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How To Choose Electroplating Masking Products

custom silicone electroplating masking

A Practical Guide for Better Plating Results and Process Efficiency Electroplating is one of the most widely used finishing processes across industries like automotive, aerospace, medical, and agriculture. It enhances corrosion resistance, improves durability, and can even boost electrical conductivity or appearance. But for all its advantages, electroplating comes with a critical requirement: precision masking. […]

The Green Tape Killer

3M invented masking tape in the mid-1920s for use in the automotive business. Regular tape was pulling the paint off of cars that had been masked with butcher paper. Henry Ford was probably not happy. So 3M invented a gentler, easy-to-remove tape. It’s what house painters use today in all the various forms of tan, […]

Made in the USA Why It Matters

All operations of designing and producing custom masking solutions take place in Jackson, MI, USA at Hi-Tech Flexible Products, Inc. The three BIGGEST reasons it matters is that: We control the entire process; design, machining molds and molding parts in our presses. No competitor can say the same. We use only the best silicone produced […]