Rudy, Rudy, Rudy... You missed my point, I guess I'm too subtle. I'm in your camp! My last sentence was supposed to clarify what you more clearly stated, "But then what do I know, I'm certainly not a Political figure in the EU who has all the answers!" :-) You wrote: "Many of the chromate conversion suppliers are coming out with non-chromate containing conversion coatings to replace the old ones." Do you know if the aerospace industry is embracing these new processes? Since there is so much conversion coating in the aerospace industry you'd think that they'd be fully involved. Thanks, KennyB ________________________________ From: R Sedlak [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Monday, July 25, 2005 5:07 PM To: TechNet E-Mail Forum; Bloomquist, Ken Subject: Re: [TN] Off Topic? - Hex Chrome plating replacements Ken Ken Ken.... Get this straight, and everything becomes clear.. RoHS is not about protecting the environment, or anything actually important... RoHS and such things as Lead-Free, are about APPEARING to be environmentally wonderful. A world class expert in metal finishing, Jack Dini has been writting a column in a monthly mag about this very weirdness for years... There is a book out which is a collection of his columns that is a national treasure. Many of the chromate conversion suppliers are coming out with non-chromate containing conversion coatings to replace the old ones. In one aspect of this that I am involved with, finishing aluminum castings, it was shown that because the process now involves a completely different kind of painting... electrophoretic, they could dispense with the coating altogether. Rudy Sedlak RD Chemical Company --------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8e To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet To temporarily halt or (re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest Search the archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/archives Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/contentpage.asp?Pageid=4.3.16 for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-615-7100 ext.2815 -----------------------------------------------------