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Regarding tin plating on aluminium alloy

December 30, 2008

sir,
I would like to know whether tin plating is possible on aluminium alloy. please suggest me what type of cleaning is required for the component.as we tried to plate copper as a barrier on al alloy I found that air bubbles existed in that after few hours of plating, moreover plating was also not good after adopting various cleaning process I found black spots on the grooves of the component please specify how to rectify this.

with thanks,

Sureshbabu Ilango
managing partner - Salem, Tamilnadu, India

Dear sir

please do zincating after pre cleaning then do cyanide copper plating followed by tin plating.

SURESH REDDY
- Bangalore
January 2, 2009

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