Replacing Alodine & Wash Primer with Chromate
Replacing Alodine (Chromate Conversion Coating) and Wash Primer with Chromate before Liquid Painting:
Performs complete Surface Preparation & Pre-treatment in One Step Process, exceeding the quality requirements of Major companies
Picklex® 20 replaces Alodine (Chromate Conversion coating) and Wash Primer with Chromate.
Exceeded 1000 hours of Salt spray test in Replacing Wash Primer with Chromate.
Exceeded Quality requirement in replacing Alodine for Goodrich Aerospace.
DO NOT USE ANY OTHER CHEMICAL. DO NOT RINSE.
Benefits:
- Complete Green process
- No Grinding or Blasting
- No Rinsing
- No EPA or OSHA regulation
- Exceeeded Specification of Major companies (Goodrich Aerospace, Lockheed Marthin)
- High Temperature Paint: Picklex® 20 can withstand around 2000°F. High temperature Paint/Coating can be used over Picklex® 20 coated surface.
Benefits:
- Complete Green Process
- Eliminates all Hazardous/Toxic chemicals used in the present surface preparation process
- Completely removes surface rust
- Provides a rust/contamination free surface with Zero oxidation
- Does not etch the metal surface, so the surface stays intact
- Provides years of indoor Rust protection (more than 8 to 10 years)
- No Rinsing
- No EPA or OSHA regulation
- The Cost comes out to be few Cents per sq. ft., due to very large Coverage (around 1600 sq. ft. per gallon)
- Exceeded Quality requirements of Major companies
Present Process:
- Apply Alodine or Wash Primer with Chromate
- Remove excess
- Air Dry
- Paint
Picklex® 20 Process:
- Spray Picklex® 20
- Blow off excess with Air hose
- Air Dry
- Liquid Paint
Complete Surface preparation/Pre-treatment of Flash rusted steel”
Comparison between Traditional process and Picklex® 20 Process:
Present Process:
- Apply Alodine or Wash PrimerWith Chromate (Toxic)
- Blow off the excess product
- Air Dry
- Liquid Painting
Picklex® 20 Process:
- Apply Picklex® 20
- Blow off the excess product
- Air Dry
- Liquid Paint
Benefits
Presented at National Hot Rod Magazine show in Huntsville, AL. April 1999
Replacing Alodine & Wash Primer with Chromate
Eliminate Grinding/Sanding and the Cleaning chemicals from metal surface preparation before Painting with Picklex® 20 in One Step…
- US EPA Tested/Verified, National Award & Edison Award winner
Performs complete Surface preparation & Pre-treatment in One Step as follows:
- removes light mill oil, cutting fluid, surface rust …
- provides a nano-thicknessconversion coating. Completely converts the mill scale on Hot rolled steel to a Weldable Conversion coating
- Seals the coating and stops further oxidation
Benefits:
- Complete Green Process
- No Grinding/Sanding to remove surface rust, mill scale from Hot rolled steel with mill scale
- No Rinsing
- No EPA or OSHA regulation
- Exceeds AWS and ASME code welding
- Zero Weld failure (does not cause Hydrogen Embrittlement)
- Anti-spatter
For more information, email us at [email protected] or call 256-650-0088.
Complete Surface preparation/Pre-treatment of Flash rusted steel”
Comparison between Traditional process and Picklex® 20 Process:
Present Process:
- Apply Alodine or Wash PrimerWith Chromate (Toxic)
- Blow off the excess product
- Air Dry
- Liquid Painting
Picklex® 20 Process:
- Apply Picklex® 20
- Blow off the excess product
- Air Dry
- Liquid Paint
