It is not very common that plated finishes are top coated with organic finishes (like electrocoat, powder coat or liquid paint). But certainly, the dual coat system is used in several industries. Top coating any type of “inorganic” plating over steel substrates with an “organic” polymeric finish can be challenging for adhesion and aesthetics. Their […]
Giering Metal Finishing2023 Holiday Schedule 11 Holidays in 2023 1. Presidents Day | Monday, February 20, 2023 2. Good Friday | Friday, April 7, 2023 3. Memorial Day | Monday, May 29, 2023 4. 4th of July Shut Down | Monday, July 3, 2023 5. 4th of July Shut Down | Tuesday, July […]
Giering Metal Finishing2022 Holiday Schedule 11 Holidays in 2022 1. Presidents Day | Monday, February 21, 2022 2. Good Friday | Friday, April 15, 2022 3. Memorial Day | Monday, May 30, 2022 4. 4th of July Shut Down | Friday, July 1, 2022 5. 4th of July Shut Down | Monday, July […]
Part 7 of “Care and Feeding your Die Casting” by General Die Casters President, Brian Lennon, explains how a multistage cleaning and pretreatment system manages these contaminants to create a flawless cosmetic finish. Giering Metal Finishing, Inc. provided our input to Brian from years of hands-on experience with cleaning and pretreating die castings. Click here […]
Once again, Giering Metal Finishing contributes valuable input to General Die Casters blog called “Care and Feeding of your Die Casting presented by President, Brian Lennon. Part 6 called “Protecting your casted investment “organically” with effective paint adhesion” dives deep into the fundamentals of paint adhesion and materials used in the manufacturing process that can […]
Part 4 of “Care and Feeding of your Die Casting” continues with yet another debut of Giering Metal Finishing’s value-added services. This time General Die Casters’s President, Brian Lennon, highlights proper surface preparation (mechanical and chemical), casting quality, and surface finish. He also includes adhesion testing – a critical step to assuring proper a casting […]
On June 17, 2022, Giering Metal Finishing celebrated 68 years of business with the return of our annual Employee Appreciation Day.We shut down operations, knocked out our annual training, and kicked off summer properly with good food and great fun! Employees enjoyed fresh pizza pies and gelato from a coworker’s pizza truck. Games included corn […]
Piggybacking on our last post, General Die Casters’ s President, Brian Lennon, posted another one of our articles about finishing in their three-part blog series called “Care and Feeding of your Die Casting.” Giering Metal Finishing’s article is debuted in Part 2 and Part 3. We shared his Part 2 post back on May 14, […]
I was approached in February by General Die Casters (GDC) to participate in their President’s blog series called “Care and Feeding of your Die Casting”. After reading a sample article provided by their anodizer, I promised to draft up something similar for our services. Taking advantage of a rainy long weekend, I put together a […]
[Updated September 2021] In September 2021, we updated our MINIMUM BILLING/MINIMUM LOT CHARGES as follows: Clean and pretreat only (ie aluminum conversion, iron phosphate or zinc phosphate, media blast) – no subsequent finish = $150.00 lot Silkscreen or rubber stamp only – no finish = $200.00 lot PLUS additional silkscreen or stamp charges that range […]