Canodize Typo: Clear, Helpful Answer on the Misspelling

Summary for canodize typo Discussion

Canodize appears to be a misspelling, and the thread quickly narrows the likely intended term to either anodize or Canadize. In the first reply, the answerer notes that a Google search turning up nothing is a clue that the word is probably a typo and says the two best guesses are “anodize” or “Canadize,” the latter being a General Magnaplate process. The answerer asks for more context before offering a firm identification. Jamie Shiflett then confirms that it was misspelled and follows up with “Canadize,” indicating the question was resolved. The exchange is brief, but the practical takeaway is that the original term should not be treated as a standard finishing process name without correction or context.

Q. What is Canodize?

Jamie shiflett
– hampton virginia
August 28, 2017

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A. Hi Jamie. You probably tried Google and came up empty. That’s a good indication that it’s a typo that people will have to guess at, and that they will need context to attempt a reasonable guess. The first two guesses I can come up with for this typographical error are “Anodize” which acquired a spurious character in front of it, or “Canadize”, a General Magnaplate process. Tell us what you know and we can probably offer something useful.

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ted_yosem
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August 2017

thumbs up sign  Thank you for your response, that helped me. It was misspelled.

Jamie shiflett [returning]
– hampton virginia
August 28, 2017

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Thank you for your response=20
That helped me. It was misspelled. Canadize.=20
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