Able Electropolishing Blog | Electropolishing vs Pickling

Electropolishing, Passivation and Metal Surface Analytics Blog

What Can and Can’t Be Passivated?

November 8, 2022

Passivation is a widely used chemical finishing process to remove contaminants and improve the corrosion resistance of metal parts, including stainless steel and alloys like Nitinol and titanium. While passivation can be effective for many parts, for certain parts and applications, other methods may provide superior results.

Read More

Pickling vs. Electropolishing for Precision, Consistency and Strength

June 8, 2020
Compared to electropolishing, stainless steel pickling is often too corrosive to remove surface impurities with precision for some metal alloys
READ ARTICLE

Choosing the Right Finishing Method for Metal Part Problems

April 3, 2018
Learn how electropolishing compares with metal pickling, mechanical polishing, metal plating, tumbling, vibratory finishing, blasting, and passivation
READ ARTICLE
The Able Electropolishing Advantage

The Able Electropolishing Advantage

Learn how electropolishing promotes corrosion resistance, fatigue life improvement & pathogen resistance in our new video

Learn More

Electropolishing Before & After

Read our case studies to learn more about the electropolishing services we have provided across a wide range of industries

Read Our Case Studies

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

Looking for more learning resources? Here are a few more items such as techinical guides and white papers.

CERTIFICATIONS & STANDARDS