Surface Treatment & Finishing of Aluminium

This practical handbook provides an introduction to all aspects of decorative, protective and engineering finishes applicable to aluminium. Descriptions of the processes concerned, including properties and methods of application, their benefits and limitations, are given, making this manual a useful asset to managers, technologists and students.

For apprentices, industrial trainees and engineering students, foremen and technicians involved in the operation of plants and finishing shop managers, designers, engineers and users of aluminium.

(partial) Introduction: Mechanical & textured finishes. Cleaning. Chemical finishing. Electroplating on Aluminium. Chemical colouring of Aluminium. Protective & decorative air drying coatings. Testing of organic coatings on Aluminium. Miscellaneous finishes. Index.