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Surface of aluminum carts powdering

We are experiencing a white powder on the surface of our aluminum hospital carts which are washed with neutral chemicals in moderately hard city water at 180* for 1.5 minutes.Carts are not hard anodized.

Dick Flynn
Mfgr. - Toronto,ON,Canada
September 22, 2009

September 23, 2009

Hi, Dick. Saying that they are not hard anodized still leaves a lot of room for what the finish is :-)

Regards,

Ted Mooney, P.E.
Striving to live Aloha
finishing.com - Pine Beach, New Jersey

October 13, 2009

Ted,
The anodizing on the carts is sulfuric, @60 °F 30 to 40 microns film thickness.

George

George Graves
- Kingston, ON Canada

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