Type II sulfuric and Type III hardcoat anodizing on aluminum, about 20 miles northeast of downtown Dallas. AS9100D and ISO 9001:2015 registered, ITAR registered. If you have been searching for anodizing in Dallas and finding nothing but directories, this is the shop behind them.
Anodizing converts the aluminum itself rather than laying a coating on top, which is why it behaves differently from plating on every dimension that matters — growth, wear, color and how it interacts with a tolerance.
The general-purpose anodize: corrosion resistance, a dyeable surface, and a finish that does not add meaningful build on most commercial work.
Thick, hard and wear-resistant. It grows outward and penetrates inward roughly equally, so the dimension has to be planned for. Tell us the critical features before you send parts.
Every anodized part has contact points. If a surface is cosmetically or dimensionally critical, call out where we may and may not make contact.
Where conductivity is required, chemical conversion coating per MIL-DTL-5541 is usually the right answer instead — Class 1A for corrosion, Class 3 where electrical resistance is specified.
Roughly 25 to 35 minutes up I-30 from downtown, outside rush hour. Most Dallas customers drive parts out. We are open Monday through Friday and run a second plant in McAllen for Rio Grande Valley work.
Anodizing is one of the searches where directories currently occupy the entire top of the page in this market. If you have struggled to find an actual shop rather than a listing site, that is why — and it is worth knowing there is an AS9100D registered line twenty minutes from downtown.
Type II for general corrosion resistance and appearance; Type III where wear and hardness are the requirement. Type III is thicker and changes dimensions more, so it is a design decision rather than an upgrade. Our anodizing pages go through both.
Enough to matter on a close fit, and more with hardcoat than with Type II. Anodize both grows outward and consumes base material. Dimension for it, or call out the critical features so we can plan racking and masking around them.
Yes. Anodizing, plating, passivation and coating all run inside one company across two Texas plants — one purchase order and one certificate of conformance rather than moving a part between vendors.
Type II takes dye well. Color consistency between lots depends on alloy, temper and mechanical finish, so if appearance is controlled we need a current approved sample on the same material rather than a color name.
Send the alloy and temper with the order. Not every aluminum alloy anodizes the same way, and high-copper alloys in particular behave differently. We would rather tell you that up front than after the first lot.
This page covers sourcing anodizing in Dallas. If you are deciding between types or writing the callout, these go deeper.
Send the print with the type, class and any critical dimensions. We will tell you what the finish does to them before the parts arrive.
Precision metal finishing since 1979. Plating, anodizing, coatings and passivation from two Texas plants.
Our paint, powder & Cerakote division: Gleco Paint & Powder Coating
Gleco Rowlett
2220 Grisham Drive
Rowlett, TX 75088
972-475-4300
Gleco McAllen
3800 W. Ursula Ave
McAllen, TX 78503
956-800-4069
