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Pre-treatment alternative products
I have seen several products that provide simple alternatives for the pre-treatment process for powder coating. These are proprietary products such as Picklex® [affil links] but I would like to get some independent verification of their effectiveness. These products are probably not cost effective for a large operation but for a small shop they would be very convenient if the quality and durability of the finish is comparable to products treated conventionally. Does anyone have information or opinion on these alternatives?
![Larry Johnson](../portraits/larry_johnson.jpg)
Larry Johnson
- Key West, Florida
2003
Plating & Surface Finishing published a very detailed report on Picklex® [affil links] in the April 2003 issue, entitled "Non-Polluting Metal Surface Finishing Pretreatment and Pretreatment/Conversion Coating" by David Ferguson and Dr. Bruce Monzyk.
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Ted Mooney, P.E.
Striving to live Aloha
finishing.com - Pine Beach, New Jersey
2003
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