Aluminum Finishing – Painting vs Anodizing Features
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- Anodizing Job Checklist
- Preparing Aluminum For Finishing
- Common Anodizing Specifications
- Anodizing Dye Colors
- Aluminum Finish Specification
- Military Specification Anodizing (Mil-A-8625)
- Aluminum Coil Anodizing Guidelines
- Extrusions & Sheet Poster
- Custom Anodizing
- Cut-to-Length Aluminum Extrusions
- How to Decide Between Anodizing, Painting, and Powder Coating
- SAFinish
- Aluminum Finishing – Painting vs Anodizing Features
- Appearance and Color Variation
- How to Specify Anodized & Painted Finishes
- Color Range Samples for anodizing
- Anodic Coating Designations
- Aluminum Sheet: Anodizing – Integral Color (Duranodic)
- Integral Color (discontinued) vs. 2-step Anodizing
- SAF adds acid etching to anodizing process
- Glossary
PAINTING VS ANODIZING FROM AN ARCHITECTURAL PERSPECTIVE
Painting vs anodizing? Aluminum color selection, color uniformity, coating hardness and suitability in high traffic areas are all factors to consider when deciding aluminum coating choices.
Aluminum Painting
- Greater available color selection
- Greater color uniformity between batches
- Aluminum Coil, painted sheet does not craze as badly when fabricated
- Better chemical resistance to mortar, strongly acidic cleaners, and strongly alkaline cleaners.
- Greater color selection (it bears repeating!)
Aluminum Anodizing
- Generally, anodizing is much less expensive than painting.
- Anodizing is much harder than paint.
- Anodizing is better for aluminum in high traffic areas where the coating is subject to physical contact, abuse, and abrasive cleaners.
- Anodizing cannot peel. The coating is actually part of the metal.
- Deeper metallic color than possible with paint
- Generally, anodizing affords faster turn around & delivery.
See our 8 Point Anodizing Checklist
