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Need a dull black finish on an Aluminum structure

What can I use to give an Aluminum structure a dull black or satin black finish?

Bruce Gesek
technician, aerospace - Moffett Field, California, USA
December 29, 2009

Hi, Bruce. Based on your location and description, I'm assuming this 'structure' is something akin to a tower or a bridge and is outdoors. I think it would prove very difficult to uniformly anodize or chemically treat such a structure, and that what you should do is pretreat it or prime it and then paint it with a satin or matte black paint.

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