Albert Lea, MN 56007
800-521-2740
507-377-2102
Finishing and Cleaning Systems
Media and Compound
Ceramic • Plastic • Steel • Dry • Random Shapes
From the Roughest Starts to the Finest Finishes, Almco is the Leader in the Industry!
Almco is the best source for media and compounds. It offers the industry’s finest most complete line — from ceramic and plastic tumbling media to powdered and liquid compounds for specialized finishing applications.
Almco actually offers to sample process quantities of your unfinished parts before your order. That’s right. Send us your samples, and we’ll process them in our research laboratory under varying combinations of media, compounds, machine and cycle times until an optimum approach is found. No charge or obligation, of course. With the return of your Almco finished parts, along with a written test report, you can easily compare your present finishing methods and costs with Almco’s recommended equipment, media, and compounds. The result? Efficient and economical finishing of your parts from the very beginning … a finish that meets or exceeds your most rigid specifications. Think about it!
Powder compounds
Available in abrasive, chemical grinding (non-abrasive), acid descaling and cleaning, burnishing, and rust-inhibiting formulations. Sized in 50-100-200-250-300-400 lb. drums.
Liquid compounds
Almco Alkaline Cleaners
| Products | Foam | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 2210 | Low | Moderately alkaline cleaning compound for ferrous and non-ferrous metals |
| 2220 | Low | A heavy-duty alkaline cleaner for ferrous metals |
| 2230 | Medium | Super concentrated Alkaline cleaner |
| 2240 | Low | Alkaline cleaner, rust inhibitor, all metals, excellent with plastic media |
| 2250 | Low | Alkaline low temperature metal cleaner |
| 154x | Medium | Heavy-duty, high alkaline cleaner and descaler ferrous metals |
| 150x | Low | Super concentrated alkaline cleaner imparts high color on ferrous metals, excellent for spray washers |
| 2260D | Low | Alkaline cleaner for ferrous and non-ferrous metals — low foam |
Almco Burnishing Compounds
| Products | Foam | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 2320 | High | Concentrated burnishing compound all metals |
| 2330 | High | Mildly alkaline all purpose burnishing compound |
| 2510 | High | Acidic cleaning and burnishing compound all metals — steel media |
| 101A | High | General purpose burnishing compound all metals |
| Rust-inhibitors | ||
| 2420 | Low | Low foam mild alkaline rust-inhibitor concentrate |
| 503R | None | Excellent all purpose liquid rust-inhibitor |
| 506R | None | Highly concentrated [phosphate, nitrite-free rust-inhibitor |