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I need to acid etch or finish a stairway hand railing

I am building a restaurant in San Mateo, CA and want to put a smooth finish on the hand rails going up stairs. I am not sure how or what to do or who I should have do it. Any help or advice on where to start would be awesome.

Thanks,

Rob Sanchez
restaurant - San Mateo, California, USA
2007

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2007

Rob,

Having your handrails electropolished will give them a maintenance-free and shining finish.

If you make them in brushed or pre-polished tubes/flat steel, have a nice TIG-weld, then you can realise a splendid finish only by having them pickled + electropolished + post-passivated.

You don't have to remove the welds ; they will shine as much as the tubes or flat steel after electropolishing.

You could make a small test piece and have it treated if you have doubts.

If you are shorter than 5 km (3 miles) from the see, you should use SS316, if you are further inland, you can use SS304.

Over here in Belgium, we have kilometers (miles) of handrails finished in that way.

Marc Quaghebeur
- Brugge, Belgium