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9000. Nickel Sulfamate bath - can
micro-organisms live in it?
9001. Conductive ABS
9002. Seeking PVD machine
9003. Improving pollution system in
plating
9004. Seeking Information on "TURCO"
cleaning products [MD, USA]
9005. Seeking supply of selenium dioxide
[England]
9006. Sand/polish 304SS plate
9007. Electroplating baby shoes
9008. Brass handles antique removing
9009. Removing paint from brass
9010. Replating brass pulls for
furniture
9011. Conductive plastic
9012. Aluminum sacrificial anode
9013. MIL SPECIFICATION FOR PTFE
PRODUCTS
9014. TEXTILE FINISHING MACHINERY
9015. Cupric Chloride/HCL compatible liquid
resist ink?
9017. Hard wear surface for 17-4 PH
stainless.
9018. Seeking Anodizer with purple dye tank
[Va., USA]
9019. Video cassettes
9020. Finishing: for Dummies!
9021. Muriatic acid on stamped
concrete
9022. Noxon Metal Cleaner
9023. How do I clean a gold watch?
9024. Removing paint from motorcycle
rims
9025. Metal bannister shows imperfections.
Can't get rid of all the paint.
9026. Chromium nitriding of ASS
9027. Hot dip galvanized vs. standard zinc
plated in 95% humidity 60 degree constant temp.
9028. Restoring silver-plated
flatware
9029. Coating
9030. "Secret" behind "honing"?!
9031. BEST PICKLING SOLUTION FOR STAINLESS
STEEL/TITANIUM ALLOYS
9032. Need European anodizer (electrolytic
inorganic anodize) [USA]
9033. Hi-density hard anodising
9034. Alodine filtration
9035. Seeking Zinc Plus Plating [CA,
USA]
9036. Salt Spray Resistant Water Based Paint
Needed For Springs
9037. Sealing rust patina finish
9038. Hydrogen Bake-out for Kovar
9039. Zn plating introduced H embrittlement
susceptibility of bainite
9040. Rectifier plating tank
9041. List of Metal Finish Specification
numbers
9042. Rhodium for silver
9043. PAINTING ON PLASTIC
9044. Painting Aluminum
9045. Home plating in gold, silver, chrome,
nickel
9046. Zinc vs. nickel plating
9047. Testing Specs for Alodined
Parts
9048. Finish for a sculpture near the
ocean?
9049. Soldering with chrome barrier
metal
9050. Zinc vs. E-nickel Thickness
9051. Algae in PAA Tank
9052. Black diamond
9053. Seeking Firm which does BRASS
POLISHING in BOSTON or ALBANY area [MA, USA]
9054. Mill scale formation on stainless
steels
9055. Seeking Centrifugal switch pins
[Egypt]
9056. Emissivity measurement for heated
opaque materials
9057. Niobium anodizing
9058. A primer to reduce/prevent
rusting
9059. Black Zink or Black Oxidation process
for stainless steel screws
9060. Dissimilar Metals
9061. Stainless steel laser etch
problems
9062. Seeking Anodizers [India]
9063. How to prevent white spot for
aluminium anodizing.
9064. What are the effects of additives on
hardness of SNi?
9065. IMPURITIES IN NICKEL PLATING
BATH
9066. Preparing glass fiber optic fibers for
Ni-P/Au
9067. Dye sublimation coating
9068. Treating Deox LNC
9069. Tin cans and aluminum tubes
9070. Lacquering a brass
9071. Rust removed from brass lamp
9072. Seeking Black Pen Clips [GA,
USA]
9073. Seeking Zinc sheet metal [MA,
USA]
9074. Avoiding blackening during stainless
steel welding
9075. Selective electroless nickel
plating
9076. E-Coat Standards?
9077. Seeking stainless tubing
9078. Chromium bath
9079. Seeking Reflective Gold Coatings [MN,
USA]
9080. NEED HELP ON MIL-SPECS TO 93/7 SOLDER
BATH?
9081. Rust-proofing Steel
9082. Peeling silver plating in Electrical
bus
9083. Seeking WTB: Used Zinc Line [GA,
USA]
9084. Discolouration of red and orange
coloured anodising layer
9085. How do I solder titanium?
9086. Blowout around Holes when
Chroming
9087. Passivate
9088. Manufacturer needed for Aluminum or
plastic mold
9089. Electro Galvanized plating
questions
9090. SPI finish guides
9091. HCN gas production with chlorine
addition
9092. Lead/Lead Alloy Plating
9093. Cast Iron-Plating-Stain in machined
part
9094. STAINLESS STEEL COATING
9095. Iron Phosphate Coating
9096. CHROME OR LIKE FINISH
9097. Blackening Stainless Steel
9098. Galvanized Iron Fumes
9099. Developing a Green Patina on
Copper
9100. Seeking Galvanized Sheet
9101. Molybdenum disulfide
coatings..
9102. Chrome Dipping [Missouri, USA]
9103. Clear coat troubles
9104. Chrome plating is peeling off in
sheets.
9105. Black coatings for titanium
9106. Chroming Plastic
9107. Aging brass
9108. Mirrored aluminum
9109. Health concerns of anodized
cookware
9110. Silver etching, electropolishing,
electroplating ??
9111. Typical aluminum platings for die
castings
9112. Silver plating glass
9113. Seeking used equipment (floor and
carpet) [NJ, USA]
9114. Cracking of exhaust blower
Impeller
9115. Seeking someone who can plate
Zinc/Nickel WSA-M1P87-A1 [Canada]
9116. Immersion Tin technical information in
PCB
9117. How to change to automatic anodizing
line
9119. How do I gun blue???
9120. Copper plating
9121. Chemical composition base coat lacquer
top coat need for baking
9122. Refining Gold
9123. Seeking Low Tech. Copper Plating [AL,
USA]
9124. Precipitate Gold from Sulphite
Bath
9125. Seeking Tin Ceiling supplies [CA,
USA]
9126. Cleaning Nickel Plated Parts On
Musical Instrument
9127. Electroplating copper
9128. Swimming pool remedy?
9129. LACQUER APPLICATION TO BRASS
NAMEPLATES
9130. Seeking Anodizing Consultants in
Bangalore [India]
9131. Titration
9132. Laser welding and cladding
9133. Mu-metal for incubator
9134. Oxide deposits on brass vase
9135. High polished aluminum
9136. Deplating copper
9137. Rust proof coating on mild
steel
9138. Information about Blacken stainless
steel
9139. What are some proven ways for dealing
with air compressor condensate?
9140. As in pure tin
9141. Bonding of silver plating
9142. EMISSIVITY OF ALOCROM
9143. Seeking plate etching/printing [OH,
USA]
9144. Chrome Plating Failure
9145. Two coat process cracking
9146. Brass Electropolishing
Solution?
9147. Silver Vase,E.P.Brass
9148. Need Cost of Chrome Plating Small
Objects
9149. Silver plating bath
9150. Black Oxide and Passivation
Process
9151. Nitriding on Stainless Steel
9152. Cyanide detection
9153. DFT in Automatic booth- Powder
coating
9154. Seeking Copper Spray Application to
Porcelain for Power Bushing Application [TN, USA]
9155. Looking for a process(formulation) for
coloring on silver metal
9156. Sodium Nitrite
9157. Double Chrome
9158. BLACK CHROME
9159. Aluminum pot corroding with
water
9160. Transparent coating for
temperature-sensitive labels
9161. Fe levels for zinc electroplating raw
materials
9162. Non Uniform colour of anodizing
coating 'WITHIN A PIECE'
9163. ASTM D3359 Standard Test Method for
Measuring Adhesion by Tape Test
9164. Trouble in Chrome bath
9165. Black Anodize Brightness Problems, I
need Bright Black, not matte
9166. What is "red dip" used to check
plating?
9167. Seeking powder coat filler [OR,
USA]
9168. Anodize Agitation
9169. Scaling problems In Injection
Molds
9170. Electroless gold plating
9171. REPAIRING OLD BOAT
9172. Galled aluminum bearings
9173. Rust Removal from Cast Iron
9174. Bioremediating Sodium
hypochlorite
9175. MAKING OF GPC
9176. Boric acid, nitric acid, hydrochloric
acid analysis.
9177. Post bake cadmium plate induced
embrittlement
9178. HOW TO REMOVE OXIDE FILM ON TITANIUM
ALLOY???
9179. Seeking Chrome Dipping [IL,
USA]
9180. Uniform surface for S/S welded
table
9181. Defoamer Composition
9182. Current density of copper
9183. Titanium foil or bags
9184. Straightening mandrels
9185. Can powder coat paints be used with
galvannealed sheet metal?
9186. Dichromating
9187. Nickelon
9188. Lead alloy finishing
9189. Discoloration of nickel plated steel
wire after heating
9190. Properties of binary and ternary tin
alloys
9191. Seeking high temperature paint
[China]
9192. Mo adhesion
9193. Iridite Solution Analysis
9194. E-coat colors
9195. Laser weldable QQ-N-290 Ni
plating
9196. Can you use Alodine on
magnesium?
9197. Disposal of liver of sulphur
9198. Ferrite electroplating on
wafers
9199. How bad are Burning chrome
fumes
9200. Salt spray for tin plating
9201. Satin Chrome
9202. ELECTROLESS NICKEL PLATING
CHEMICAL
9203. Need info about how to chrome plate a
metal sculpture
9204. Electroless nickel plating
9205. Painting
9206. What will protect my copperware from
tarnishing
9207. Blueing-Finishing Steel Plate
9208. I want to convert RGB color code to
Ral color code
9209. Seeking High Temp Adhesive for SMT PCB
pads [TX, USA]
9210. Cleaning 70 year old corroded stamped
sheet brass window channels in order to solder stress cracks.
9211. Quantity of silver in x-ray film
scrap
9212. Seeking zinc skimming/zinc ash
[India]
9213. Oxidation
9214. Seeking POWDERCOATING(Paints) supplier
[India]
9215. 45 Amp Stud SCR's in place of 45 Amp
Stud Diodes
9216. Seeking Steel [Bulgaria]
9217. Steel turned green
9218. Stainless steel appliances
9219. Technical-stainless steel shot
impingement on sterling
9220. Removing rust on stainless
steel
9221. Powdercoating of galvanized steel
(Zinc are alloyed with bismuth)
9222. Solvent for Teflon?
9223. Sheet Metal in Kitchens
9224. Melamine inquiry
9225. Seeking Downlight Reflectors for
Lighting Fixtures [India]
9226. Changing color of a powder coated
finish.
9227. Seeking Chrome dipping [MD,
USA]
9228. Seeking Anodizing in New Orleans [LA,
USA]
9229. Metallization and Soldering
Issues
9230. Bright dip for aluminium
9231. Sealing quality affect the
anti-corrosion performance and surface appearance of anodized coating
on aluminum
9232. Is there a published Rz to Ra
approximation?
9233. Proper superfinishing sequence for
stone superfinishing attachment
9234. Trivalent chromate coatings
9235. Activation Energy of BaTiO3
9236. How do I age polished brass???
9237. Stripping old paint from glass fibre
prior to repainting
9238. Optical non reflectivity
9239. Chrome abrasive scratches
9240. Expected Life of Powder Coating to
Handrails
9241. Seeking Teflon supplier [CT,
USA]
9242. Acidic Reactions
9243. Aluminum fishing boat
9244. Paint fillers, Paint Extenders Market
Value
9245. CACR
9246. Is Electroless Ni resistant to
Sulfuric based Etch solutions?
9247. High Sulphur Nickel Strike
9248. Seeking Electroplated Pt on a C1010
Cylinder [PA, USA]
9249. Chemical polishing of pure Al
9250. How to Coat?
9251. Galvanic corrosion resistance for
steel
9252. Tumbling Titanium
9253. The effect of chemical oxidation
treatment on dyeability of Polypropylene
9255. Recoloring a red metal roof
9256. Seeking Refinishing of metal stairs
[CA, USA]
9257. How to produce black Ni-PTFE
finishing?
9258. Seeking Electroless Cobalt
[China]
9259. Bubblejet printing of ITO for
Electroluminescence Lamps
9260. Seeking Instrument to measure plating
thickness
9261. "Alodine" and "Alochrome"
9262. Plastic finish
9263. Seeking Polypropylene pipe and
fittings test equipment [India]
9264. Mo Adhesion Problem
9265. Newbie with some anodizing questions -
Please Help!!
9266. BS STD
9267. Ra - roughness clarification
9268. Seeking Autoclavable paint [MN,
USA]
9269. Painting a hubcap
9270. Sodium Hydroxide
9271. Rapid test
9272. Seeking Lead Plating with Bismuth [NY,
USA]
9273. Bright Nickel
9274. How can I eliminate this plating
defect?
9275. Zinc Plating
9276. Aluminum Finish
9277. How to plate zinc oxide varistor
chips
9278. Resist for selective electroplating
nickel
9279. Electroless Nickel Plating Pneumatic
Cylinder Bodies
9280. Seeking Plastic Media Blasting Service
[NJ, USA]
9281. COPPER IRIDIUM...
9282. Seeking 5 Stage Washer [WI,
USA]
9283. Crosslinking agents for PVB /
PVF
9284. Student seeking information on
galvanizing and plating
9285. Rusted polished Motorcycle
frame
9286. Painting or Dye for Aluminium bike
frame
9287. Seeking Re-Tinning in Birmingham
[UK]
9288. Zinc or Anodized
9289. Acid Recovery from Rinse Water
9290. Spot Passivation?
9291. Metallic powder agglomerations
9292. Seeking Autophoretic autodeposition
[TX, USA]
9293. Electroless nickel surface
features
9294. Plating Fiberoptic glass
fibers
9295. Cracking of plated copper alloy parts
during bending
9296. Question on zinc-nickel
plating
9297. Seeking Alumigold [PA, USA]
9298. Screen printing polyethylene
9299. Ammonium Bifluoride, Muriatic Acid,
Cleaning Solution for Plastics
9300. Seeking Zinc phosphate supplier in
Chicago [IL, USA]
9301. Plating on copper
9302. Zinc cyanide
9303. Additive or coating to make an
iridescent finish
9304. Brush Plating Nickel
9305. Removal of iron from chromium sulfate
solution
9306. Potassium Hydroxide and Sodium
Hypochlorite
9307. Seeking X-Ray Fluorescence Thickness
Testing Equipment [India]
9308. Iridescent tin plate
9309. Seeking Plating on Ceramics [PA,
USA]
9310. Chromium plating on plastic
9311. Micro explosive air agitation in
anodizing tank
9312. Seeking Pickling and Passivation Help
[India]
9313. Alternatives to stainless steel wire
or hot dip galvanizing
9314. Vinegar
9315. Shop/home built stainless weld
passivating with portable device/system
9316. Mirror Finish
9317. Removable paint or ink
9318. BEST MOBILE PLATING SYSTEM
9319. Yellow passivation on Stainless
Steel
9320. Zinc phosphate sludge
9321. Conductive Properties of
Materials
9322. Polymer Substitutions
9323. Cyanide Specific Resin?
9324. Testing on cad
9325. Standard for Nitriding Stainless
Steel
9326. Setting up a Powdercoated Furniture
Unit
9327. Seeking Stainless Steel Powder
[India]
9328. Aluminum protective coating
9329. Need Solution to ETCH Non Magnetic
SS
9330. Clear coat for galvanized sheet
metal
9331. FINISH STANDARD
9332. Technic for electrocoating
9333. What to look for when buying used
infrared curing system
9334. Electrolysis and Barnacle
removal!!
9335. Remove nickel-silver off brass
beds
9336. Equivalence to Blanco Ostion
9337. Bonding Zamak Pieces
9338. Use of Sodium Hydroxide to increase pH
in Nickel plating
9339. Seeking extruded aluminum pneumatic
cylinders anodized [Turkey]
9340. Anodizing with Zinc
9341. Yellow Passivation
9342. Green Anodize has "Dull
Finish"
9343. Cleaning dishwasher with Borax/Boric
Acid
9344. Finishing aluminum
9345. Effect of high zinc on properties of
Al-Cu-Si alloy casting
9347. Retouching surface marks on black
anodised aluminum
9349. Zinc-coated galvanized tractor
9350. Cyanide testing in fish
9351. Seeking used flowmeter and petroleum
equipment [Vietnam]
9352. Powder coating technique on wood
surface
9353. Seeking ULTRAZINK OF NOVAMAX
TECHNOLOGIES [Spain]
9354. Seeking Plant and Know-how Transfer
[China]
9355. Etching Action on PC-ABS
9357. Stainless Steel Grading Numbers, What
are They?
9358. Silver extraction
9359. Aluminum deoxidizer
9361. Seeking Chrome Wheel Dipping [NC,
USA]
9362. PET G sheet spray painting
9363. Need any type and color of the
enamel
9364. Seeking E-Nickel plating services
[Texas, USA]
9365. Porosity issues in Hard Chrome
Plating
9366. Anodizing Titanium
9367. Need help deburring cross-hole
9368. Alodine Magnesium?
9369. Electroplating Forum?????
9370. Gold electroplating, gold-fill, and
PVD treatments on watch cases
9371. Chromating
9372. Boron removal
9373. Lead contaminated lands
9374. Factors that affect Faraday's Law of
electrolysis
9375. Brass restoring
9376. Concrete with bronze look
9377. Waste Treating nitric that was used
for stripping and etching Aluminum Zincate
9378. Seeking MDF powder coating system
[Turkey]
9379. Electroless Nickel Plating Plastic
Injection Molds
9380. pH adjustments for nickel
sulfamate
9381. HOW CAN I IDENTIFY ZINC FINISH FROM
CHROME FINISH?
9382. ALUMINUM CORROSION PROTECTION FROM
INORGANIC ACIDS
9383. Painting problem
9384. Plating over graphite
9385. Aluminum Airstream polishing
9386. K-Value Processes
9387. I NEED DEFINITIONS ON SOME BASIC
ELECTROPLATING LINGOES
9388. What are the material properties of
10B38 steel?
9389. PAINTING, ADHESIVES, OTHER ORGANIC
COATINGS
9390.Chloride in acid copper bath?
9391. Zinc Oxide Whisker(ZnOw)
9392. Surface finish parameters
9393. Cracking of plated nickel silver parts
during forming
9395. Repair on Galvanizing
9396. Seeking Hot Dip Tin Plating Line [TX,
USA]
9397. Electropolishing of titanium and
316L
9398. Copper Finishing
9399. Installation / type of piping
required
9400. Does Gray Phosphate exist?
9401. 1215 Steel and Alkaline Zinc
Plating
9402. Fixing stainless steel kettle
nose
9403. Test to determine if band is white
gold or yellow gold plated with rhodium
9404. How to clean white gold
9405. Seeking Used Dust Collector
[Mexico]
9406. Removing Chromate Conversion Coating
Without Damaging Cad Plate
9407. Definition of "immersion
deposition"?
9408. Electropolishing using perchloric
acid
9409. Seeking WS2 powder [India]
9410. Please help me find a not-so-difficult
chemistry project!!
9411. The mystery of clear coating aluminum
at home
9412. Seeking Powder Coating Consultant [TX,
USA]
9413. Seeking Surplus Thermosetting Powder
Coating [Pakistan]
9414. Rust prevention
9415. Seeking Titanium Rod [United Arab
Emirates]
9416. WOOD FINISH IN POWDER COATING
9417. Electrowinning of zinc
9418. Pitting corrosion on pure copper under
high salty environment
9419. Electroless copper plating on plastic
and its catalysts
9420. Aluminum Can stripping
9421. Fire Hydrant Brass
9422. Au flash thickness measurement
9423. Seeking Portable Digital Coating
Thickness Gauge for Nickel [India]
9424. Galvanized Paint
9425. Electroless plating
9426. Test to Prove Rusting Needs Water and
Oxygen
9427. ASTM specification for chrome
plating
9428. Need gas tank rust remover
9429. Bamboo surface .1 microns
9430. Flexible PCB Shrinkage At Acid Copper
Plating
9431. Laser assisted nitridation of
steel
9432. Testing of Coatings
9433. Gel Passivation
9434. Metallic finish for wood
pencils
9435. Surface resistivity of electroless
nickel plating
9436. Seeking Black Oxide Provider [CA,
USA]
9437. Conversion from RAL 5015 and RAL 7032
to Munsell Code
9438. What is zamak alloy?
9439. MIL-A-8625 Type I, II, III
Spec.
9440. Anodising tank design
9441. Seeking Plastic Chrome Plating [CA,
USA]
9442. EN activation
9443. Uses of Sodium Bisulfate
9444. Powdercoating verses Wet
paint?
9445. Seeking Aluminum [CA, USA]
9446. Magnesium + hydrochloric acid
9447. ADC-10
9448. Boric Acid - Market Value
9449. Types of welding
9450. Electrolytic scale
9451. Flat Black Patina for copper
9452. Conductive Ceramic and ESD
9453. Unichrome
9454. Silver layer deposit using tribomatic
gun
9455. Trouble with zinc cobalt
plating
9456. Iron Electroforming
9457. Removed
9458. Seeking Electrolytic sulfamate nickel
plate [MT, USA]
9459. Ni metal cleaning
9460. Etching SS 304 BA
9461. Electropolishing specifications for
mechanical drawings
9462. Hydrofluoric vs.
ammonium-bifluoride
9463. Aircraft Inlet
9464. Nickel Plating cost information
request
9465. Low Resistance Coating on Aluminum for
Millimeter-Wave RF Applications
9466. Blackening solution for engraved text
on stainless steel
9467. Cryogenic nitrogen deburring?
9468. Does humidity affect rhodium?
9469. NFA FINISH
9470. Seeking Nitriding of Austenitic
Stainless [MI, USA]
9471. Hazardous Material Safeguards in
storage and segregation and application
9472. Seeking zn coating brighteners
(especially for electrogalvanizing) [Turkey]
9473. Seeking Nitratec plating [KS,
USA]
9474. Cleaning Brazed Stainless Steel/Brass
Assemblies
9475. Film Loss from Weathering
9476. Powdercoat and epoxy
9477. SPI/SPE surface finishing
standard
9478. Surface finishing US3/BHMA605
9479. Extreme high temperature, low
frictional coefficient coating
9480. Pinholes problem
9481. Seeking supplier of Ruthenium 620
[Australia]
9482. Mylar membrane coating
9484. Mechanical stress/cracks in thick
copper layers
9485. Shot blasting and peening
9486. Request info on priming underwater
galvanized tank
9487. Source for ASTM and ISO electroplate
zinc yellow die chromate standards
9488. Hot dip tin plate wipes
9489. Tin/lead plating connector
repair
9490. Ceramic Coatings for Thread
Guides
9491. Nickel Mask Repair
9492. Corrosion on clear zinc
plating
9493. Seeking Zinc Plating Vendor-- Very
Large Product [S.C., USA]
9494. OK, people.. I'm begging
here...
9495. Rust - fouling removal
9496. What are the advantages of using
hydrobromic acid
9497. Seeking Buffing powder for stainless
mirror finish [Taiwan]
9498. Industrial corrosion
resistance
9499. Patina
9500. FINISH STANDARD: SI-138,131,
287
9501. Electroless Ni plating with HCl and
NH4OH as the base solution
9502. Role of Silicones in Textile
Finishing
9503. Mercerization
9504. Silver penny
9505. SEEKING WHEEL CHROMING [WA,
USA]
9506. Titanium sword
9507. Liquid paint stripper and rinsing
agent
9508. Aluminium Chrome Plate, stripping and
re-application
9509. How do I paint my interior house walls
with a iridescent look??????
9510. Copper cleanser damage to stainless
steel sink finish
9511. Metal Finishing Guide Book
9512. Cyanide treatment
9513. Recoating a mixer blade with
Teflon/PTFE etc.
9514. Seeking Bondite [TN, USA]
9515. Seeking supplier for wood powder
coating material [Indonesia]
9516. Galvanizing
9517. Electroless nickel plating on aluminum
heater
9518. Electroless nickel on non metallic
materials
9519. PLATING ON ALUMINUM
9520. Seeking Custom Optic Quality
Electroforming [Israel]
9521. Seeking Gold Plating Chemistry
[India]
9522. Anodizing anode to cathode
ratio
9523. Seeking Zinc Anodizing Companies [NY,
USA]
9524. RMS vs. Ra
9525. Ceramic coating - on steel
9526. Silver paste with low T burn-out
binder
9527. ELECTROPLATING PROCESS
9528. Powder Coating Gun
9529. Separation chromium and
aluminum
9530. Copper Tungsten Company search
9531. PCB etching fluid spill
9532. WANT LOW COST NICKEL SULFAMATE
TREATMENT SYSTEM
9533. Passivation Theory
9534. Wood grained extrusion
finishing
9535. Phosphating Process
9536. Conductive paint
9537. Paints Chromate
9538. Pretreatment of coil rolled steel
(,014,011) and LOW OR HIGH CARBON,Aluminium
9539. Does salt corrode aluminum?
9540. Restoring stainless steel lawyers
bookcase
9541. How to remove paint from a brass
plated keyhole plate
9542. Query for the e-coating
9543. Poor adhesion on Aluminum parts while
doing Electroless Nickel Plating
9544. Military rifle re-finishing
9545. Test method SAE J2334
9546. Cyanides oxidations using H2O2
9547. Galvanizing a steel and stainless
steel fabrication
9548. Nickel Brush Plate Edge
Thickness
9549. What is "black rust" on steel?
9550. Silver plating inner side of glass
tubes
9551. Silver recovery
9552. Sulfuric Concentration
9553. Chromium plating
9554. Gold, Palladium and Platinum
Scrap
9555. Anodizing chiller system leaks
9556. Seeking Synthetic diamond powder
[India]
9557. POLYACRYLIC FOR FALM OIL
TREATMENT
9558. Dulling Brass
9559. Accidental incorrect pickling and
passivation process of carbon steel
9560. MRR for SS 316 L
9561. PALLADIUM IN CHROME PLATING OF ABS
PLASTICS
9562. Metal etching with permanent marker as
a resist
9563. Organic brighteners in nickel
9564. Alodine instructions
9565. How do I keep my high polished
aluminum wheels clean?
9566. Copper Brazing Paste Waste
Disposal
9567. Ross Miles Foam Height Test
9568. Electroless nickel problem with
make-up of RO water
9569. Rusted Pipe vs. Fiberglass wrap
patch
9570. Non-corrosive coating for severe
environment (LiCl and water)
9571. Whiskers growing from copper
balls
9572. How do I recover electroplated metals
from computer boards
9573. Silver coating for brass
9574. Paint for plastic
9575. Polyamides can be electroless
plated?
9576. Masking Al. parts for Chromic Acid
Anodizing
9577. Teflon Coating for Low
Friction
9578. Polishing Stainless steel
chain
9579. Gold-Look (non-plated) finish over
cast bronze
9580. BOOK REQUEST
9581. Scrubber Chemicals
9582. Seeking Plastisol Coating [CO,
USA]
9584. Radiative properties
9585. Removing varnish from brass baby
bed
9586. A36 MATERIAL
9587. Annealing of hard chrome plated
steels
9588. Seeking Friction Measurement
Instrument [Korea]
9589. Metallic finishes for plastic
9590. Seeking Protection of brass plating
[Pakistan]
9591. NON-CYANIDE STRIPPER FOR IMMERSION
GOLD PLATE
9592. Dangers of using orthophosphate for
the interior coating of lead water services?
9593. Commercial Industrial Finishes for
Steels
9594. Fluoride content in sealing
bath
9595. Can Coating of Diamond be done by PVD
process?
9596. Hydrochloric Acids
9597. Seeking Installation of new powder
unit for handi crafts [India]
9598. Red chromate?
9599. Iridium Copper Metals
9600. Temperature vs. oxidation on
metals
9601. Sc-Al commercialization
9602. Citric acid concentration
9603. Seeking Camaro Parts Chromed [Maine,
USA]
9604. S-N FATIGUE CURVE
9605. Seeking Phosphate Coating System
[Thailand]
9606. Step by Step Guide to Aluminum
Polishing
9607. Good Lacquering Treatment
9608. Cleaning Stamping Oil Off
Electrogalvanized Parts
9609. ELECTROPOLISHING BASICS
9610. Electroplating effluent
details
9611. Separating the silver thin film from
stainless steel substrate
9612. Preparation of tin chloride
9613. Ge90715???
9614. Seeking Ventilation etc. for Gold
Factory [Egypt]
9615. Seeking Paraffin Wax [AR, USA]
9616. How is a zinc dichromate
tested??
9617. Seeking Non-cyanide Hard Gold
[Singapore]
9618. Machining magnesium alloy
9619. Does anodized Al and silane
mix?
9620. Abrasion testing
9621. Decorative Ion-Plating on
Brass
9622. Use of cyanide in decorative chrome
plating
9623. Passivation Of 416 Steel
9624. Galling between Nickel finish and
Stainless Steel
9626. Black powder cannons
9627. Chrome Stripping
9628. Wishing to know about the anodizing
process
9629. Seeking Vendor/Supplier for Hardcoat
Anodizing [India]
9630. Stainless Steel Polishing
Problems
9631. Nickel Plating Brass
9632. How to coat ceramic particles?
9633. Seeking Powder Coated Wire for Bird
Cage [Ohio, USA]
9634. LOWER EXPLOSIVE LIMITS FOR PAINT
VAULT
9635. Seeking Automatic Machines for
Stainless Steel Utensils [India]
9636. Seeking Fiber Glass Inner Wrap
[Pakistan]
9637. Polyurethane topcoat over alkyd
e-coat
9638. How to fix scratched anodizing on
architectural aluminum?
9639. Electrical Properties of Passivated
Stainless Steel
9640. Seeking Ni plating with Co [NY,
USA]
9641. Anti-corrosion AL 7175-T736 coating
question
9642. pH of DI water
9644. Reaction acid+metal
9645. Amateur chrome plating research
information
9646. Wrought Iron polymer/etchant/coating
from Dupont?
9647. Removal of Nickel Plating
9648. Making an aluminum intercooler pretty
again
9649. Cooling to anodising tank
9650. Suga Abrasion Tester
9651. Spikes after cure first coat
9652. Seeking Washers to be insulated with
ceramic coating [India]
9653. Seeking shop that can deal with the
SECT effect [Western USA]
9654. Black zinc chromate finish
9655. Adhesion of Ni to Ti Substrate
9656. Greyish white deposit on tin
plating
9657. Quality of Hard Chrome Plating
9658. Electrically conductive/low friction
finish for AL (not chromate conv)
9659. Texturing for plastic injection
molds
9660. Seeking Electropolishing of 440C
Stainless Steel pins [Cal., USA]
9661. Barrel burnishing
aluminum/zinc
9662. Searching for Impreglon 218
9663. Chrome Plating Using Barrel?
9664. Polishing Alumina
9665. Refinishing wrought iron
furniture
9666. Co-Cr Hardness
9667. Metal Plating Production Plant Near
Residential Area
9668. Seeking Test Program [CA, USA]
9669. Bonding to Nickel Aluminium
Bronze
9670. Seeking Hard Chrome Large Steel Plate
[WI, USA]
9671. What tapes to use for masking a part
of lens when doing coating?
9672. HOW TO STRIP OLD ANODIZING OFF FOR A
NEW COAT
9673. Finishes to Stainless Steel
9674. SiO2 by PACVD on anodized
aluminum
9675. Alodine 600 Sulfate and Chloride
Contamination
9676. Problems with tin plating over
brass
9677. Plating the inside of a glass
vial
9678. Finish Specification
9679. Seeking Zinc Sheet [IL, USA]
9680. Oxidation Rates of Molybdenum and
Rhenium Metals as a Function of Oxygen Pressure and
Temperature
9681. Use of Platinum Clad Anode for Hard
Chrome Plating Operation
9682. Small Scale Electropolishing?
HELP!
9683. Dull polishing on Stainless Steel
Surgical Instruments
9684. Plating nonmetallic substances
9685. Electroless Copper Formula
9686. Zincate formula for Aluminum
plating
9687. NITRIDING
9688. Copper coloring
9689. How to Anodize Aluminium?
9690. Copper Sulphate Crystals
9691. The making of white gold and sterling
silver
9692. Alocrom 1200 production view or
commercial
9693. Oxide Film By PVD Technology
9694. Galvanized Steel
9695. Determination of field breakthrough
capacity of limestone filters in removing copper from
wastewater.
9696. Lamination of stainless steel with
PTFE or FEP
9697. Electroforming bath for the wornout
portions of worms used in seed crushing units
9698. Rubber to spring steel/metal
bonding
9699. Black Oxiding DuraBar
9700. Rusted and stained aluminum
wheels
9701. Canoe
9702. Seeking Chromium Plating for Harley
[VA, USA]
9703. Electroless vs.
Electroplating?
9704. Seeking Chrome Plating of Plastic
Parts [S.C., USA]
9705. Seeking Black Chrome on Engine Casings
[England]
9706. Overheating
9708. Detailed process of sulfamic acid
production from sulfur and urea
9709. How to tarnish coins
9710. ITO replacements?
9711. Exterior clear coating for
architectural steel
9712. SPRAY/DIP FINISHES FOR WHITE METAL
PRODUCTS
9713. IRIDESCENT FINISH ON POLYESTER
FILM
9714. Seeking Small Galvanizing Plant
[Australia]
9715. Patches on Hard Anodized Cooking
Pan
9716. Blue colour in copper sulphate
solution! HELP
9717. Weed control in lakes
9718. Locating an Ospho Dealer
9719. Twinkle Copper and Silver
Polish
9720. Decoral J3 Red
9721. How to design salt spray
chambers
9722. Removal Cr from Liquid Waste from
Electroplating Cr
9723. Color coding stainless steel
9724. Cast Iron Rust preventative coating or
finish
9725. Mass plating of small ABS
buttons
9726. Sealing for Food Industry
9727. How to Remove Nylon Jacket
9728. Photo Chemical Milling
9729. Computer Keyboard Painting
9730. Coating a Ni Base Material
9731. Vacuum treatment for SS316L
9733. Seeking a quality and reasonably
priced vendor for "Black Oxide" [N.J., USA]
9734. Nickel-plating tear-off on zamak
diecasted parts
9735. Need for best rust preventative method
for steel components
9736. Removing oxidation from fiberglass
boat
9737. Cadmium Plating Touch-up
9738. White residue on the blued
parts
9739. Surface preparations before pvd
plating on nickel plated articles
9740. Seeking Polishing of Stainless Steel
Items [India]
9741. Rust lacquered wrought iron?
9742. Smutting of Tin on Copper Plated
Aluminum
9743. Finishing Oak Plywood
9744. Are there any trivalent colors
available besides clear?
9745. Metal microtubes
9746. Bismuth plating bath
9747. Parts powdery after Chromic
Anodize
9748. Seeking High Temperature Paint
[India]
9749. Electroless nickel
9750. pH problem in Ni plating bath
9751. Effects of humidity on anodized
aluminum
9752. Iron Phosphate coating
9753. Seeking Teflon Coated Aluminum Sheet
[OH, USA]
9754. Infrared absorbing paint
9755. Gold plating questions
9756. Surface area increase through etching
Inconel
9757. Polishing Heavily Oxidized
Aluminum
9758. Chrome care / chrome look
electroplating
9759. Copper plating on carbon fiber
9761. Galvanizing over aluminum?
9762. Minimum Amount of Copper to Plate
Nickel
9763. SEEKING PASSIVATION OF STAINLESS STEEL
PIPES [Malaysia]
9764. Aluminum Vapor Coat
9765. Stabilizer for Pd-Sn Activating
Solution
9766. MS. Rilson Coating
9767. Faux case colored handrails
9768. Color Chip
9769. Reverse Gold Electroplating
9770. How to oxidate copper pipe?
9771. Seeking Engine Polish [VA,
USA]
9772. Seeking Chrome Dipping Shop [TX,
USA]
9773. What does mean Cd1706?
9774. Seeking Equipment of ECS
[China]
9775. Blackening Nickel plated Iron
Parts
9776. Seeking Teflon Coating Supplier
[Singapore]
9777. Powder Coat Paint Application
9778. Specifying Nickel Plating On Blue
Prints
9779. Pre treatment issues
9780. Seeking Company to do Dual Stage
Coating [Canada]
9781. Cosmetic Equivalent to Bright
Nickel
9782. Inconel Thread Coating
Required
9783. Intergranular attack and alkaline
embrittlement
9784. Electroplating using a foil of
metallic gold as the anode with a sodium cyanide solution in the
bath
9785. Brushed steel look with
aluminum?
9786. Bronze Finishes
9787. Refinishing a pie safe
9789. Seeking a PVD Machine [India]
9790. Depositing Metal Salts
9791. Galvanic Action Question
9792. Phosphating
9793. Interested in anodising
9794. Magnesium plating with Epson
salts?
9795. Want to learn hard chrome
plating
9796. Nickel Sulfamate Wastewater
Treatment
9797. REACTION OF ABRILHANTADOR OF
ZINC
9798. Au strike and peeling problem
9799. Rhodium alloys electroplating
9800. Seeking a Chilling Plant of 16 TR
[India]
9801. Organic Pigment help!
9802. Film Formation on Black
Anodize
9803. Diffuse Reflectivity
9804. Seeking Coating Equipment
[China]
9805. Electrolytic colouring of
titanium?
9806. Microetch of Copper
9807. Stainless Steel Finish
9808. Activated carbon used to remove
Chromium 6
9809. Cast iron bathtubs with brass coated
claw feet
9810. Kettle size
9811. Floating dross
9812. Techniques for Patination of mirror
glass
9813. Seeking Chemicals [India]
9814. Aluminium paint peel
off/blistering
9815. How do I protect copper in both
interior and exterior use?
9816. Best process for brass
9817. Which galvanized steel grade is
suitable?
9818. Black Oxide SS
9819. Seeking Air Knife Supplier
[China]
9820. Gold Plating - Precipitation in
Plating Tank
9821. Seeking Texturing of aluminum for blow
molds [Mexico]
9822. High throwing power in reverse pulse
plating
9823. Enquiry for burnishing method
9824. Seeking Toll Drying Facilities [PA,
USA]
9825. Polishing Kawasaki ZX9 Rims and Have
some questions
9826. Can Sodium Cause Metal Corrosion or
Other Side Effects ?
9827. Plating for aluminum
9828. Silver Chemical Polishing
9829. White rust removal
9830. Hot Dip Tin Plating Line
9831. Bondite {a plastic paint}
9832. Non-CN Gold Strip
9833. Sulfur Content in Nickel
Plating
9834. Aluminizing
9835. SAE / MIL Spec
cross-reference?
9836. Surface Finishes On Stainless
Steel
9837. Meaning of Abbreviation "ELO"
9838. Zinc Plating and Chromating
9839. Home remedy for cleaning brass
9841. Plasma etch defect issues
9842. Ra surface finish conversion
chart
9843. Spectral Reflectivity
9844. PROCESS DONE ON MILD STEEL
9845. Vinyl Plastisol
9846. Seeking Equipment for Electroless
Nickel Plating [China]
9847. Looking for Market Data on
Electroplating and Metal Finishing
9848. Buffing or Electropolishing??
9849. Zincate plating
9850. Seeking Controlled Etching of 316
Stainless [OH, USA]
9851. STAINLESS STEEL FINISHING
9852. Pre finish wire for soldering
9853. Help a rookie with nickel plating
problem
9854. Cad plating getting a "mottled"
appearance. Why?
9855. EC effect on TSS
9856. Gold/Tin eutectic plate
solution
9857. Seeking Electroplate Zinc w/Yellow
Chromate [Fla., USA]
9858. Black coatings in the far infrared for
space applications
9859. Seeking Tank for Dipping Pine
[U.K.]
9860. Reel to Reel Solderability
9861. Reel to Reel Plating Wire
(Platinum)
9862. Seeking Specular Aluminum [N.C.,
USA]
9863. Silicon Plug Paint Removal
9864. Best Corrosion Resistant Finish for
Black Powder Muzzleloader
9865. Effects of Plasma Cutting
9866. Help Unfinished Brass
9867. 302 Stainless Steel Etching
9868. Iridium Copper
9869. Corrosion of Iron
9870. Hot dipped galvanized nails
9871. CTE of NiCo
9872. Environmental stress cracking
resistance of plastics
9873. Wear resistance: Electroless Ni vs.
Hard Anodizing
9874. Corrosion of Chrome Chairs
9875. Wetting Agent for Caustic (Evaporator)
Boil Outs - Cane sugar Industry
9876. Copper Finishing
9877. Pretreatment of Aluminium Micropads
for Electroless Nickel Plating
9878. Blackening of white metal
9879. Electroless Deposits on
Aluminum
9880. Friction Coefficients for Stainless
Steel 304
9881. Steel vs. Aluminum
9882. HELP WITH COPPER COUNTERTOPS
NEEDED!!!
9883. Metal reclamation process for waste
F006 sludge
9884. Help in making aluminum
mirrors
9885. Vibratory Finish For Stainless
Steel
9886. Final Finishing Problems
9887. Rust Conversion- Can you help?
9888. About Manufacturing of Presensitized
Offset Printing Plates
9889. PVC Joining Solution
9890. 2205 with 316L?
9891. Seeking Natural Fibre Composites
[India]
9892. Stainless Steel 304 Surface
9893. SURSULF
9894. Copper Deposition on Stainless
Steel
9895. Seeking Resurfacing of German Silver
Coach Lamps [VA, USA]
9896. Old Trunk Refinishing
9897. Control/Recycling of Waste
Water
9898. Low Cure Powder
9899. Restoring Corroded Electrical
Contacts
9900. Seeking electrolytic process for
silicon plating
9901. Powdering of Cad Plating
9902. Hard anodising by masking certain
portion of the components
9903. Composition of epns silverware
9904. Phosphating pre & post
treatment
9905. Brush finishing of aluminum
9906. Brass plating on mild steel
9907. Gold Refinery Equipment
9908. How can I produce H2
9909. Copper etching from drawing
9910. Seeking " Bondite" [IL, USA]
9911. Blackening of steel
9912. How to check & prevent
hydrogen embrittlement
9913. Seeking Chrome Dipping Shop [Phila.,
PA, USA]
9914. Ruling section of forged shaft
9915. Lustrous Carbon
9916. Ceramic Coating - Sprayable
9917. Aluminum Finishing
9918. Need shampoo and conditioner plastic
bottles [Cal., USA]
9919. Twinkle copper and brass
cleaner
9920. Basement Waterproofing by
Endur-O-Seal
9921. How can I move away the oxidation
after plating?
9922. How Do I Clean Brass
9923. Scale up parameters
9924. HOT DIP GALVANIZE VS. ZINC
PLATE
9925. Zinc -Cobalt Plating
Difficulties
9926. Unstable Alkaline Zinc Plating
9927. How to improve plating coating over
welded joints?
9928. Electrophoretic coloring of
fishhooks
9929. Alodine required after powder
coating?
9930. Nickel plating over oxide
9931. Ortho phosphate to pyro phoshate
conversion
9932. Plating low carbon steel
9934. Anti tarnishing and corrosion
prevention of al si8 cu3 fe alloys
9935. Seeking Supplier of Electroless Nickel
Plating on Plastics [Mexico]
9936. Seeking Gold Iridite on 6061-T6
Aluminum [MI, USA]
9937. Electroplating Release Media
9938. Stainless Steel Plate Finishing
Suggestion Wanted
9939. Remove the chrome
9940. Chrome stripping D.I.Y.
Project
9941. Silver Penny
9942. Acid Strength
9943. Zinc and yellow passivate
composition
9944. Near IR Absorbing Paint
9945. Seeking Conductive Coatings-Sprayers
[Singapore/Malaysia]
9946. GALVANIZED OR GALVANEALED
DUCTWORK
9947. CASS TEST RATING
9948. Pollution reduction of "Alodine" like
method and the use of Chromic acid.
9949. Seeking Paraffin Wax [South
Africa]
9950. Nickel Plating Titanium
9951. Engraving
9952. Seeking Platinum Anode and Plating
Hook [AZ, USA]
9953. Do citric acids spoil?
9954. Painting Aluminum Bicycle
Frame
9955. DACROMET Cr+6
9956. Depth of case hardening by
nitriding
9957. Post reflow solderability
requirement
9958. Seeking Adhesive Tape for Testing
Plating Adhesion [PA, USA]
9959. Electroless Nickel and Chrome on
Aluminum
9960. Request of information on chromium
removal via electro-coagulation
9961. Suitable fluxing reagent for the
removal of nickel from gold-containing-slag
9962. Portable electroplating device for
repair jewelry
9963. NITRIDING OF BEARING STEEL (SAE
52100)
9964. Roughness units conversion
table
9965. Seeking Chrome Replating Shop [CA,
USA]
9966. Seeking Press to Dewater Sludge
[Poland]
9967. X-Ray Fluorescent (xrf)
9968. Seeking Platinum Plating
[India]
9969. Cobalt Watts Bath
9970. Cleaning Aluminum Rims
9971. Climate effects on the plating
process
9972. Galvanized Welding and
Strontium
9973. Disposal of Electroless Nickel
Solution
9975. Rhodium plating
troubleshooting
9976. Seeking Commercial Polishing of
Jewelry [Cal., USA]
9977. Painting Brass Hardware to Look Worn
or Antique White
9978. Seeking CHROME OXIDE COATING Jobshop
[PA, USA]
9979. Seeking shop to plate Gun barrels [AL,
USA]
9980. Ceramic Coating on 6061
Aluminum???
9981. Seeking Quotation for Water Meters
(SOS) [Pakistan]
9982. Seeking Razor Blade Machine
Manufacturers [Nepal]
9983. Allergies and Muriatic Acid
9984. Which alloy can I use for nitriding
crucible?
9985. Mirrored plating for rigid plastic
sheeting
9986. Borax treatment for mold
9987. Seeking Electroplating Large Part [CA,
USA]
9988. Powder Coating
9989. Fluidizing Membrane
9990. Vanadium
9991. Titanium coating on aluminum.
9992. HF Free Stainless Steel Pickling
Solution
9993. Platinum Plating on Niobium
9994. Conductive chromates for
aluminum
9995. Medical Device Chrome Plate over Zinc
Question
9996. Solder and Silver plating
problem
9997. Shot Peening & Fracture;
Mechanics
9998. Hydrogen embrittlement test piece
failures in a cad solution
9999. Plasma Treatment
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