Pretreatment

Clean surfaces that are free from oils, soils and oxides will allow for optimum plating adhesion. Our complete line of pretreatment products provides dependable cleaning of surfaces to be plated and a variety of product combinations to overcome the most complex pretreatment challenges. View our Pretreatment Line Card here.

  • Soak Cleaners

    We offer a variety of soak cleaners in powder, liquid and concentrated surfactant forms. All of our soak cleaners are highly water soluble and have excellent detergency.

  • Electro Cleaners

    Our electro cleaners are available in powder, liquid and concentrated surfactant forms. Each of our electro cleaner products are highly water soluble and low foaming even in high agitation processes.

  • Spray Cleaners

    Our spray cleaner products are effective in most tank or conveyor booth processing applications.

  • Acid Pickling

    Columbia Chemical provides a variety of additives and/or acid salts for acid pickling.

  • Aluminum Pretreatment

    We offer a variety of cleaners, etch, deox and zincates (cyanide and cyanide free) for aluminum pretreatment.