Metalline Products

Steel Acid pickling Salts

Metalline Corporation manufactures dry acid salt formulations for cleaning, conditioning and activating steel, stainless steel, brass, copper alloys, zinc die castings and some plated deposits. The following products are designed to provide safe, non-fuming alternatives to hazardous liquid Hydrochloric, Sulfuric and Nitric acids: 

  • VORETCID® GP contains sulfate and fluoride based acid salts and is designed to replace liquid muriatic and sulfuric acids for metal pickling and activation.  VORETCID® GP does an excellent job cleaning and activating zinc die castings prior to plating and chromating. VORETCID® GP can also be added directly to muriatic and sulfuric acids to improve smut removal.
  • MAROX® 530 utilizes a blend of fluoride and sulfate based acid salts to effectively remove smut, weld scale, heat treat scale and baked-on oil from steel substrates.  MAROX® 530 is currently being used to help clean and condition low quality imported steel alloys.
  • VORTECID® ZIP contains chloride and sulfate based acid salts, and is designed to replace liquid muriatic and sulfuric acids for metal pickling and activation. VORTECID® ZIP may also be added directly to muriatic and sulfuric acids to improve smut removal.
  • VORTECID® SFC was primarily designed to activate brass and copper alloys prior to nickel plating.  This product does an excellent job of cutting through the remaining alkalinity typical of buffing compound removing cleaners.  VORTECID® SFC utilizes a blend of sulfates, fluorides and chlorides to remove oxides and smut from copper, brass, steel and stainless steel alloys.  VORTECID® SFC is also available in a wetted version called VORTECID® CFSW-02.        
  • NF-1000 is a sulfate based acid salt that does not contain fluoride. NF-1000 is currently being used to pickle and activate steel fasteners and stampings prior to zinc plating.  NF-1000 can also be used to remove brazing scale on copper and brass substrates.