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I got to do something new at the foundary today. I got to aluminum oxide coat/blast these parts in the sand blasting booth. Now we'll ignore the fact that the one glove has a hole in it ..and if you don't watch it ..you'll coat part of your hand (really it's an "ouch" type thing)...but you can't have it all, I guess.
Anyway, this makes bland aluminum look real nice. Almost like it has a grey ceramic like appearance. I'm jumping to the assumption that all aluminum oxidizes ..and you're just assuring a uniform shell of the stuff so you don't get the pitting and random blemishes that you see on our intakes and such under the hood.
(Yes, I'm already thinking of stuff I can get permission to coat on my own time at the foundary
..what would a set of aluminum wheels that the clear coat is pealing look like with this stuff??)
Anyway, this makes bland aluminum look real nice. Almost like it has a grey ceramic like appearance. I'm jumping to the assumption that all aluminum oxidizes ..and you're just assuring a uniform shell of the stuff so you don't get the pitting and random blemishes that you see on our intakes and such under the hood.
(Yes, I'm already thinking of stuff I can get permission to coat on my own time at the foundary