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-----Conductivity coating to the aluminum substrate
I'm looking for conductivity and decorative plating to the aluminum substrate (Not chrome or nickel). It should look like chrome plating.
- Oulu, Finland
THERE ARE ALLOY FORMULATIONS OF TIN-COPPER-ZINC THAT CAN APPROXIMATE THE LOOK OF CHROMIUM. ENTHONE-OMI HAS ONE.
Megan Pellenz
- Syracuse, New York
You could try the following:
Bright tin - shiney but not as pretty as chrome and finger marks like crazy - conductive.
Bright zinc and clear passivate - shiney but will lose conductivity as it corrodes.
Martin Trigg-Hogarth
surface treatment shop - Stroud, Glos, England
Cobalt plating would probably be as close as you're going to get to chrome plating without using nickel or chrome. You might consider tin plating the aluminum, I guess. Or you could polish the aluminum and apply a clear chromate conversion process.
But if this is for food service, you would not want to do that!
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