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Old 08-30-2015, 01:39 PM   #10
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Default Re: aluminum finish?

If you want to Chromate them there are kits that use other less bad things today.
Old potmetal is very hard to activate good enough just by caustic and acid treatment.
For a good result a zinc/cad plate before chromate treatment is a better way to go.
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