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Surface Conditioning

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Surface Conditioning

To deliver best-in-class adhesion, the surface must be cleaned and free of dirt and oxides. Our portfolio of surface conditioning products delivers a perfectly pure substrate to receive a metallic finish.

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Strippers Multimetal Cleaners Activators Buffing Compound Removers Cleaning Systems High Alkaline Cleaners Descalers
Anti-Corrosion

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Anti-Corrosion

When durability is the highest priority, our anti-corrosion finishing solutions deliver best-in-class results, ensuring your products perform in the most challenging environments.

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Zinc Zinc Alloys Passivates Sealers
Light Metal Finishes

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Light Metal Finishes

With the most comprehensive light metal solution portfolio, count on MacDermid Enthone to exceed expectations and requirements, with proven expertise and performance.

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Surface Conditioning Anodizing Additives Sealers Conversion Coatings
Decorative Coatings

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Decorative Coatings

Our extensive line of decorative coating solutions deliver cost-effective and environmentally compliant processes, in a range of bright, satin, white, and dark finishes.

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Chrome Nickel Copper Post-Treatment
Plating On Plastics

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Plating On Plastics

We provide a full range of Plating on Plastic technologies for decorative applications, designed with environmental compliance and sustainability in mind.

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Conventional Cycle Chrome-Free Etch Direct Metallization
Electroless Nickel

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Electroless Nickel

When wear resistance is the top priority, count on MacDermid Enthone’s electroless nickel solutions to deliver the performance you can trust.

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Reduced Ion High Phosphorus Medium Phosphorus Low/Medium Phosphorus Low Phosphorus Specialty EN Composite EN
Wear Resistance

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Wear Resistance

When deposit hardness and wear resistance is paramount, count on MacDermid Enthone to deliver best-in-class solutions, ensuring your products perform in the most challenging environments.

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Hard Chrome
Precious Metals

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Precious Metals

Delivering luxury surface finishing solutions that don’t just finish your luxury products, they complete them.

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Adhesion Layer Bronze Silver Gold Palladium Platinum Rhodium Passivation
PET Recycling

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PET Recycling

From cleaners and additives to plastic separation enhancing products and defoamers, our comprehensive portfolio of PET Recycling products delivers process-enhancing, environmentally friendly solutions.

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Antifoams Detergents Separation Additives
WaterCARE

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WaterCARE

Effective water resource management is our corporate responsibility, which is why we are leveraging our industry-specific expertise to provide a portfolio of wastewater treatment chemistries tailored to solve our customers' unique challenges.

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Antifoaming agents Metal precipitants Flocculants Coagulants
All Solutions

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All Solutions

Delivering innovative solutions designed to meet the evolving demands of the dynamic surface finishing industry and ever-changing customer requirements.

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Surface Conditioning

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Surface Conditioning

To deliver best-in-class adhesion, the surface must be cleaned and free of dirt and oxides. Our portfolio of surface conditioning products delivers a perfectly pure substrate to receive a metallic finish.

See featured products

Strippers Multimetal Cleaners Activators Buffing Compound Removers Cleaning Systems High Alkaline Cleaners Descalers
Anti-Corrosion

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Anti-Corrosion

When durability is the highest priority, our anti-corrosion finishing solutions deliver best-in-class results, ensuring your products perform in the most challenging environments.

See featured products

Zinc Zinc Alloys Passivates Sealers
Light Metal Finishes

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Light Metal Finishes

With the most comprehensive light metal solution portfolio, count on MacDermid Enthone to exceed expectations and requirements, with proven expertise and performance.

See featured products

Surface Conditioning Anodizing Additives Sealers Conversion Coatings
Decorative Coatings

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Decorative Coatings

Our extensive line of decorative coating solutions deliver cost-effective and environmentally compliant processes, in a range of bright, satin, white, and dark finishes.

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Chrome Nickel Copper Post-Treatment
Plating On Plastics

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Plating On Plastics

We provide a full range of Plating on Plastic technologies for decorative applications, designed with environmental compliance and sustainability in mind.

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Conventional Cycle Chrome-Free Etch Direct Metallization
Electroless Nickel

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Electroless Nickel

When wear resistance is the top priority, count on MacDermid Enthone’s electroless nickel solutions to deliver the performance you can trust.

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Reduced Ion High Phosphorus Medium Phosphorus Low/Medium Phosphorus Low Phosphorus Specialty EN Composite EN
Wear Resistance

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Wear Resistance

When deposit hardness and wear resistance is paramount, count on MacDermid Enthone to deliver best-in-class solutions, ensuring your products perform in the most challenging environments.

See featured products

Hard Chrome
Precious Metals

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Precious Metals

Delivering luxury surface finishing solutions that don’t just finish your luxury products, they complete them.

See featured products

Adhesion Layer Bronze Silver Gold Palladium Platinum Rhodium Passivation
PET Recycling

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PET Recycling

From cleaners and additives to plastic separation enhancing products and defoamers, our comprehensive portfolio of PET Recycling products delivers process-enhancing, environmentally friendly solutions.

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Antifoams Detergents Separation Additives
WaterCARE

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WaterCARE

Effective water resource management is our corporate responsibility, which is why we are leveraging our industry-specific expertise to provide a portfolio of wastewater treatment chemistries tailored to solve our customers' unique challenges.

See featured products

Antifoaming agents Metal precipitants Flocculants Coagulants
All Solutions

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All Solutions

Delivering innovative solutions designed to meet the evolving demands of the dynamic surface finishing industry and ever-changing customer requirements.

All Solutions

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Activators

ACTANE™ 4000

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ACTANE™ 4000

ACTANE™ 4000 is an inhibitor additive for mineral acid. It contains a package of emulsifying surfactants and special inhibitors designed to prevent hydrogen from diffusing into the base material during the etching process.

Operational advantage

ACTANE 4000 removes zinc-nickel layers from hooks and rework parts without leaving smut residue on the surface.

Applications

It is often used in hydrochloric acid etches for the removal of scale and rust from high-tensile steel.

Plating bath in an industrial setting

Features & Benefits

Effective inhibitor system
Prevents hydrogen embrittlement
Fast zinc-nickel stripping properties
No smut residue on hooks and rework parts
Effective surfactant package

Activators Product Portfolio

Q PEX PREPLATE

Activation and micro-etch for copper and brass

METEX COPPER ACTIVATOR 3107

Copper alloy activator

ACTANE™ MS

Activation and micro-etch for copper and brass

METEX PICKLE AID

Inhibitor additive for combined pickling and degreasing

ARP 2

Inhibitor additive for mineral acid etches

ACTANE™ ST

Liquid additive for mineral acid pickling and alkaline solutions

ACTANE™ BO

Etch cleaner additive

METEX M 689

A combination of dry acid salts replacing conventional liquid acids

METEX M 639

Dry acid salt for activating steel, copper, and nickel

METEX M 629

Water-soluble dry acid salt

ACTANE™ KT

Activating salt containing fluoride

ACTANE™ FL

Liquid activating concentrate for colored metals

ACTANE™ 345

Dry acid salt

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