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What is Black Luster® Finish for Fasteners
Q. What is Black Luster finish on fasteners? 1,000 hour salt spray.
Dean VecchioDirector of Sourcing - Cleveland
October 23, 2024
A. Hi Dean.
Obviously the "®" tells us that this is a proprietary name, not a description of a generic process. If any reader can tell us either who the manufacturer is, or generically what general type of finish it is, please do.
We can discuss "1000 hour salt spray" or anything you wish about generic finishes if you find out generally what it is; but we the good or bad of a proprietary finish here ( huh? why?) -- we've learned that lesson :-)
Luck & Regards,
Ted Mooney, P.E. RET
Striving to live Aloha
finishing.com - Pine Beach, New Jersey
Thank you Ted, I know a shot in the dark. It is proprietary finish from "New Fasteners Are Here" company. I suspect the name Black Luster is proprietary, however, the finish process isn't and may be a common finish.
Director of Sourcing - Jackson
October 31, 2024
A. It's not a registered trademark per uspto.gov - a good place to look for actual registered trademarks.
Tom Rochester
CTO - Jackson, Michigan, USA
Plating Systems & Technologies, Inc.
December 11, 2024
Ed. note: Thanks Tom!
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