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Painting of 316 SS After Passivation

September 16, 2008

I need your help please. Before I even start with painting, I would like to know if I will have any problems applying a P3 coating system onto 316 SS, after pickling and passivation? Do the chemicals have any effect on the coating system?

Pieter van Heerden
quality engineer - Al Jubail, Saudi Arabia

September 30, 2008

Should not be a problem.

Lee Kremer
Stellar Solutions, Inc.

McHenry, Illinois

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