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**aotte1** · 03-01-2018, 12:50 AM

Jamie, Rusty, John,
Thanks for the encouragement on the project.

John,
It is done by a company in Evansville IN, they are an Industrial Cleaning Company that does work for smelting and similar processes. They clean residual materials off manufacturing molds, pots, etc. The vehicle cleaning is a side line they do, when not doing industrial cleaning.

The rust removal part of the process is a caustic solution, that is heated, along with electrolysis. Not sure what the earlier processes are that remove the crud- paint, grease, etc. It is done in big tanks.

Following the dipping process, the parts go to a industrial power coat facility. The strangest item they are coating while I visited, was helecopter bodies and the blades. Not sure what material they use for these parts. They do all kinds of coatings. This where I learned to do ceramic coating, which I use on certain parts, as it is very hard. Also corrosion resistance is high if
done correctly in a controlled environment

Les

03-01-2018, 12:50 AM	#11
aotte1 Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: lousiville Ky Posts: 2,637	Re: C10 Short Bed Fleetside V8 Automatic Jamie, Rusty, John, Thanks for the encouragement on the project. John, It is done by a company in Evansville IN, they are an Industrial Cleaning Company that does work for smelting and similar processes. They clean residual materials off manufacturing molds, pots, etc. The vehicle cleaning is a side line they do, when not doing industrial cleaning. The rust removal part of the process is a caustic solution, that is heated, along with electrolysis. Not sure what the earlier processes are that remove the crud- paint, grease, etc. It is done in big tanks. Following the dipping process, the parts go to a industrial power coat facility. The strangest item they are coating while I visited, was helecopter bodies and the blades. Not sure what material they use for these parts. They do all kinds of coatings. This where I learned to do ceramic coating, which I use on certain parts, as it is very hard. Also corrosion resistance is high if done correctly in a controlled environment Les Last edited by aotte1; 03-01-2018 at 01:09 AM.