SURFACE FINISHING
With decades of real-world application experience, Seacole delivers complete solutions for all your finishing needs. We offer customers the utmost cutting-edge technology through our proprietary products and deep distribution partner relationships.
Developing Chemistry for a flawless finish
Few products in everyday life have escaped the process of surface finishing. From metals to plastics, most manufactured items have been enhanced through different methods of finishing. As a result, they hold up longer in today’s harsh environments. Seacole’s products are integral to this effort.
We produce and distribute a broad line of specialty chemicals to clean, activate, and plate metallic and non-metallic surfaces. These complete solutions hold corrosion and wear at bay for all your finishing needs.
Anodizing / Aluminum Finishing
- Chemistry for all stages of the anodize process, including all types of cleaners, etchants, de-oxidizers, anodize additives and fume suppressants, dyes and seals, and chem film products.
- We supply products that meet Type I, Type II, and Type III MIL specifications.
- Chem film products that are on the QPL (Qualified Products List)
Black Oxide / Heavy Phosphates
- Use our state-of-the-art and environmentally-friendly products to prepare, apply a phosphate or phosphate-free coating, and seal a variety of substrates.
- Our products deliver excellent paint adhesion and corrosion-resistant results.
- We have specialty cleaners and activators: iron, zinc, manganese phosphates, microcrystalline non-phosphate coatings, seals for immersion, spray applications, and products for room temp and hot black oxide.
Equipment
- We have the resources and expertise to help you properly maintain your surface finishing processes, chemical recovery, and treatment/control equipment.
- Seacole can help design and install your surface finishing lines. We can supply a comprehensive range of tanks, ventilation, manual and automatic hoists, flooring, rectifiers, heat exchangers, pumps and filters, along with full installation.
Lab Chemicals
- Reagents for Solution Analysis
- Variety of Distributors
- Options from technical grade to high purity / semiconductor grade
- Many reagents kept in stock for short lead times, locally
General Plating Processes
- Innovative products formulated with safety and environmental standards in mind.
- Products to prepare, plate, and post treat all types of metallic or non-metallic substrates with all types of metals; Ni, Cr, Zn, Cu, Br, Sn, Cd, Ag, Au, Pb, etc.
- Chemical processes to enhance electrical properties, the bonding of adhesives or organic coatings, to extend the corrosion protection of the base substrate, and supply fully functional and decorative finishes.
Heat Treat Products
- We carry all salt types for high-heat applications, standard neutral salt processes, and nitriting salts.
- Quench salts are available in multiple melting points.
- Cleaners designed for heat treat lines with excellent oil splitting capabilities.
- Rust preventative oils to protect substrates after heat treating.
Mass Finishing
- Diverse line of deburring, burnishing, descaling, forming, and rust-inhibiting chemistries for a variety of metals and processes.
- Chemicals for all stage of centrifugal, vibratory, and tumbling methods.
- We offer a variety of concentrations and economical products that provide low-volume usage and greater efficiency while keeping waste treatment in mind.
Pre-Paint Treatment
- We offer a full line of cleaners, coatings, seals, and equipment.
- Coatings include iron and zinc phosphates, and zirconium nano-crystalline technology, products that meet all applicable standards.
- Applications include spray-wand and multi-stage wash lines for all water types.
Pre-Plating Processes
- A full line of cleaners including soak, electro, spray, high and low-temp, liquids and powders, and multi-metal.
- Acids, acid salts, and descalers to activate all types of substrates.
- Specialty etchants and catalysts for unique substrate activation.
Rust Prevention
- Full line of water displacing oils for short- and long-term protection against corrosion.
- A full spectrum of aqueous based corrosion inhibitors for all substrates – including ferrous and non-ferrous material.
Specialty Plating
- Pretreatment and plating technologies support the functional and decorative applications of metals onto plastic substrates.
- Diverse product line for high-speed wire and reel to reel connector plating.
Strippers
- Products for the removal of metallic coatings from a variety of substrates, along with non-metallic coatings such as paint or anodic coatings.
- Products include powders and liquids, high- and low-temp, and environmentally friendly formulations.
Metal Working
We offer acid and alkaline metal etching compounds in liquid and powder that minimize the formation of rust and etching throughout your facility. Ferrous and multi-metal safe scale removers work to remove:
- rust
- oxides
- mill
- heat scale
Wastewater Chemicals
Seacole manufacturers, blends, distributes acids, coagulants, deodorants, polymers, and precipitants for every stage of your wastewater treatment process.
- Chemical offerings include acids, polymers, coagulants, biocides, enzymes, and odor control agents.
- Equipment such as full waste water treatment systems, individual components, and water purification – such as R.O. systems.
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Cleaning Chemistries
- Builder salts, surfactants, and sequestering agents to clean a variety of substrates.
- Liquid and powder versions of alkaline and acid cleaners.
- Aqueous cleaners are excellent for removing scales and oxides with minimal hazardous waste.
SEACOLE PRODUCTS
Discover more about Seacole’s proprietary line of specialty chemistries for surface finishing, printed circuit board, and industrial cleaning applications.
