finishing
Surface finishing is a broad range of industrial processes that alter the surface of a manufactured item to achieve a certain property. Finishing processes may be employed to: improve appearance, adhesion or wettability, solderability, corrosion resistance, tarnish resistance, chemical resistance, wear resistance, hardness, modify electrical conductivity, remove burrs and other surface flaws, and control the surface friction. In limited cases some of these techniques can be used to restore original dimensions to salvage or repair an item. An unfinished surface is often called mill finish.
Surface finishing processes can be categorized by how they affect the workpiece:
Removing or reshaping finishing
Adding or altering finishingMechanical processes may also be categorized together because of similarities the final surface finish.
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Surface finishing processes can be categorized by how they affect the workpiece:
Removing or reshaping finishing
Adding or altering finishingMechanical processes may also be categorized together because of similarities the final surface finish.
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Metros and finishing edges.
Evening guys and girls. looking for some help sourcing a tile, decorative ceramic or something to finish the edge of metros. I have the situation of a half tiled room in white metros. Only theres a shower cubicle where it will be fully tiled. I'll post a picture later if I can. the metros... -
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Finishing for Xmas & New Year
Hows everyone fixed for finishing up for Xmas & New Year. Personaly I have kitchen floor to do tomorrow (Monday) and will get finished on Tuesday. Then Im off until the 5 Jan :hurray:- steve-tiler
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- aus finishing new year usa xmas
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- Forum: Australia
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Finishing Hardibacker Install
Hi All, Firstly thanks for all the help and advice you have given so far. All the walls were out and I have fitted new studs to the existing ones and straightened it out. Before doing this I had a run out over the 1700mm run of 18mm at worst. Now this has been corrected it's 2mm and that has...- jond500
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- aus finishing hardibacker install usa
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- Forum: Canada
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Instarmac acquires long-established finishing brand
Instarmac has announced its acquisition of the Wondertex brand – a well-established range of drylining, decorative texturing and coving products. Click here for the full article.. RSS feed from broken link removed. -
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Help! Half wall tiling - finishing options
Hello! I am completely new to home renovation and am currently having an ensuite bathroom made. I was thinking of having the walls outwith the shower area (which will be floor to ceiling tiled) half tiled. However, the white gloss tiles I have ordered (40cm by 25cm) do not have bullnose tiles...- katie
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- aus finishing help tiling usa wall wall tiling
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- Forum: Canada
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Edge finishing advice
Hi, I have just added a shower to the downstairs loo, but in doing so I have had to line the shower tray area walls with plasterboard. I have 2 walls which now have a plasterboard edge which needs "finishing" The walls are to be tiled with white 20 x 25 tiles, and so I will have an approx 13mm...- golfer1047
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- advice aus edge finishing usa
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- Forum: Canada
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Finishing the edges of floor tiles onto wood
Hi I recently had my house renovated and as part of this I had a new log burner fire installed. I asked the builder to put down two of the tiles on the floor (mono cebec porcelain tiles) to go under the fire to match what we have in the dining room. The rest of the room with the fire has...- steffi6
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- aus finishing floor floor tiles floor tiling tile tiles usa wood
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- Forum: Canada
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Finishing grout lines
What do people think is the best way to finish off grout lines, do the pros use their finger/plastic pipe or just leave it to a light wipe over with the sponge rather than specifically working the lines with their finger or tool? Thanks- siremastimus
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- aus finishing grout grout lines tile grout usa
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- Forum: Canada
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Finishing: 38mm gap at the end if the bath
I'm currently completing my first ever attempt at tiling. I've got a gap of 38mm between the end of the bath and the tiled wall. Can anyone suggest how I should complete this part of the job. Thanks- oneilger
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- bath finishing gap usa
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- Forum: America
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Finishing off a ceiling - Do we have too much gap?
Hi all, We were feeling all very pleased with our first attempt at a tiling job until we started thinking about how to finish the tiles at the ceiling. Examining a B&B's bathroom one weekend we noticed their apparently immaculate 2mm grout lines at the ceiling. Then we went back and looked at...- KylieZona
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- ceiling finishing gap have much off usa
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- Forum: America
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finishing college need help!
hi,i finish college in a couple of weeks[city and guilds diploma],im living in london and have no tools due to lack of income and no onsite experience of tiling,in the past when phoning tilers ive recieved no joy and still have same problem,im considering volunteering to work for a tiler if need...- cono
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- college finishing help usa
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- Forum: America
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Finishing Trim
Quick question. My tiler never finished the trim to a good standard. The mitre joints are pretty poor and sharp. I know i should have got him back to finish the job properly, but a year after moving into my building site and the wife was ready to drop, so bit of a budget/rush job. Any...- Unregistered
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- finishing trim usa
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- Forum: America
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Finishing a shower off, nervous about existing work
Hello all, I'm trying to finish various uncomplete jobs around the house after a builder walked away, his work was generally sound i think but towards the end he started hurrying stuff and cutting corners At this momemt I'm tryng to complete a downstairs shower room. The shower body is in place...- Tynan
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- finishing job jobs off shower tiling jobs tiling work usa work
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Silicone sealant finishing tools
Hi Any idea's on tools to make a good job on sanitaryware as regards silicone thanks Nick- nicro3
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- finishing sealant silicone tools usa
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- Forum: America
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Finishing off edges on tile installation over UFH
Hello everyone, Have lurked here for over a year. Great forum. I gleaned great info and have avoided potential mistakes, so for that I thank you all. :thumbsup: Needed to know plenty as the builder had no idea!!! Here is my question. We have had wet UFH system installed over a year ago. Spanish...- jeri
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- finishing installation off over tile ufh usa
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- Forum: America
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Advice please on finishing Travertine Tile edges
Hi This is my first post so I hope people bear with me and that somebody can help on this. I have searched the site and have found some useful information, but I can’t find the exact information I need. We are currently having 2 bathrooms redone by a local builder using 600 x 400 x 12mm...- dmk
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- advice finishing please tile travertine usa
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- Forum: UK Tiling Forum
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Finishing edges - NO BULLNOSE
Well, I may have really put myself in a pickle. I could not find ANY bullnose or corner or pencil edging that remotely came close to anything I wanted up against my tile. I read where edges could be finished with colored caulk. I also read that if you have glass tile (I do.) you may not want...- shetektn
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- bullnose finishing usa
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- Forum: UK Tiling Forum
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floor finishing at a door.
How do you finish at a door if you have overboarded with ply or hardie backer? 1.do you leave it for the customer to get a finishing trim? 2.finish using a specialized trim? 3.finish with a nice piece of wood? 4.or other? I generally offer customer a trim and fit it.:thumbsup:- brian c
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- door finishing floor floor tiling usa
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- Forum: UK Tiling Forum
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Finishing the edge
Hi All Nearly finished tiling my back passage and quite pleased with the result although a bit of lippage at points cos using two different tile depths. Nightmare...... Anyway, I am about to tile the step which leads out to the garden. I am looking for ideas of how to finish the edge so it...- Ajax123
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- edge finishing usa
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- Forum: UK Tiling Forum
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What's the best way of finishing this?...
12mm height difference - width of the door. Had to use 18mm ply in bathroom and 6mm cement board in hallway - different tiles but same thickness. Could I pack out most of the depth with cement board then use grout to profile the slope? Any other ideas?- macten
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- best finishing this usa
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- Forum: UK Tiling Forum
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