A bead blaster would give you that satin finish in no time flat...
Regards,
Jeff
>> About the only common material that sodium hydroxide will attack is
>> aluminium, and then only when concentrated or exposure is reasonably long;
>> it has no effect on copper, steel, etc.
>Yeah, I've relied on this as a way to make satin-finish aluminum front
>panels for equipment. As the reaction progresses, the NAO2 (?) solution
>has to be preiodlically replaced. It generally took me about two days to
>get the desired look.
>-dq
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Jeffrey S. Worley
Asheville, NC USA
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UberTechnoid_at_Home.com
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Received on Thu Nov 08 2001 - 18:08:58 GMT