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Looking for Anodizing books

Q. I'm aero-modeling and I made my own model engines. I'm looking for some information about books and publications on colour anodising for starting to make little items for my amateur engines.

Alberto Parra
- Spain
2002

"Artists Anodizing Aluminum:
The Sulfuric Acid Process"
by David LaPlantz

on AbeBooks

or eBay or

Amazon

(affil links)

A. Hi, Alberto. Robert Probert's "Aluminum How-To" is a good and readable book on the subject. I haven't personally read Artists Anodizing Aluminum: the Sulfuric Acid Process [affil link on Amazon], but it sounds like it may be useful.

The most thorough book on anodizing is "The Surface Finishing and Treatment of Aluminum and its Alloys", by Wernick, Pinner & Sheasby -- but it's probably both a little deep and a little too expensive for introductory needs. Good luck.

Regards,

Ted Mooney, P.E.
Striving to live Aloha
finishing.com - Pine Beach, New Jersey
August 9, 2008

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