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8000. Bright Dip for Beryllium
8001. Electroless copper(Cu) and electroless nickle(Ni).
8002. Adhesion intensity Kanigen plating on 15-5PH
8003. Chromium coatings
8004. Powder Coating for non-metal products
8005. Teflon coating
8006. PTFE disadvantages?
8007. What part does voltage play in electroplating?
8008. Corrosion Protection for Aluminum and Steel
8009. Tin Plating
8010. Can a topcoat substitute for Zinc iron Plating?
8011. Black oxide cause of Hydrogen embrittlement?
8012. Dacrotising on Brass
8013. Black Chromate Finishing
8014. HOURS OF CORROSION RESISTANCE
8015. Recycling spent die strip caustic
8016. Book about zinc plating
8017. I NEED SOME TECH HELP
8018. Cleaning Pennies From 1950's
8019. Measurement of cromium during welding
8020. Seeking Acid Zinc Plating Services [WA., USA]
8021. Non-conductive corrosion coating
8022. Anodizing or Plating?
8023. What's in the process?
8024. Concentration of Passivate Bath (Nitric for Stainless)
8025. Seeking Chromate conversion touch-up
8026. Seeking Chrome-6-free Zinc Cobalt Plating Service [U.K.]
8027. Poor coverage of copper parts in stannous sulfate tin bath.
8028. Seeking plastisol dipping service [Western Canada]
8029. Touch-up to an aluminum part
8030. Acid finishings on gilded or stained wood
8031. Antiquing shiny, polished brass sheet.
8032. Seeking one-off anodising of tube [Md., USA]
8033. Seeking my cycle gold plated [N.J., USA]
8034. White Rust
8035. Seeking small lot brass or brass-like refinishing [R.I., USA]
8037. Cleaning of stainless steel - medical device implants
8038. Diff between metallizing and phospating
8039. Acid copper with higher thickness
8040. Diecast skin blistering
8041. Nickel plating over aluminum
8042. Tank material for anodize strip
8043. UV curing opposed to gas oven plus UV compatable paint
8044. Copies of Metal Finishing Magazines
8045. Plating auto parts
8046. INFO ON CHEMICAL FORMULATION OF PAINT STRIPPERS
8047. Aluminum corrosion
8048. Color case hardening
8050. COMPATIBILITY BETWEEN ZINC AND HARD CHROME PLATING
8051. Nitric acid as polishing agent
8052. Plating application question / recommendation
8053. Gages
8054. Protective sheilding for powder coat system paint hooks.
8055. Removing TiN cover from hard metal tools
8056. Good books on Plating, Anodizing, and Chem Films.
8057. The alcohol resistant in Varnish or Lacquers.
8058. Parkerizing information?
8059. Polishing anodized aluminum
8060. Thing for a rainy day
8061. FeC12 and FeC13
8062. Electroless Silver Plating on Stainless Steel
8063. Extracting Silver Nitrate
8064. ROLE OF SILICA GEL AS FILLERS
8067. Trivalent Chromate Plating Enquiry
8068. Pre-Treatment?
8069. Passivation of 300 series Stainless Steel standoffs
8070. Nickle silver Etch
8071. Stainless color from anodizing
8072. Seeking technology for silver plating aluminum [Yugoslavia]
8073. Platinum Black Electroplating
8074. EN on NiCr
8075. Conductivity - Galvanized / Galvanealed
8076. Resistance test for blacken anodizing
8077. Tin plating out on Titanium heat exchanger plates.
8078. Specs for black anodizing
8079. How to etch perspex
8080. Electroplating Boron
8082. White stain/contamination of chemical polished Al extruded and machined parts
8083. Dulled bath enamel
8084. Chemical etching stencil process
8085. Parcolubrite or Chemplate
8086. Chromic acid anodize
8087. Seeking to buy gold plating system [Oman]
8088. Selective silver plating
8089. Seeking equipment for sherardising [Quebec]
8090. Sand Burning
8091. Need reliable surface prep for high school Zn/Cu immersion plating lab.
8092. Pot Metal Part Repair
8093. Brass Investment Casting Finishing Process
8094. Tin Plating Finish Problem on Aluminium Castings - Fungus Formation
8095. Bright Chrome dilema
8096. How do I seal a brass bed after it's restored?
8097. Anti-reflective paint
8098. Splash Anodizing, How? Who? Where?
8099. Concrete Mixer Paddle Wear Problems.
8100. Etching Aluminium and Steel
8101. Need Bright Dip Mix
8102. Kovar plating problems
8103. Steam Humidity vs. evaporating water for corrosion testing
8104. Seeking cooking pot re-tinned [N.Y., USA]
8105. NCS0502B = Kitchen white?
8106. Electroplating - I did it, now why can't I do it again?
8107. Rusting Process, environmental concern and suggestions....
8108. Polishing an Airstream
8109. Sourcing for 100% Tin plating house
8110. SEEKING ACID COPPER/SATIN NICKEL PROCESSES
8111. Polycrystalline Pt etching
8112. Help a plating shop unfairly charged
8113. Seeking etched rollers
8114. What exactly is the Heat Stain on Stainless?
8115. How to make positive photoresist
8116. CRAZING or CRAZY?
8117. Seeking Blue Chromate Solution [Cal., USA]
8118. Seeking Acid Copper/ Satin Nickel Processes
8119. Seeking Gold Plating of Busbar [N.Y., USA]
8120. Salt-spray performance of zinc electroplating
8121. Painting brass castings
8122. Nickel Treatment By Sodium Hydroxide PPT
8123. How does a pH Sensor work?
8124. Stainless steel sheet etching process method
8125. Seeking Anodizer
8126. Hardcoat Anodizing of die cast parts
8127. Hardcoat Anodizing
8128. Seeking small qnty Zinc Plating [Cal., USA]
8129. Activation process for silver on nickle plating after 24 hours of plating nickle
8130. What is "diamond like carbond" in PVD technology?
8131. Venting and sealing of products to be hot dip galvanized.
8133. Teflon recoating
8134. Galvanneal/phosphate
8135. Techniques for Liver of Sulfur Patina on Copper?
8136. Options for Gold Plating Acrylic Plastic Resins?
8137. Sealer for Copper Kitchen Countertop
8138. Copper patination
8139. Electroforming on plastic
8140. Oxidized wheels
8141. PAINTING METAL CABINETS
8142. Why does silver tarnish?
8143. Seeking chrome and gold plating system [MD., USA]
8144. Crystalwater in oxalic acid
8145. How to anodize Tin (Sn)?
8147. Finishing medical titanium implants
8148. High Temperature Industrial Paints
8149. Removing Anodization
8150. Stainless steel etching
8151. Chrome Polishing
8152. Nickel used on old piano hardware
8153. Brass wall hanging
8154. BRONZED ANODIZED ALUMINUM CURTAIN CLEANING AND POLISHING
8155. Organometallic precipitation of metals
8156. Seeking a lapping service [MA., USA]
8157. Aluminum Casting Squeak
8158. Hard anodized layer "chipping"
8159. HOW DOES ACID AFFECT DIRTY PENNIES?
8160. Electroplating
8161. Solderability problem on nickel plated headers
8162. Hidrogen embrittlement test
8163. Seeking Filtration Systems
8164. Phosphate Sludge Removal
8165. Stereolithography and Surface Treatment
8166. Advantages of nickel plating over chrome plating for tyre moulding centre mechanisms
8168. SS304 pitting and SCC
8169. Nitric solution tank
8170. Color finishing stainless steel
8171. Flash Coating
8172. Anodize Pitting?
8173. Seeking Tin plating a stainless steel tube [Maine, USA]
8174. Seeking Plating of magnesium materials [N.Y., USA]
8175. Removal of metal impurities in Cu plating tank
8176. How do I safely remove "white rust" from hot dip galvanized steel
8177. Salt Spray Cabinets Corrosive?
8178. Seeking Flat chroffles [U.K.]
8180. Stress fractures in plated Q-45 wheels
8181. Electro plating machine
8182. Metal Silver Plate Cleaner
8183. Internal anodization of coiled aluminum tubes
8184. Indium tin oxide
8185. Wear abrasion test for anodize
8186. Refurbishing electrolytor cells
8187. Nickel plating vs electroless nickel plating
8188. Chrome plate plastic
8189. Japanese Nickel Plate Specs (On Steel)
8190. Lacquer and Anti-tarnish
8191. Need an acid resistant coating
8192. 17-7 PH Stainless as a contact material?
8193. Bronze extrusion discoloration
8194. Pre cleaning before plating for removing molykote from the surface
8195. Seeking equipment for Platinum aluminide coating [Quebec]
8196. Photos of zinc plating for QC?
8197. Black Oxide Clear Passivation of 303 Stainless Steel
8198. Need prototype cosmetic cap gold plated
8199. The affects of Scandium in Aluminum
8201. Can Cu contamination cause stainless steel corrosion during annealing?
8202. Tank Contamination
8203. Salt spray test on zinc plated parts
8204. Scratched and dull surface on stainless steel refrigerator door
8205. Surface protection for aluminum from deionized water
8206. Bath to etch small brass parts
8207. Seeking Suppliers of porous pot for chrome [Chile]
8208. Seeking Alzak finish for lighting trim [Cal., USA]
8209. Seeking chromic acid
8210. Electrical conductivity difference between MIL-C-5541 Class 1 and III
8211. Distortion during Chrome plating of Plastic parts
8212. HOW TO STRIP TITANIUM NITRIDE
8213. Nitric Acid/DI Water Solution Tank/Basin
8214. Deionized water metal compatibility
8216. Proper/best solution for gunmetal finish on jewelry items?
8217. Theoretical abrasive wear of metals in soil
8218. Colour of dacromet coatings?
8219. Want to buy stainless steel paint [B.C., Canada]
8220. Need E-nickel Plating Plant [Zimbabwe]
8221. Deionized Vs Distilled Water
8222. Zinc-plating vs. mechanical vs. hot dip galvanized coatings for small parts
8223. Electroplating vs. vapor deposition of aluminum onto carbon
8224. Pulse plating for acid copper
8225. Remove Zinc from Iron Oxide
8226. Seeking assitance for electroplating facility [Argentina]
8227. ANODIZE
8228. Gold Sulfite removal
8229. Please, help me remove a stain from a bath tub.
8230. Cad Plating 101 and beyond
8231. Removing gold spray paint from Pewter
8232. Removing oxidization from aluminum with chemicals.
8233. Voltage, brightners and buffer requirements
8234. Troubling irridescence with liver, ferric, copper
8235. Chrome suppliers
8236. Parkerizing help for my students.
8237. Problems in experiment on chemical conversion coating of aluminium
8238. Etchant for aluminium
8240. Coating for steel 'V' rails
8241. Black coatings for vacuum use
8242. Producing photo resist pcb's
8243. Alodine 1200 finish
8244. Chrome Plated Matt Finish
8245. Chrome on plastic
8246. Zinc corrossion behaviour in different atmospheres
8247. Old School Desk
8248. Sheradizing
8249. Remove Rust from Brass
8250. AMS and ASTM Specifications sought
8251. Electroless nickle plating integrity
8252. Seeking Used ECD equipment
8253. Graphite corrosion on anodized aluminum
8254. Hydrogen embrittlement vs. electroless nickel plating
8255. Phosphate sludge samples wanted
8256. What is Sermalube
8257. Hard chrome plating (Nikasil Electroplating)
8258. Demonstration how to plate a copper penny with zinc
8259. Electroless nickel plate on stator of motor
8260. Hardlayer on Titanium
8261. Hazards of Copper Sulphate Solution
8262. Plating for Phosphor Bronze parts
8263. Surface Finishes Equivalences
8264. Seeking Stainless Steel Floats to be polished [CA., USA]
8265. Electroplating of selenium
8266. CLEAR CADIUM v.s. ELECTROLYTIC AND ELECTROLESS NICKEL PLATING
8267. Seeking US Companies in China for plating shop start up [Shanghai]
8268. Post plating treatment
8269. H2 on Electroplated surfaces
8270. Regulations for anodize/Cr exhaust fumes
8271. Heat resistant clear coat for fireplace accesories.
8272. Looking for metal samples
8273. Chemical reaction
8274. Conductive Polymer Glue
8275. Cleaning Copper based Alloys
8276. Spatter finish
8277. Seeking Chevron Perfect Paint [GA., USA]
8278. Teflon coating for Waffle Iron
8279. Finish thickness
8280. Passivation Standards
8281. Cancave surface after electrolytic nickel plating on tiny surface
8282. Tin plating process over plane aluminium items
8283. Cost Comparison
8284. Seeking Black finish for stainless steel tube
8285. Etching titanium
8286. Patio set (aluminum vs. coated steel)
8287. Wet bubble inside a tube
8288. Need information on Nickel Plating!
8289. Gold coated microscope slides
8290. Seeking semi-auto polisher for stainless steel utensils
8291. Pin holes on wire surface after pickling and drawing of hot rolled wire rods
8292. White chromate treatment of aluminium
8293. 5052 Aluminum Reaction To De-ox
8294. Bright dip dissolved aluminum
8295. Seeking Oval Link Chain - Chrome Plated
8296. Chrome hardness vs Temperature graphs
8297. Alkaline cyanide free zinc process
8298. Powder Coating Job Shop
8299. Analysis for copper plating bath
8300. Mils Specs in Australia
8301. Seeking DAG 213
8302. Reflective Coating on Car headlights
8303. Coating for Steel to Aluminum Interface
8304. Non plating materials
8305. Degreasing with Corn Cobs
8306. Seeking Nickel-Cobalt plating [CO., USA]
8307. Hard Anodising of specific alloys
8308. Dirty anodes in our copper sulfate bath.
8309. Polyketone-containing coating
8310. Seeking Coating of Aluminium on Polyetherimide Polymer
8311. Seeking Powders
8312. Seeking paint for metal with nickel filled epoxy base
8313. Zinc yellow passivation poor adhession
8314. Hydrogen bakeout temp
8315. Gold stripping
8316. Questions about proposed MPandM Rule
8317. Seeking chrome plating of 4 wheels rims [N.Y., USA]
8318. Putting a mirror finish on steel blades (cheaply)
8319. Nickel Coin buildup
8320. Powder coating pot metal
8321. Aluminium anodizing and dimensional tolerances
8322. Mechanism of electrocleaning
8323. Zinc coating solution
8324. Titanium tumbling
8325. Unwanted deposition in brush plating
8326. Finish for 5052-H32 Aluminum
8327. Inconsistant results in chromating on aluminum
8328. Kynar vs. Enamel finishes
8329. Copper plating lead
8330. Plain stainless to brushed stainless at home?
8331. BBS Emblems for rims
8332. What Solvents were used to clean weapons during 1973-1976 in the USMC?
8333. Need phosphor copper anodes for resale
8334. Silver color on aluminium (impossibile)!
8335. Wear resistance of powder coatings
8336. Blister Causes
8337. Effect of ripple in DC supply for electroplating
8338. Satin finish
8339. Mechanically Galvanized Fasterers
8340. Rework after Powder painting
8341. Seeking Thickness gauge, stainless steel [MO., USA]
8342. Dry Film Spray
8343. Chrome Strip
8344. PPE for powder coating
8345. Mechanical over air agitation
8346. Teflon coating removal from kitchen pans
8347. Polishing soldered copper
8348. Remove chrome plating
8349. Preparation Of Organic Materials For Nickeless Copper
8350. Platium or white gold?
8351. Help regarding Permakote
8352. Are their non-metallic magnetic shields.?
8353. SEEKING S.S. UTENSIL POLISH MACHINE
8354. DEPASSIVATION OF 17-4PH STAINLESS STEEL FOR MALCOMIZING(NITRIDING)
8355. Electropolishing of 316L stainless steel
8356. 2 tone anodising
8357. White patches on clear anodised parts
8358. Aluminium anodizing
8359. QQ-P-416
8360. Spray-on Teflon Coating
8361. River Boat
8363. Copper or nickel plate tungsten carbide
8364. MAKEUP OF GALVANISED STEEL AND CHROMIAN
8365. Chroming fiberglass
8366. Need help stipping gold plated stainless fishing guides
8367. Iodine corrosion - spillage in booth of car
8368. Aluminum anodizing
8369. Pipe (Polypropylene)
8370. Paladium recycling
8371. Chromic Acid Anodizing
8372. Price calculation
8373. Sulfamic Acid compatibility with galvanized or copper finishes
8374. Jewelry Repairman Used Rhodium Plating
8375. Pretreatment for tungsten-copper alloy
8376. Non cyanide plating bath
8377. Problems with zinc/iron over forged parts
8378. Salt Spray hours for zinc with / w/out chromates
8379. Almunium Concrete interaction
8380. Ammonical etching of copper
8381. Seeking highly reflective powdercoating for solar application [Mexico]
8382. Plastisol primer formulation
8383. Hydrogen embrittlement of chrome plated aluminium - help needed!
8384. Conversion Coating on Aluminum Sheeting
8385. Palladium
8386. Platinum plating?
8387. Recovering tin from mixed salts
8390. Zinc anodes in a fresh and sea water
8392. Seeking teflon coating m/c required
8393. Galvanized metal sheeting, treatment of.
8394. Viscosity in electroless bath
8395. Corrosion of silver plated contacts
8396. Stripping of Powder painting jigs.
8397. Edge fine grinding on glass fibre
8398. Looking for book
8399. Removing tarnish from pennies
8400. COPPER PLATING
8401. Inquiry about uses of sulfamic acid
8402. Determination of field breakthrough capacityy of limestone filters in removing copper from wastewater.
8403. Imaging compound curves
8404. Seeking Iriditing [MD., USA]
8405. How can hard chrome solutions be purified
8406. Dry Film Lubrication
8407. Black anodize turning brown
8408. Treating Copper Fountain
8409. Removing lead from zinc sacrificial anodes
8410. Corrosion resistance against ammonia fumes
8411. Aluminum coating on copper
8412. Seeking portable sandblaster
8413. REQUIRE COPPER SURFACE FINISHING WITH HOMOGENEOUS COLOR
8414. Max Iron Content Of Nitric Acid Solution For Passivations.
8415. Seeking Non-chromate coating line for Magnesium
8416. Copper removal from Acid Etch
8417. Alodine 1200 and Alocrom 1200
8418. Specifying low-embrittlement cadmium
8419. Hard chrome purification
8420. Seeking Electro-less gold plating supplies
8421. Powder coat as a Corrosion Inhibitor for Automotive product ??
8422. Alternative to chromate Conversion coating
8423. How do I remove brass plating from polished chrome at home?
8424. Stripping silver-plating from nickel-silver
8425. Diamond Coating
8426. Cleaning - refinishing brass hinges - locks - corners on a travelling trunk.
8427. NICKLE PLATING FISHING LURES
8428. Outdoor copper patina
8429. Silver plating
8430. Chrome and paint
8431. Zinc phosphate solubility
8432. Solvent for NMR of polyetherimide
8433. Column inquiry for HPLC and FPLC
8434. Extraction of silver from x-ray photo
8435. Wastes from Electroplating industries
8436. Seeking FeDPTA chelates [Cal., USA]
8437. Magnetic shielding laminate required!
8438. PVC Extrusions to a shiny Gold finish.
8439. BRONZED ANODIZED ALUMINUM CURTAIN CLEANING AND POLISHING
8440. Electrolytic Colouring
8441. Seeking nickel anodes and plating supplies
8442. De-embrittlement Chrome Microcracking
8443. Seeking annealing service [WA, USA]
8444. Focculants/Sodium Hydroxide
8445. Effect of high Ripple
8446. Seeking Chrome Plate Pieces for my Tractor [Ontario]
8447. Finishing tools for SS
8448. Faux finish anaglypta-tin ceiling
8449. Nicasil plating
8450. Using HVLP Sprayer to paint house - paint pot?
8451. Vinyl Siding
8452. Stay bright - Polished Aluminium
8453. Enquiry on PVD
8454. Restoring old doors and floorboards.
8455. Clear powder coating
8456. Silvery, glittery high gloss surface (like a credit card)
8457. Copper plating
8458. Need 1,000 kg Glycolic
8459. SEPERATION OF ALUMINIUM FROM ZINC
8460. CORROSION
8461. Coating for copper, stainless steel and alum. so they won't corrode around anodize chemicals
8462. Coupons of Finishes
8463. SS Corrosion in 17-4 and 316 SS
8464. Aluminum corrosion in presence of nickel
8465. Removal and masking of anodize surfaces
8466. Seeking plating and anodizing services [Cal., USA]
8467. Brown patches on gold plating
8468. Seeking Tantalum Plating Service [Cal., USA]
8469. SEEKING PLASTIC CHROME PLATING EQUIPMENT [Mexico]
8470. Zinc ammonium chloride solution heating
8471. TechnicalWord: Rust
8472. Parameter for sherardising
8473. "Chicken wire cracks in chrome plating"
8474. Boiling Water Adhesion Test
8475. Toxic metals in automotive undercoatings
8476. REPOLISH #4 ST/ST
8477. Nicasil plating shop setup
8478. Sword Rusting
8479. Silverplating
8480. Acido Cromico [Spanish]
8481. High Temperature damage of Carbon Steel
8482. Help ! Urgent - Electroplating used?
8483. Seeking synthetic diamond powder
8484. Tungsten carbide dies
8485. Countertop finish work.
8486. Constantan Resistivity
8487. Chrome and gold plated effect
8488. Seeking Contract finishing 316L jewelry items [WA., USA]
8489. Seeking help for Zinc-Nickel Adhesion Problem [Mich., USA]
8490. Auto wheel chrome peeling
8491. Additive for Hard Chrome Plating
8492. PROCESS FOR BETTER CORROSION PROTECTION
8493. Copper cyanide strike
8494. Gold plating
8495. Primer for bonding brass and urethane
8496. Waste water treatment.
8497. Material cross reference Swedish to US
8498. Seeking Plastic Chroming [SC., USA]
8499. Fiberglass helmet chroming
8500. What is the difference between electro nickel plating and electroless nickel plating
8501. Stripping one color and Re-Anodizing another on Aluminum.
8502. Rhodium plating
8503. Treatment of oil emulsions by polymerised aluminium sulphate
8504. Absorptive coating on copper for CO2 laser
8505. Etching of stainless steel materials
8506. Removing Scale from Stainless Steel
8507. Black Anodising and Chrome conversion difference for radiation
8508. Seeking gold plating machinery
8509. Looking for method to coat with a silver layer
8510. Electrogalvanising Procedure
8511. Problem in Electroless Ni/Au
8512. Seeking tube galvanizing plant
8513. Copper Coating for solar water heating
8514. How do I blacken Niobium?
8515. PLEASE HELP!! - CHROME WHEELS
8516. Quantitative Determination of Surface Iron Oxide
8517. Phosphorus content of post-plate samples
8518. Training Standards
8519. Low melting Alloys
8520. Highheat stovepipe spray paint in colors
8521. Seeking a zinc bathtub refinished - Please help [CA., USA]
8522. Galvanic corrosion between aluminum and graphite
8523. White Rust on Galvannealed
8524. Iridite 14.2 Suppliers?
8525. Seeking EDP / Powder Coat / Paint [Minn., USA]
8526. SMI - porosity test for gold layers
8527. Seeking used regenerative blower [Manitoba]
8528. Corrosion protective cleaner for buffed zinc castings (pre-plate)
8529. Boron removal system
8530. Carbon Plating on Copper
8531. Brass coating?
8532. Alcohol and perfumes resistant clear lacquer.
8533. Technical advice - thermoformed plastic plates?
8535. WELDING FUMES FROM GALVANIZED METAL
8536. Achieving superior surface finish in cylinderbore tubes
8537. STEEL BOAT BLASTING AND PRIMING IN COLD CLIMATES
8538. Small bubbles on silver plated surface, galvanic corrosion?
8539. Galvanized and Galvaneil sheet steel
8540. LIFE EXPECTANCY OF POWDER COATED FINISHES IN WATER?
8541. Passivate 980005
8542. Copper plating at home
8543. Easy-black, anti-rust
8544. SS welded joint failure due to acid attack
8545. Copper, Nickel, others metal brightener
8546. Titanium Nitride Gold Coating
8547. Hi-temp black for Exhaust Systems
8548. Corrosion of carbon steel due to water
8549. Seeking AA Spectrophotometer [Saudi Arabia]
8550. Information sought about steam heating anodising sealing tanks.
8551. Seeking rechromer [Fla., USA] c
8552. Leaching, titanium pollution...help?
8553. Pictures for a micro structure
8554. Displacement
8555. SEEKING TITANIUM SHEETS AND PIPES
8556. SEEKING PP RESINS FOR LAMINATION
8557. Seeking AUSTENTIC STAINLESS STEEL SHEETS
8558. Sacrificial zinc anode
8559. Reverse pulse plating performances
8560. Kool-Amp
8561. Why do we do Plating?!
8562. Electroless nickel question
8563. Tin needed [Croatia]
8564. How to measure composition of a bright dip tank
8565. Removal of Green/Blue corrosion from brass "delicate"
8566. Powder coatings MDF
8567. Colour and Gloss Deviations
8568. Gluing over a chromated surface?
8569. Nickel removal
8570. Nitro Compounds
8571. Problem Of High Pressure Flexible Hoses
8572. Looking for firms manufacturing Golden Non Stick Paint
8573. Treating and cleaning of magnesiun parts
8574. Effect of magnetic fields on the electronic laboratory equipments
8575. Water Stain on Teak Wook
8576. Primer on cement statues
8577. Preventing Corrosion on Outdoor Spiral Stairs
8578. Hydrogen embrittlement in Manganese Phosphate finishing?
8579. Dresser Set
8580. Steam Homo vs Black Oxide Treatments
8581. Hard Anodizing of 6061-T6 Aluminum and Black Oxide for steel
8582. Hot Dip Galvanize versus B633 Zinc Plate
8583. Rust spot due to "sweating"!!!!!
8584. Boiler Feedwater Tank
8585. Repair of black anodize aluminum after machinining modifications
8586. Chrome Passivate film Detection
8587. MUFFLER DESIGN
8588. Metal baseball bats vs wooden baseball bats
8589. Aluminum Bats Vs. Wooden Bats
8590. Phosphating process audit
8591. Sheridizing help?
8592. Silver recovery equipment
8593. How do I clean discolored stainless steel (new)oven shelves due to hi heat
8594. Ductile nickel undercoat
8595. Books on anodising
8596. Corrosion resistant finishes
8597. Alodining over Anodization
8598. Need gold plating of our fishing spoons [Md., USA]
8599. URGENT - Roughness Problem with Electroless Ni over Brass
8600. Soft water quality standards for plating
8601. Stripping clearcoat finish from an automobile
8602. Interactions between silver plated surfaces with protective lacquers
8603. Prevailing torque flange nuts with GM7111M finish
8604. Blisters in Zinc Die Cast Plating
8605. Differences between pitting and blistering
8606. Electroless nickel plating on aluminium alloy - blistering
8607. Decorative ion plating
8608. Seeking teflon coated parts re-coated [N.C., USA]
8609. Attaching anodes and heaters to PP plating tanks
8610. K factor
8611. Rust removal of caps on salt and peppers shakers
8612. Stainless Steel Cleaner/Polish for Commercial Kitchens
8613. Roof patina interacting with cedar wood
8614. How do acids clean pennies?
8615. Silver
8616. Manufacture of Na(O)Cl by electrolysis of NaCl
8617. Electro Finishing blend
8618. Need Alumilite 714-A1-C3-R5 source [Wisc., USA]
8619. Iridite testing
8620. Hard anodized coatings
8621. Seeking optical quality Platinum Coated Mirror [Ga., USA]
8622. Hard chrome even plating?
8623. Electro Plating/ Electroforming
8624. What is Pouros Pot?
8626. Black phosphate
8627. Corrosion testing
8628. Chromate Conversion Hazard?
8629. Minimum color fastness #7?
8630. Gas Nitriding Process
8631. Blackening stainless steel problems
8632. Polishing Cast Aluminum Wheels
8633. Antique finish for Brass
8634. Gold plating metal
8635. ASTM A105 heat treatment
8636. Stains in electropolishing aluminum
8637. Manufacturing process for "Zinc Plating Brightners"
8638. Adhesion Quality of The Chrome Layer
8639. Paladium Questions
8640. Black coating of titanium -is it possible?
8641. Lacquer Repair
8642. Laquer removal from brass hardware
8643. Organic enamel adhesion to tin plate
8644. Extracting silver from silver nitrate
8645. Nickel Brushplating on 4130
8646. Seeking electrolytic tinplate
8648. Aluminum rods
8649. Annealing epoxy ink?
8650. Consistency of anodization color
8651. Seeking anodizing plant [Algeria]
8652. Environmental aspect of hot dip galvanising of cold rolled sheets
8653. Colourin of metals
8654. Epoxy Removal
8655. Solution being trapped in racks.
8656. What's SPI/SPE?
8657. Pickling of Carbon Steel Pipe lines
8658. Seeking brass bed restored [ME, USA]
8659. Seeking Mercedes rims refinished [Fla., USA]
8660. Silver cleaner
8661. Oxidizing
8662. Recoating NiTi eyeglass frames?
8663. Remove Scratch on Refridgerator Door
8664. Removing rust stains from finished cast iron
8665. Iron-carbide diagram
8666. Nickel
8667. Shot peening x ray sample
8668. Influence of electrogalvanize process on roughness
8669. Chemical Composition of Titanium-Alloy
8670. Heat exchangers for copper sulphate
8671. Gold potassium cyanide
8672. SEEKING TITANIUM SHEETS AND PIPES
8673. Federal mint authority
8674. A conductive black finish??
8675. Seeking automated plating plant
8676. Brass bonding
8677. Cobalt on WC
8678. Painting wrought iron table
8679. Help for my final project Galvanic Corrosion of Aluminium-base!
8680. Electrowinning of silver from sulphuric acid
8681. Brass Oxidation Stain Removal Inquiry
8683. Marking Zinc Phosphate Coated Steel Parts
8684. Seeking new or used Anodizing equipment [N.B., Canada]
8685. Chrome Conversion - Military vs.Industrial Specs.
8686. SEEKING ZINC PLATING PROCESS EQUIPMENT [Mexico]
8687. Blisters on silver plating
8688. Fatigue strength related to chrome plating
8689. Hydrogen embrittlement of cast iron
8690. Help with HE on bent plate 1/2"
8691. Welding Hi Solidur
8692. Zamak - definition.
8693. Seeking bumpers refinished [N.J., USA]
8694. Restoring yellow plastic
8695. Electrolytic copper scale-up
8697. Seeking non-conductive inorganic coating for aluminium [Cyprus]
8698. Use of SS-304L for concentrated sulfuric acid, 98%at ambient temperature, max 50 C
8699. Corrosion problems with Phosphor Bronze
8700. Durable finish for wire mesh container
8701. Seeking 20+ft long tank capacity for electropolishing [Phila, Baltimore, USA]
8702. Self regulating electropolish solution
8703. HOW TO PASSIVATE SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS MADE BY STAINLESS STEEL.
8704. Requirement of Details of Nickel Free Plating
8705. "Blind" hole anodizing
8706. Matte or Dull Anodized Surface
8707. Polish and matt finish on anodised Al
8708. Black Dyeing of Chromic Acid Anodize (2024 Al)
8709. Seeking new or used racking machine or table [NC., USA]
8711. Palladium cobalt alloys
8712. Blistered plating at the nickel interface to extruded base aluminium 6063
8713. Carbonate in silver cyanide bath
8714. Saten nickel
8715. Hot-dipped galvanizing visual, aesthetic appearance
8716. Room temperature blacking
8717. How to apply/bond PVDF to metals?
8718. Gold Stripper
8719. "Ferroxyl" test for passivated SS-304
8720. BRU TRIGGER TESTING/CYANIDE
8721. Treatment of flux - pickling /GALVANIZING
8722. Can Scrubber Pad Cartridges Be Cleaned?
8723. Distiller applications
8724. CASS TEST STANDEREDS FOR FUNCTIONAL CHROMIUM PLATING
8725. Silver-Plating
8726. Finishing Associations
8727. Mil-l-46010 dry film lube
8728. Seeking buffing supplies [Miss., USA]
8729. Seeking Green Pantograph Engraver Model 106 [FL., USA]
8730. Scratched Stainless Steel Watch
8731. Bright Acid Copper Solution
8732. ? How to accelerate the process of aging brass ?
8733. Mixing Formulas for.....
8734. Sacrificial Skeg?
8735. Zinc and Aluminium anodes
8736. Angled hole duburring
8737. Science research galvanization of steel
8738. Confusing in ion nitriding
8739. Re-utilization of lithographic printing plates of aluminiun
8740. Electroplating Insects
8741. Steel Backed Bronze wear Strip Material [OH., USA]
8742. How to get rid of moulding for sealant at bathroom
8743. Special metal
8744. Nickel capillary tubes
8745. Properties of steel
8746. Fatigue for welded joint
8747. Shear stress of stainless steel 316?
8748. Weld Smut Removal (Mig Welding)
8749. Copper plating for oxidation/decarb resistance
8751. Welding Galvaneal
8752. Seeking H-D fork tubes replated [Nev., USA]
8753. Control Of Copper Ion In Descale and Pre-dip baths Prior to Tin/Lead Plating Onto Alloy 42.
8754. Conductivity of Alodine and Iridite chromate conversion coating
8755. Aluminum Archery Arrow Finishing Procedures
8756. Seeking CHROME PLATING OF SHAFT [Zambia]
8757. Rhodium Plating Problems
8758. Bronze process
8759. Seeking Sherardizing service [Sask., Canada]
8760. Nitriding Gas Process
8761. Dry film Lubrication
8762. Lacquer coatings for jewelry
8763. Temperature testing strips
8764. Decorative product made with aluminium die cast parts
8765. Is an MSDS required for finished parts?
8766. Galvanized steel tape armor
8767. Seeking Gold-plated roses and unique gifts distributor [CT., USA]
8768. Teflon coat on car
8769. Polished Copper for outdoor use
8770. Help on rims
8771. Need More Information about Stress corrosion cracking
8772. Copper tungsten infiltration
8774. Wanted: Tantalum and Cobalt Tubing
8775. Hologram finish on iron name plate
8776. PICKLING PROCESS
8777. Carburettor Body finish improvement
8778. Seeking vendor to perform aluminum bright dipping [Northeast USA]
8779. Paper mfgr needs rechrome service
8780. Seeking suppliers of porous pot or dialysis for hard chrome [Chile]
8781. Opaque chrome finish
8782. Plated anode basket
8783. Ni activation
8784. Seeking Chrome Plating on Plastic or Fiberglass-reinforced Resin [Penna., USA]
8785. Powder-coated fencing for indoor cat enclosure
8786. Powder coating
8787. Wanted Teflon based paint/coating!
8788. Hydgogen Embrittlement of 1050 steel
8789. Test to verify if Clear Chem Film is on Al substrate?
8790. Proprietary organometallic for nickel
8791. Hydrogen Control for Enclosed Anodizing
8792. What is 'Kelite'?
8793. Brass cleaner/restorer
8794. Seeking Chrome dipping shop [GA., USA]
8796. Ceramic etching
8797. Forms of Copper Sulphate
8798. Metal-Marble-Granite-Finishing
8799. Scratches on Stainless Steel Refridgerator
8800. Anodizing, how?
8801. Gold coatings on glass
8802. Satin chrome plating on brass
8803. Carburizing steel for university
8804. Transparent Conductive Solidifiable Thin Film
8805. Ivd new idea
8806. Hydrogen damage
8807. Sensor system for nickel eletroplating process
8808. Thermal spraying or PVD?
8809. Kennel floors
8810. Seeking turn-key Passivation system [Wisc., USA]
8811. Anodized Aluminum Treatment with Oxalic Acid?
8812. Acid Hard Gold Hardness
8813. Tin Wiskers Pest
8814. Dangers associated with Copper sulphate testing
8815. Coloring stainless steel
8816. High Temperature Clear Coat
8817. What disolves copper and not nickel
8818. Passivation with low strength Nitric Acid
8819. Passivation of Stainless
8820. About Sulfamate nickel plating solution
8821. Chrome Plating
8822. Seeking to buy galvanizing plant [Yemen]
8823. Seeking small powder coating setup [NY., USA]
8824. Methods of analyses
8826. Ormolu / Gilt Metal Cleaning
8827. Aluminum moisture permeation
8828. Copper plating
8829. Passivation
8830. Etchant for aluminum plating
8831. Bright nickel plated aluminum
8832. Oxidation of carbon steels at temps between 500-600`C
8833. Waste treatment of zincate solution
8834. Soft stainless steel
8835. Mirror polish for Stainless steel balls
8836. Iron phosphate treatment of chromate treated electroplating
8837. Surface characteristics in Electropolishing stainless steel
8838. Alodine 1200 - v - 1201
8839. FINISHING FOR ALLUMINIUM
8840. Silver Plating Embrittlement Concerns
8841. Course on plating of aluminum
8842. Seeking chrome plating svc. for fiberglass bumpers [VA., USA]
8843. Ingredients for metal finishes
8844. Power paint
8845. Chrome removal
8846. Desperate for your expertise
8848. Silver electroplating in chemistry
8849. Electroless nickel deposition on copper
8850. Whisker Growth
8851. Magnesium AZ31B and ZK60A
8852. Magnesium corrosion protection
8853. Maximum dry-off oven temperatures for phosphate coatings.
8854. Cost change from hexavalent to trivalent process?
8855. Zinc plate welded 4130N steel components
8856. Checking stainless steel surface
8857. Black Chrome silcon bronze sculpture
8858. Residual Magnestim
8859. Kind of lacquer for masking parts for hard chrome
8860. Seeking Galvannealled Parts refinishing service [N.C., USA]
8861. Large problem with pits during powdercoating
8862. Smooth texture on zinc plated parts without finger prints
8863. Incralac
8864. Optical data search
8865. Seeking equipment for gold electroplating [Bulgaria]
8866. Seeking equipment for chrome plating
8867. Old problem with new area - Dendrites (SnPb)
8868. Discusssion about the MPM
8869. Cooling coil material
8870. Looking for varnish to stop corrosion/rusting from salty air
8871. Copper oxide on stucco
8872. Seeking gun for 2-part silvering [Spain]
8873. Seeking Nickel Sulphamate Solution [Germany]
8874. Seeking Chemfilm Equipment & Supplies
8875. Black enp
8876. SEEKING HOT DIP GALVANISING FOR SINGLE PIECE 12 Mtr GIRDERS
8877. Hot Dip Galvanized Steel Market
8878. Powder Coat Contamination
8879. Gearless Contractometer Use
8880. Black Oxide ?
8881. Chrome removal from Aluminum Wheels
8882. Electroless nickel or anodise first / How to mask?
8883. Silane - Pretreatment for Architectural Aluminium(alt chrome - free)
8884. Barrel Chrome anyone?
8885. Reducing time for salt spray testing
8886. SEEKING GOLD PLATING OF CARBS [Pa., USA]
8887. Help !!!!! Gun Blue #5
8888. Painting on ABS-PC computer case
8889. Seeking aluminium in a bulk
8890. Abrasion properties of polyester fibres
8891. Epoxy Coating for the Internal of Dual Media Filter
8892. White Layer removal from Gas Nitrided
8893. Nitriding of SS420
8894. Cleaning corroded aluminium sandcastings and zinc diecastings.
8895. Holes in Hard Anodize
8896. Hardcoating for deep vacuum application
8897. Zinc-nickel bath control
8898. NICKLE brighners needed
8899. Bright vs. matte for reflow
8900. YELLOW ZINC PLATING APPEARANCE
8901. Seed layer on PMMA and polycarbonate for electroless nickel or copper
8902. Maintaining New Look on Copper Roof
8903. Seeking Anti Tarnishing for Silver
8904. Salt Spray Hours
8905. Checking ph of DI water accurately
8906. Safety Aspects of Chromate Layer
8907. teflon restored
8908. rims
8909. Copper Weather Vane
8910. Heat Paint
8911. Seeking plating of Magnesium rims [CA., USA]
8912. Effects of hydrogen embrittlement on hard chromed steel
8913. Japanese theory of the 5S
8914. Phase diagram
8915. Corrosion and its prevention during urea synthesis
8916. Magnetic Stainless Steel
8917. Corrosion Black iron vs Copper
8918. Need nitriding cost info...
8919. Adhesion solution
8920. What is White Tin Plating?
8921. Is high-sulphur nickel strike worth it?
8922. Solder Stripper
8923. Need old Frederick Gumm MSDS
8924. Centrifuge and phosphate
8925. Material for anodising tanks
8926. CORROSION STANDERDE FOR HARD CHROMIUM DEPOSITES.
8927. Hard Coat BL4
8928. Vacuum Sealed Aluminum
8929. Lacquer furniture
8930. Conductivity of a liquid electrolyte
8931. Where to buy sodium chlorate for my copper oxidation
8932. Acid inhibitor
8933. Problems with rate of electroplating
8934. What happens if electrodes touch?
8935. Machining of magnesium alloy
8936. DI water resistivity
8937. Metal finishing Inquiry
8939. Aluminum oxide removal
8940. SEEKING PLANT WHICH ANODIZE STANNUM
8941. Electro-clean Current Vs Bright CAD Current
8942. Electroplate on plastic with masking
8943. Suppliers
8944. Stripping of TiN
8945. Filter press replacement
8946. DI water for medical device applications.
8947. Seeking Electrofinish 2396 on titanium fasteners [WV, USA]
8948. Anodized pewter
8949. Aluminum Polishing
8950. Black Chrome or Nickel plating
8951. Info. about finishing and methods
8952. USA patents for 5130, 5150, etc abrasers
8953. Financial aid for finishing studies?
8954. Seeking $1.5MM of plating chemicals
8955. Copper plating on copper
8956. Alternatives to rhodium plating.
8957. Melinite Q.P.Q.
8958. NH3 and TKN in wastewater
8959. Seeking chrome dipping of car rims [N.Y.,USA]
8960. Electroless plating of protein
8961. Mismatch in Ra values
8962. Hard anodizing aluminum cookware
8963. Triavalent to Hexavalent bonding problem
8964. Carbon absorber
8965. Nickelon
8966. Cleaning gold plated tea service
8967. Gold and Silver plating of Titanium Jewlery
8968. Selective copper etch
8969. Most dense metals
8970. 5 Step Process Prior to Powder Coat
8971. MAZAC-Chromating
8972. Stain Resistance Test on 2024 material?
8973. Best Surface Preparation for Painting Aluminum with Spray Enamal
8974. PTFE coating
8975. Simple Method for Corrosion Test
8976. Sodium hydroxide analysis of alkaline zinc.
8977. Deionized water and aluminum
8978. Spec for mechanical zinc-tin plating?
8979. SEEKING IRIDIUM OR TITANIUM TINTING OF MOTORCYCLE SCREENS [Texas, USA]
8980. Indian brass statues: how to polish them?
8981. Coloring Titanium
8982. Welding and annealing temp. of titanium
8983. Pre treatment before powder coating aluminium.
8984. Anodizing and Sealing Aluminum
8985. Potassium permanganate problems
8986. Organic Cr-free chemical treatment on tinplate
8987. Test for the absence of Cr(VI)
8988. Mil spec processes
8990. Electolysis of Copper
8991. Softer ss304
8992. Drawing of titanium pipes.
8993. Galvanizing alternatives
8994. Seeking lancing unit attachments {
8995. Titanium post pickling procedure
8996. Hard coating needed
8997. Seeking Nickel Distributorship
8998. Localized chipping off of chromium plating in extruder die body
8999. Copper brightener

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