
Pretreatment
Cleaning, pickling, phosphating, conversion, stainless steel finishing and stripping.
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Every great finish starts with the chemistry.
We formulate and manufacture plating and surface finishing chemicals for plating shops. Every tank on the line, from the first clean to the final finish.
Six families of chemistry, from cleaning and pretreatment through plating and passivation to bath analysis and wastewater treatment.

Cleaning, pickling, phosphating, conversion, stainless steel finishing and stripping.
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Seven processes we recommend first. Each links to its product page and, where shown, to a full process line.
Zinc–nickel boltsAlkaline zinc–nickel with uniform 12–17 % nickel, finished with passivation made for Zn-Ni: Trilux 751 blue (NSST 240 h, no white rust) or Trilux 671 black.

Water-based acid zinc additive for barrel and rack, with excellent brightness and ductility. Works in ammonium, potassium or mixed baths.

Non-cyanide alkaline copper with performance similar to cyanide copper, for safer strike and plating lines.

Trivalent iridescent (Trilux µ89) and yellow (Trilux 551, NSST 120 h, no white rust) passivation for zinc, with high corrosion resistance without top coat.
Blue zinc bolts & nutsTrivalent blue passivation for zinc with the characteristic bluish-silver look. Trilux 521 reaches NSST 96 h with no white rust.

Alkaline zinc with high plating efficiency and excellent metal distribution, and a good appearance after hydrogen embrittlement relief.

Heavy metal capture agent for plating wastewater. Captures metals that are hard to precipitate, removing many metal ions at once to very low residuals (Cu, Zn, Ni, Cd < 0.01 mg/L).
Process advice, trials and data sheets, from our R&D centre in Thailand's EEC.