Help Wanteds for the Finishing Industry
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Performance Review Institute -- Chemical Processing Auditor (8/25/17)
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1. Forums
Whether your interest is painting, plating, powder coating, anodizing, bluing, galvanizing, or any finish, our forum connects the luminaries of the finishing world for camaraderie and to advance the art ... while offering students, artists, hobbyists, and enthusiasts the opportunity to get their questions answered, or share their own tips.
And we work hard to keep the forum free of spam and bickering, for a truly friendly, fun, educational atmosphere.
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Won't you join in for a few minutes? You've probably never seen a site like this, and we're pretty sure you'll like it!
We also have 60,000 older but active forum topics, plus historical topics from our electronic BBS, predating the Internet, and going back to 1989.
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2. FAQs
From school science projects to restoring worn silverplate, some questions are perennial . . .
Electroplating: How It Works - Anodizing of Aluminum - Chrome Plating - Rhodium Plating & White Gold Jewelry
Silver Plating at Home - Student Science Project:
What Cleans Pennies Best - other
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These advertisers offer the jobshop finishing services that the readers require; and the products and services that finishing shops are looking for.
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Countless billions of $$ of our modern world rusts away each year.
Corrosion can be stopped by anodizing, electroplating, galvanizing, and powder coating
It's not just the money: it's the environmental consequences, loss of functionality, injuries, ugliness, and heirlooms lost.Finishing is key to a sustainable future
Low friction for energy efficiency; low resistance to reduce waste of power & enable complex electronics. Resistance to microbial contamination which spreads disease; high wear resistance; cleanability and aesthetic appearance ...Finishing is about creating a surface/skin with the properties you need
4. Reference
Need good metal finishing reference books cheap? . . .
Our Used Metal Finishing Reference Books are available through Amazon
Strongly Recommended Books & Journals
A list of world-class Metal Finishing Libraries
On-line library articles
5. Podcasts
The Lost Art of Tin-Nickel Plating
-- a retrospective, courtesy of Lou Morin (dec.)
More podcasts and audio files
6. Organizations serving the industry
7. News - August 2017
Dr. Ravi Chandran of the accredited testing lab Chemionics would like to explore merger, mutual referrals, or other relationship with another firm serving this industry.
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