Plating & Metal Finishing Books

Selected books, handbooks, and classic references for anodizing, electroplating, chrome plating, electroless nickel, coating technology, safety, ventilation, and related finishing work.

Mechanical Preparation

Great books for Anodizing & Aluminum Treatments

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Aluminum How-To

Robert Probert

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Adhesive Bonding of Aluminum Alloys

Edward W. Thrall, Raymond W. Shannon

Aluminum: Technology, Applications, and Environment

Dietrich G. Altenpohl

The "Must Have" List for Electroplating

No plating shop or plating library should open its doors without these five books on hand :-)

More "Classics" on general electroplating

Chrome Plating:

Electroless Plating:

Gold Plating

Nickel Plating

Plating on Plastic

Zinc Plating

Painting and Powder Coating

Miscellaneous