# Finishing

Manufacturing reference articles in Finishing.

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- [Abrasive blasting](https://planar.so/wiki/processes/finishing/abrasive-blasting.md): Specifying a blast-cleaning process and separately accepting visual cleanliness, profile, contamination and coating readiness.
- [Anodizing dyeing](https://planar.so/wiki/processes/finishing/anodizing-dyeing.md): Coloring porous anodic oxide on aluminum, with separate requirements for sealing, appearance, dimensions and service performance.
- [Barrel tumbling](https://planar.so/wiki/processes/finishing/barrel-tumbling.md): Rotary mass finishing for deburring and edge treatment, with media, geometry, stock-removal, separation, and batch-capacity limits.
- [Black oxide finishing](https://planar.so/wiki/processes/finishing/black-oxide-finishing.md): Ferrous black-oxide conversion, room-temperature blackening alternatives, preservative selection and dimension-conscious inspection.
- [Boric-sulfuric acid anodizing](https://planar.so/wiki/processes/finishing/boric-sulfuric-acid-anodizing.md): Specifying a qualified aluminum anodizing system, including pretreatment, sealing, downstream coating and dimensional acceptance.
- [Buffing](https://planar.so/wiki/processes/finishing/buffing.md): Controlling wheel, compound and preparation to obtain a specified appearance while preserving geometry and downstream cleanliness.
- [Chemical conversion coating](https://planar.so/wiki/processes/finishing/chemical-conversion-coating.md): Substrate-specific conversion finishes, aluminum MIL-DTL-5541 classifications, and the preparation, electrical, paint, dimensional, and acceptance limits needed for a useful process specification.
- [Cold anodizing sealing](https://planar.so/wiki/processes/finishing/cold-anodizing-sealing.md): Cold sealing after aluminium anodizing: chemistry variants, ageing, dye-fixation distinctions and bounded seal-quality tests.
- [Copper electroplating](https://planar.so/wiki/processes/finishing/copper-electroplating.md): Specifying an electrodeposited copper layer by function, substrate, local thickness and complete coating-system acceptance.
- [CVD coating](https://planar.so/wiki/processes/finishing/cvd-coating.md): Chemical vapor deposition families, substrate and geometry limits, and coating qualification.
- [Electroless nickel plating](https://planar.so/wiki/processes/finishing/electroless-nickel-plating.md): Autocatalytic nickel deposition, phosphorus and boron variants, preparation, thickness distribution, dimensional buildup, and conditional coating properties.
- [Electropolishing](https://planar.so/wiki/processes/finishing/electropolishing.md): Electrochemical material removal, alloy and starting-surface limits, dimensional allowances, and acceptance requirements for electropolished parts.
- [Gold plating](https://planar.so/wiki/processes/finishing/gold-plating.md): Selecting and specifying gold deposits by application, underplate, purity, hardness, thickness and qualified performance.
- [Hard anodizing](https://planar.so/wiki/processes/finishing/hard-anodizing.md): Hardcoat identity, Type III requirements, alloy and geometry limits, sealing tradeoffs, and dimensional growth assumptions.
- [Honing](https://planar.so/wiki/processes/finishing/honing.md): Planning abrasive bore finishing with separate requirements for size, form, surface texture, access and inspection.
- [Hot-dip galvanizing](https://planar.so/wiki/processes/finishing/hot-dip-galvanizing.md): After-fabrication zinc coatings on steel: specification scope, fabrication allowances and inspection.
- [Hot-water anodizing sealing](https://planar.so/wiki/processes/finishing/hot-water-anodizing-sealing.md): Hydrothermal sealing of porous anodic aluminum coatings, with water/additive controls, geometry limits, and edition-specific seal-quality verification.
- [Lapping](https://planar.so/wiki/processes/finishing/lapping.md): Abrasive finishing with controlled laps: process variants, plate condition, dimensional allowances, cleaning and inspection.
- [Nickel electroplating](https://planar.so/wiki/processes/finishing/nickel-electroplating.md): Specifying engineering or decorative nickel electrodeposits by function, deposit properties, complete stack and local acceptance.
- [Phosphate conversion coating](https://planar.so/wiki/processes/finishing/phosphate-conversion-coating.md): Iron, zinc and manganese phosphate systems, substrate limits, coating mass and functional acceptance.
- [Phosphoric acid anodizing](https://planar.so/wiki/processes/finishing/phosphoric-acid-anodizing.md): Aluminum surface preparation for structural adhesive bonding, with oxide, primer, handling, geometry, and qualification boundaries.
- [Powder coating](https://planar.so/wiki/processes/finishing/powder-coating.md): Selecting and qualifying powder-coating systems by chemistry, substrate preparation, deposition, part-temperature cure and inspection.
- [PVD coating](https://planar.so/wiki/processes/finishing/pvd-coating.md): Physical vapor deposition routes, substrate and coverage limits, and component-specific coating acceptance.
- [Shot peening](https://planar.so/wiki/processes/finishing/shot-peening.md): Controlled surface cold working: residual stress, Almen intensity, coverage and component qualification.
- [Silver plating](https://planar.so/wiki/processes/finishing/silver-plating.md): Specifying electrodeposited silver as a functional coating: substrate and underlayer selection, contact performance, tarnish protection, dimensional buildup, and acceptance.
- [Stainless steel passivation](https://planar.so/wiki/processes/finishing/stainless-steel-passivation.md): Specifying contaminant-iron removal and verification without confusing passivation with cleaning, pickling or electropolishing.
- [Sulfuric acid anodizing](https://planar.so/wiki/processes/finishing/sulfuric-acid-anodizing.md): Aluminum oxide formation, clear and colored finishes, dimensional growth, specification terminology, and evidence limits for sulfuric acid anodizing.
- [Superfinishing](https://planar.so/wiki/processes/finishing/superfinishing.md): Stone and tape finishing for functional surface texture, with incoming geometry, stock allowance and inspection boundaries.
- [Thermal spraying](https://planar.so/wiki/processes/finishing/thermal-spraying.md): Spray-process families, substrate preparation, finishing and coating-system acceptance boundaries.
- [Tin plating](https://planar.so/wiki/processes/finishing/tin-plating.md): Specifying electrodeposited tin: substrate and underlayer compatibility, appearance, solderability, whisker qualification, dimensional buildup, and acceptance.
- [Vibratory finishing](https://planar.so/wiki/processes/finishing/vibratory-finishing.md): Selecting and qualifying vibratory mass finishing for burr removal, edge rounding and surface improvement without losing dimensions or retaining media.
- [Wet painting](https://planar.so/wiki/processes/finishing/wet-painting.md): Specifying liquid-applied industrial paint systems through preparation, application, mixing, cure, film build and acceptance.
- [Zinc electroplating](https://planar.so/wiki/processes/finishing/zinc-electroplating.md): Specifying electrodeposited zinc on steel, supplementary treatments, dimensional allowances and acceptance.