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6th Aug 2013, 12:32 PM #1
Perfectly cleaning titanium
Hi,
I am needing to clean titainium bolts before I anodize them. I am wondering how to do this, there is a product called multi etch but I believe that is only avalible in the US. Some of the bolts have been anodized before I would need to etch that off.
i have also read sulfuric acid could be used when dilute.
If anyone has any methods, help would be much appreciated.
Thanks BenRegards Ben
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6th Aug 2013, 12:51 PM #2Senior Member
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If any parts have been previously anodised you will need to strip the anodising off before reanodising. On aluminium parts this can be done by a brief soaking in sodium hydroxide. I don't know about titanium but assume the same.
You can read up on this with a google search, bucket loads of info out there and a lot of good sites.
You can pre-etch aluminium with a Na-OH step as well, and often a desmut step is used in this case but not always.
Best of luck.
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