Rectifiers
6570. SECC zinc-plated steel sheet
6571. Need MSDS for ARP 70 SPOT TEST SOLUTION
6572. Etchant for Damascus knifes
6573. Electrolytic Reduction of Historic artifacts
6574. Formulation of Lustrous Glaze for Tile
6575. Reflectivity on a sphere
6576. Need electroless gold plating line [India]
6577. Chrome plate assortment of auto parts [Kansas City]
6578. Need tungsten carbide microspheres [Mexico]
6579. Searching for Chrome Manganese plater [PA or anywhere in U.S.]
6580. Pin hole leaks in stainless steel ozone tanks
6581. Facilities & process for Nikasil, Lokasil, Alusil, Hard Chrome & Silitec?
6582. Audit method for PVD Coating adhesion
6583. Looking for non mil equivalents
6584. Is there anyone around who does Cyanide Copper?
6585. Re-blackening Porsche Lug Nuts
6586. Seeking waste copper etching solution [India]
6587. A Nickel Bath Puzzle
6588. POWDER COATING SIGNS
6589. Restoring Interior Plastic in auto
6590. How to paint a galvanized metal roof
6591. How Light Bulb Glass is Bonded to Metal Post
6592. Seeking Used Auto Paint Booth [Oklahoma]
6593. BUFFING COMPOUND WANTED [India]
6594. Gold-plating equipment and training
6595. Remove pottasium permanagate from carpeting
6596. Removing smut from copper surface
6597. Product anti-tarnishing in backwater area.
6598. Seek info regarding what solder to fill holes in chrome
6599. Constraints in decorative anodizing 
6600. Electropolish 
6601. Alloyed Copper-Beryllium Plate 
6602. Nitrating after hard chrome plating
6603. Unwanted Copper Deposits 
6604. Chromium stripping 
6605. Corrosion resistance in socket head screws 
6606. Help with Oxalic Acid and Hard Coating 
6607. ANODISED LITHO GRADE OFFSET PRINTING ALUMINIUM PLATES 
6608. Adhesion of powdercoats to nickelon tooling 
6609. Problem regarding circuitry 
6610. Applications for black hard chromium plating 
6611. Titanium / chromium nitride coatings 
6612. Aluminium parts degreasing with corn cob grit 
6613. Corrosion Resistance to 316 ss 
6614. Polishing equipment wanted [Wyoming] 
6615. Seeking Impregnation Resin vendors [India] 
6616. Auto rivet mfgr needs raw materials [India] 
6617. GSE - Is it safe, non-toxic, and potent? 
6618. Seeking info about modified bouver_vogel (mbv) method of coating aluminum
6619. Blackening of copper
6620. Hot Dip Galvanising compared to Zinc Electroplating
6621. Plating SiC with Al 
6622. Suggestions needed for inhibitor system during pickling
6623. Alternative to pickling acid for deburring
6624. Protrusion on Etched copper panel 
6625. PHOSPHATING OF CAST IRON
6626. Black Nickel Plating in Exterior Conditions 
6627. Removal of carbon "smutting" on rev . etching
6628. Nickel over iron/steel
6629. Problem spots on antiqued brass
6630. Matte / Frosted Chrome Plating on Aluminum Alloy & Plastic
6631. Problems in blackening finished parts
6632. Sludge Dryer types
6633. EXHAUST SCRUBBER FOR PASSIVATE TANK
6634. Info for satine Ni plating on ABS plastics ,elektropolishing process for SS filter in dishwashers 
6635. Looking for a hard gold
6636. Steel door finishing
6637. Help! stainless steel sinks
6638. Nine foot sculptor needs advice! 
6639. Coloring ship model coppering 
6640. Simple question 
6641. Ductile protective coatings. Aluminium deposition? 
6642. Help for nickel-boride coating on Al samples 
6643. High Definition Plasma cutting ?? 
6644. Removing Conversion Coatings
6645. PTFE coating vs Hard Chrome Plating 
6646. In need of high reflective paper [Ecuador]
6647. Black chrome plating [Western U.S.A.]
6648. Re-tin my copper sauce pan [W. Yorkshire, UK]
6649. Needs help with electroplating problems
6651. Oxidizing zippers without spoiling the material 
6652. Luger rust blue 
6653. Anodizing sprayed aluminum surface 
6654. Small Items in need of Anodizing and/or Powder Coating [New Jersey] 
6655. Seeking Hot Air Oven & Diesel Powered Blower [India] 
6656. Wear coating for aluminium to aluminium sliding contact 
6657. How to fix Bentone burner 
6658. Zinc Phosphating Defects (Nubbing) 
6659. Electroplating onto Aluminum 
6660. Corrosion of aluminum casting at Firth of Forth 
6661. Removing salt stains from corrugated iron 
6662. Stripping away old paint - what lacquer to prevent rust? 
6663. Colouring ferrous materials 
6664. Cost of Filter press and Tray Dryer 
6665. Seeking paper or Fabric-wrapped Steel Wire [India] 
6667. Green passivation 
6668. Seeking info on electrolytic polishing of steel
6669. Does ANSI313 or US40 exist for anodising in the UK? 
6670. Silver peeling
6671. Is it possible ,copper plating on nikel with pass saw test 
6672. Testing for electroless nickel plate brittleness
6673. Zincating the low Cu (<1%) Al alloys 
6674. Need a mil spec sheet for plating of sheet metal
6675. Needs Info for school project on removing rust from pennies
6676. Need info on Electroless deposition of Ruthenium 
6677. Seeking Nikasil Plating equipment & supplies [W. Australia]
6678. Seeking companies that can strip chrome [New Hampshire]
6680. Supply us with Ferrodox 410 material [New Hampshire]
6681. Three questions about corrosion
6682. Seeking gold toned finish on wire? 
6683. Chemical dulling of stainless steel 
6684. Why phosphate? Which kind to use? 
6685. Fatique life improvement by anodising or TiN coating? 
6686. Faded Anodized Parts 
6687. Alternative copper/cyanide plating anode 
6688. Faster Blackening of cast steel and A2 & D2 
6689. Sodium build-up in autophoretic bath 
6690. BHN of high temp samples 
6691. Cyanide+copper wastewater treatment 
6692. Metal build up on reel-to-reel masking belts 
6693. Blueing - Where Can I Buy It in Chicago? 
6694. Hypochorite generation with high conc'n 
6695. Why is citric acid in shampoo and conditioner? 
6696. Polymer Bonding 
6697. Seeking large volume of nickel chloride [Netherlands] 
6698. Chrome my alloy wheels [Berkshire, U.K.] 
6699. Au/Sn solderability problem 
6700. Help needed on bluing that turned out red-purple 
6701. Want formula for processing time for anodizing
6702. Chem Film Question 
6703. Environmental friendly surface treatment of aluminum
6704. How to remove black oxide coating from stainless steel?
6705. Ferricyanide Removal
6706. Seeks info about chrome/nickel plating
6707. Wants to know how to aluminize a telescope mirror
6708. Seeks jobshop with autophoretic 900 or 700 [Mich./Ontario]
6709. Electro plating vs. Powder coating?
6710. Splash Anodizing
6711. Written procedures on the web 
6712. Request for Resources in NYC 
6713. Help with cleaning ceramic parts
6714. Rust without the Dust
6715. Nickel elecroless plating adhesion problems
6716. Plating over copper foil to contact aluminum base
6717. Conductivity of the zinc plating with chromate conversion
6718. Hydrogen Annealing for Plating Molybdenum
6719. Tin plating -hydrogen embrittlement
6720. ANODIZING MIL SPEC QUESTION
6721. Hydrofluoric Acid pickling tank design 
6722. Disposable razor blade manufacturing machine sought
6723. Info needed on gray water disposal
6724. Dacrotizing source needed (northern Michigan)
6725. Seeking shop to finish my wheels like the BMW M-5's [Ontario]
6726. Dry Etching Salts To Remove Enamel From Costume Jewelry?
6727. Info on car body painting process
6728. Hardcoat chromic acid anodizing
6729. Bright Dip on yellow brass or bronze
6730. How the passivates works?
6731. How to clean a plating bath?
6732. Tin/Lead Plating of Prototype Print Circuit Boards 
6733. Concentration of phos/nitric in bright dip? 
6734. current efficiency of copper pyrophosphate bath
6735. Polishing Compound Base. What to use?
6736. Au plating peel off 
6737. Other indices for solder plating apart from Thickness and Composition
6738. Hot dip galvanizing "dross formation" 
6739. Protective hard lacquer
6740. Oxidizing aluminum
6741. Conductive Plating of Ceramic Cylinder (help and supplier needed)
6742. Electroless Nickel & Immersion Gold for Ultrasonic Wire Bonding
6743. Stainless Steel Acid Etching
6744. Maximum oxygen percentage for no flammable mixture of solvent in nitrogen
6745. Successful sulfuric/nitric anodize
6746. Discoloration on Nickel Parts after washing
6747. Help wanted re: stripping powder coating
6748. Clean weld discoloration on SST
6749. Can Anodizing be Interrupted?
6750. Internal hub lubricant
6751. Blisters and bubbles in zinc and yellow
6752. Help with Nickel electroplating problems.
6753. Rz to Ra; Surface texture conversion
6754. A better way?
6755. Zinc oxide plant
6756. Is anodic coating resistant to formaldehyde?
6757. Aluminum Valve Body Wear -- Info/help needed
6758. Rectifier control modification
6760. Chlor-Alkali Sulphuric Acid re-concentration
6761. METAL POLISHING REFERENCE BOOK
6762. Spark machining photos
6763. Wanted: electrophoretic photoresist for strongly alkaline conditions
6764. Boron Removal
6765. Matching Stainless Still finish in Zinc Die Casted and Plastic Parts
6766. Zinc ammonium chloride
6767. Applying Metallization to Barium Titanate Ceramics 
6768. Stripping powder coating from aluminum
6769. Aluminum plate cutting device
6770. What is SILITEC?
6771. Refinishing old metal filing cabinet
6772. Black Chromium and Aluminium?
6773. Info needed: storing goldplated flatware
6774. Seeks tech info on enameling of copper
6775. Copper plating tank material : PP vs PVC or CPVC
6776. Types of compounds for metal finishing
6777. Electrolyte composite (Si-C)nickel process 
6778. Help plating pure tungsten (Pennsylvania) 
6779. Aluminum anodizing (Brooklyn, NY) 
6780. Cleaning SS 17-4 
6781. Correct Procedure for 303 passivation
6782. Need Tin-Bismuth chemistry and contract plating
6783. Electropolished
6784. Looking for surface standards for aluminum 
6785. Black anodized aluminum becomes white and chalky, any alternatives? 
6786. Maximum current density of thin film Al, Cr and Au
6787. Yellow Zinc vs. Yellow Chromate
6788. Adherence Problems
6789. Chemical polishing of stainless steel tanks 
6790. Titanium anodes
6791. Need metal powders; Monel, carbides, SST
6792. Iridite residue 
6793. Aluminum Masking Compound
6794. Fiberglass process
6795. Sizal Buffing Wheels
6796. Tin plating issues
6797. Want effective home anodizing set up (for my micromachine shop co.)
6798. "White Nickel Plating"
6799. Mexican Platers
6800. Contrast stains from a nickel sulfamate bath
6801. Deburring
6802. PVD coaters , New Delhi, INDIA 
6803. Aluminum electrical coating 
6804. Titanium Anodizing
6805. About electroplating
6806. STEEL PLATES FROM STOCK (PAKISTAN)
6807. Need Palladium Cobalt plating solution (Japan)
6808. Finishing need
6809. Help blueing winchester
6810. METAL TREATMENT TO PREVENT GALVANIC CORROSION
6811. Anodize type III clear - sticky
6812. Removable masking paint/coating for chrome plating of plastic.
6813. Looking for mil specs on vapor corrosion inhibitors
6814. Deoxidization of aircraft aluminum
6816. Life calculation of various plating on steel,brass & copper at indoor condition
6817. Cleaning drawing compounds 
6818. Selective masking to survive Al anodising process 
6819. High surface area nickel plate
6820. Nickel-Iron Plating
6821. Colouring Stainless Steel scissor
6823. Salt spray test
6824. Chemical graphting
6825. Authentic-looking rust finish that won't rub off.
6826. For textile finishing (Pakistan)
6827. TiN Coating large part
6828. Non-conductive aluminum plating
6829. NIR reflectance of polished stainless
6830. Hexavalent Chromium Present in Clear Chromate Coatings
6831. Radius finish on moulded carbon components
6832. Electropolishing questions
6833. Chroming Carbon-Fiber Hydraulic Cylinders
6834. Big Irridite Tank Needed [Baltimore, MD area]
6835. Info needed on chroming plastic skull
6836. Sheradising process and quality
6837. Want vendors / equipment manufactures for E-Nickel plating [India]
6838. Information of chemical etching of PCB
6839. Intro to electroplating
6840. Chemical supplier for electropolishing on aluminium [Canada or USA]
6841. Sources of commercial Glycolic Acid
6842. Resist needed for etching of stainless
6843. How to achieve blackest anodize possible
6844. Alodine vs. iridite
6845. Need large metal springs for PCB plating racks [Fla., USA]
6846. Why are fuse links silver plated?
6847. Lowering Chloride conc. in Acid Copper Bath
6848. Pitting in Acid Copper bath
6849. Seeking powder coating oven & expertise [Quebec]
6850. Acrylic flame polishing "help"
6851. Cryogenic annealing aluminum/steel...anyone? [Cal., USA]
6852. Cyanide destruction
6853. Must I re-anodize after sanding and polishing aluminum?
6854. Oxidizing? Mystery silver hardware
6855. Plastic costume needs chroming [N.Y., USA]
6856. Filling Grind Marks
6857. Painting/Powder Coat Cast Aluminum
6858. Seeking conductive paint to serve as resistive heating coil [Spain]
6859. Chromate or NO Chromate?
6860. Acidic paint stripper
6861. B-H Curve Measurement of Electroplated Permalloy
6862. Cleaning Brass Ships lanterns
6863. Chemical treatments to color steel surfaces
6864. Surface Roughness Conversions
6865. Some questions about phosphate coatings from Dubai
6866. Seeking info and pricing on electropolishing machine [Texas, USA]
6867. Rust formation on plated parts
6868. Electroless Nickel on Brass Bushings/Valves
6869. Applying epoxy lacquer to alufoil
6870. Coating glass beverage bottles for better seals
6871. Protecting polished Aluminum finish
6872. Chrome my dirtbike's plastic [Minn., USA]
6873. Old Japanning Paint Recipe wanted
6874. Rechrome my Plastic Dash parts [Oxnard, Cal., USA]
6875. Seeking info on re-anodizing my yacht mast
6876. Black oxidized steel for kitchen countertop?
6877. Seeks info on aluminum conductors, transmission towers and lightning
6878. HE Relief Testing for Zinc Plating
6879. Obtaining a 8-12Rms Finish on Machined Die Cast A380
6880. Want to buy nickel containing material
6881. Seeks info on electroforming watch dial markers
6882. Revisiting Teflon impregnated anodizing
6883. Satin chrome finish on brass 
6884. Correlation between pH and removal of Boron by using RO membrane
6885. Passivation of Titanium
6886. Best PVD coating for mechanize Pearlitic Cast-Iron
6887. Seeking help with Fluoride Phosphate,Conversion Coating[LosAngeles USA]  
6888. Iron ppt from nickel bath 
6889. Re-finishing stainless steel "brushed" finish  
6890. Seeking a plating shop [Ont., Canada]
6891. Need Help With Rack Stripping With Vinyl Powder
6892. Cothal R4000
6893. Platinum replating on titanium
6894. Melting Point of Rosin 
6895. Zinc alloy 
6896. Dichromate Formation in Anodizing Baths
6897. Teflon coating on stainless
6898. Problem with separation of paint on parts
6899. Want lab-size electropolishing
6900. How to start a plating business
6901. Removing Sulphuric acid stain on granite
6902. Passivation for AISI 316L S.S. & ASTMF75 medical devices
6903. Electrical Resistance Of Hard Anodize Coating
6904. Maranizing?
6905. Electrical Properties of Hard Anodize
6906. Long lasting lacquer finish for door handle
6907. Gold in Seawater
6908. Seeking shop to antique "cowboy style" stainless revolver & knife [Cal. USA]
6909. Seeking spotlights for 1957/58 Ford
6910. Student question about hard anodizing
6911. Antimicrobial silver coatings
6912. Need help on Zinc Nickel platings on steel
6913. Need text covering erosion properties
6914. Information wanted about Zinc sleeve
6915. Removal of Rust from vintage fan
6916. Cleaning anodized aluminium on 1950's aircraft
6917. Seeking shop to restore Fading gold-plated flatware [Va., USA]
6918. Marking of stainless steel
6919. Rusting on Passivated A304 Steel in Salt Spray Test
6920. Questions about color anodizing
6921. Process to put copper bottoms on stainless steel utensils
6922. Lack of adhesion of silver plating
6923. Pitting in Watt's dull nickel plating
6924. Plating onto glass
6925. Seeking nitriding facility for Titanium [India]
6926. Painting anodized aluminum
6927. Smoothing Copper
6928. Potassium phosphate treatment
6929. Coating thickness of Alodine 1200
6930. Aluminum etch additive?
6931. Seeking source for hard alumite coating
6932. Conductivity of Zinc Plated surfaces?
6933. Aluminium anodizing wastes wanted [Chicago & Ga., USA]
6934. Best choice for RTD for Manganese Phosphate bath?
6935. Stainless steel anodise or chrome?
6936. Help with my frame polishing/rough part smoothing
6938. Needs product to remove oxidization from steelposts/retain finish
6939. Seeks aluminum mirror sheet [Singapore]
6940. Activation of Nickel for Hard Chrome Plating
6941. Powder paint curing problems
6942. High Heat Resistant Ink Sought
6943. Want to buy and learn to operate a chrome plating machine [Georgia, USA]
6944. Staining 431 stainless steel
6945. Powdercoating peeling chrome wheels?
6946. Seeking aluminum wire feeding machine [India]
6947. Seeking palladium powder [Ga., USA]
6948. Seeking anodized aluminum as substrate for electrical circuitry [Tenn., USA]
6949. Finishing equipment for small aluminum parts [Mexico]
6950. Vapor degreaser : should we use tce or perc ?
6951. Urgent - ECP chemicals [without heavy metal] for Aluminium deburring [Hong Kong]
6952. Starting a color anodizing business [India]
6953. Magnesium Chromating Information
6954. Hard Anodize Coating Blisters On 7075
6955. Information request for Alodine
6956. Increasing wear resistance of aluminum
6957. Effect of HCl in sulfate type coating electrolyte
6958. HVAC Coil Painting System
6959. Black Compound on Galvanized Salt Fog Samples
6960. Vibratory Barrels For Plating
6961. Aluminum Capacitor Foil Etching Equipment sought
6962. Copper buffing and clearcoating
6963. Making a Tarnish Preventer
6964. Seeking local chrome dipping shop [Branford, Fla., USA]
6965. Student seeks info on photochromic polymer
6966. Help needed from Shanghai about nickel plating 
6967. Looking for information on bearings
6968. Heat treatment of carbon steel
6969. Phenolic molding 
6970. Student needing assistance on copper plating
6971. Seeking concrete cutter [China]
6972. Acid vapour corrossive resistance finishing
6973. Finishing Stainless Steel
6974. Potasium Permanganate
6975. Searching for Australian Zinc Plating shop [large qty. Meccano parts]
6976. Jewelry supplier needs gold-plated roses [NJ]
6977. Brass Plating
6978. Seeking rubber coated steel balls 
6979. Zincate solution life 
6980. Production of p-amino phenol
6981. How do I oxidize a sheet of copper?
6982. What buffing creates matte finish?
6983. Plating molybdenum 
6984. Coating technology and line for magnesium housing of notebook
6985. Aluminium Alloy for HazLoc enclosures on offshore [oil & gas] platforms  
6986. JS500 zinc plating
6987. Passivated copper 
6988. Brightness measurement and surface finish correlation  
6989. Phosphoric Acid Anodizing 
6990. Water test for anodizing plant
6991. Need plating of my car parts [MS]
6992. Needs small quantities of PTFE emulsion for bread machine
6993. Remove/prevent tarnish on bronze flatware
6994. Oil-rubbed-bronze finish on brass-clad doors
6995. Chrome Plating  
6996. Plating Magnesium AZ91D for corrosion resistance, EMI shielding and decorative
6997. What is rust? and how does ph effect this?
6998. Cleaning Pennies 
6999. Bright Zinc Finish Specifications

 

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