Aluminum Conversion Coatings
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All of Sanchem's chromate-free paint pretreatments and aluminum conversion coatings products are easy to use and cost effective. All SafeGard CC products are chromium and chromate-free and are environmentally safe. Sanchem Inc. is the metal finishing industry's solutions provider for proprietary chromate-free aluminum pretreatment chemicals, water based rust preventives and rust preventive coatings.
Why are the right chemical conversion coatings critical to your success? Even though the cost per square foot of a chemical conversion coating is low when compared to the cost of paints and powder coatings, if you pick a poor quality pretreatment system you will be paying the price for years. What is the cost of your reworked jobs, recalls, or the jobs you will not get because of a low performing total coating system? No one ever lost a job because of producing a higher quality product at a lower total cost. Our goal is to MAKE YOU MORE MONEY by optimizing your production processes from start to finish. We have the aluminum conversion coatings to fit your needs.
CHROMATE-FREE CONVERSION COATINGS - PAINT PRETREATMENT
Our unique high performance chrome-free pre treatment for aluminum alloys, which is an alternative to Irridite or Alodine, can give you both a clear and golden color from the same tank. Sanchem's environmentally benign chemical conversion coatings replace hexavalent chromate coatings without sacrificing corrosion resistance and other performance characteristics.
Sanchem’s offers many chrome-free pre-treatment for aluminum alloys including:
- SafeGard CC-4100 - cold pretreatment used to protect aluminum from humidity (See Aluminum Pretreatment) Click here to download more information about SafeGard CC-4100
- SafeGard CC-6100 - cold applied aluminum pretreatment. SafeGard CC-6100 is Sanchem's cold applied aluminum conversion coating that is used when hot spray or hot tank applications are not feasible or desired. Typical applications are prototypes and for production touch-ups. Originally developed as a paint pretreatment that could be safely be applied at a body shop for an all-aluminum car in Europe, this conversion coating for painting aluminum will get the job done. (See Aluminum Pretreatment) Click here to download more information about SafeGard CC-6100
- SafeGard CC-3400 – conversion coating for aluminum, zinc & magnesium that is normally applied on a dip or spray line. SafeGard CC-3400 is a hot applied (135-140F) product that has excellent high temperature stability and does not mud crack. This non-sludging product can be effectively applied by spray or dip using most standard application equipment with little or no modification. (See Chromate Free Conversion Coating) Click here to download more information about SafeGard CC-3400
- SafeGard CC-3400Seal #2 - Final cold seal for aluminum, When this product is used with any of our other pretreatments it will doubles the corrosion performance. (See Chromate Free Conversion Coating) Click here to download more information about SafeGard CC-3400Seal #2
- SafeGard CC-3000- pretreatment system. This aluminum oxide type conversion coating is a low cost/high performance replacement for light anodized coatings. This is the best aluminum conversion coating type product being sold today. (Aluminum Oxide Conversion Coating) Click here to download more information about SafeGard CC-3000
- SafeGard CC-5000 - A tank applied seal for anodized aluminum. This non-chromium sealer has been used to seal annodized aluminum aircraft landing gear components to reduce and prevent corrosion. Click here to download more information about SafeGard CC-5000
All SafeGard Chromate Free aluminum conversion coating treatments are easy to use, require only simple QC and are environmentally safe.
We normally help to optimize the performance by careful selection of the cleaners and deoxidizer. The choices of chemical conversion coatings are based upon the soils that are on parts before application. So call us today and let us help you set up the perfect chromate-free conversion coating system.