Re: anodizing (offtopic)

From: DAKSY (rsmith13@nycap.rr.com)
Date: Mon Aug 20 2001 - 23:06:37 EDT


<snip> Only aluminum parts can be anodized....

NOT SO, Andy!
I used to think that too - until I went to Egypt. The danged Egyptians managed to anodize some 4340 alloy steel cannon components. Totally
baffled the QC guys from Watervliet Arsenal who were using a dye-type inspection medium to confirm what they thought was a Manganese
Phosphate coating !

Bob Smith (DAKSY2K on AIM)
DML/DML
2K DAKSY CC Sport +
3.9l; V6: 4X4
(1 of 980 mfrd)

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me on the DAKSY & Susan on the webpage...)



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