[Milsurplus] Satin finishing aluminum

[William Donzelli]

> Does anyone know how aluminum was processed to achieve the satin finish typical
> of ARC-5s and similar WW II gear?

I do not offhand, but you might try some older technical library at a 
university. My old school in Milwaukee hand plenty of techinical books 
about metal and everything you could do to it back 1940s style. Every so 
often a bunch would get sold off at the book sales, but frankly, the 
supply of these books seems endless as university libraries are often 
getting piles of old books for donations.

I am pretty sure I do not have a book on aluminum, but I do have books on 
mercury, platinum, and molydenum (some of the more interesting metals)

William Donzelli
aw288@osfn.org