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Restoring Zinc And Pot Metal Castings
How do you restore old zinc or pot metal castings used on classic automobiles?
Read MorePowder Coat Used As A Plating Maskant
I know you do not make recommendations for specific commercial powder coatings but maybe you can point me in the right direction. I want to use a powder coat as a maskant for our nickel plating process.
Read MoreRemoving Rust, Mill Scale And Oils In One Step
I always see the typical pretreatment stages to be a cleaner, rinse, phosphate, rinse, sealer, rinse or not. Nowhere do I see anything to deal with the rust and mill scale from the HRS steel. Is there a product that removes the rust, mill scale and oils in one step? Or are there more steps required, I can honestly say most everything I ever read about seems like a perfect world where the only thing the steel has on it is oils.
Read MorePowder Coating Brass
Can you powder coat a brass chandelier? How can I find a shop to perform this work?
Read MoreLayers Of Nickel
Our company barrel plates small components using a nickel sulfamate plating bath. The bath also contains a small amounts of nickel bromide. The problem we have is the nickel appears to be layered and tends to delaminate during subsequent processing. Do you have any suggestions for solving this problem?
Read MoreMore On Hash Marks
I read with interest your reply to B.M., concerning the striations he is getting on his parts that are being dipped. Since he has changed to an air dry enamel, he is using a completely different coating.
Read MoreLittle Used EN Bath
The EN solution is not used very often. We find that after a long period of non-use a scum-like material forms on the surface. Do you have any suggestions and how this can be prevented?
Read MoreMany Business Owners Spend a Lifetime Accumulating Wealth for Their Families to Lose It to the IRS...WHY????
The tax law frustrates successful business owners at every turn.
Read MoreImproving Adhesion of Thermoplastic Powder
The issue is that the supplier’s black PVC coating, applied at 8–10 mils, over a 304 stainless plate, welded onto a 1008 low carbon steel grid will not adhere to the stainless portion. The coating adheres well to the grid but peels away from the stainless plate. Since we can’t substitute the stainless for another material, is there a chemical treatment or sub-primer that could be sprayed on the steel, prior to the fluidized powder, to improve adhesion? Or can you make suggested changes to the pre-heat, time, temps, etc.?
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