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How to strip powder coating and re-do anodizing

Q. 1] I have done powder coating on Aluminum round tubes and on M.S. ERW round tubes. Now I want to remove that and then I want to do matte finish anodizing on those aluminum Tubes and Bright plating over M.S. ERW tubes, Will you tell me the total procedure?

2] How to do matte finish anodizing? Let me know the process.

Madhav Sakhare
mfg - Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
2004

A. For matte finish anodizing just etch the part in caustic etch solution. Your vendor should do this for you. That will give you a matte finish.

Michael Georgiadis
- Kzn, South Africa
2004

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