Surface Finish Service

Various Kind of Options Available

For Both Metal and Plastic Parts

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What you can expect from us?

Surface finishing encompasses a range of professional processes designed to enhance the surface of your products, giving them the desired appearance and feel while improving key properties such as adhesion, solderability, corrosion resistance, hardness, and conductivity. This not only extends the product’s lifespan but also increases its overall value and market competitiveness.

At Horizon, we offer comprehensive surface finishing services for all components and parts, regardless of the manufacturing method used. Our experienced and skilled finishing team pays attention to every detail, ensuring exceptional quality from prototype to full-scale production.

By choosing Horizon, you will benefit from:

  • A wide range of finishing techniques to meet diverse material and functional requirements
  • Precise control to ensure uniform and
  • consistent surfaces on every component
  • Fast turnaround with timely and accurate quotes and services
  • Reliable quality that delivers perfection in appearance, feel, and performance

Whether for prototypes or large-scale production, we bring your products to life with flawless surface finishes that truly reflect your design vision. Contact our customer service team today to experience high-quality surface finishing.

Surface Finish Options

Description

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Applicable Materials

As machined

Parts are delivered with the original machined surface, typically around Ra 3.2 μm, with sharp edges deburred and chamfered.

As machined surface finish showing precise tool marks and smooth texture from CNC machining process

Metals and Plastics

Deburring

Deburring is the process of removing sharp edges, burrs, and residual chips left behind after machining. It improves safety, ensures smoother assembly, and enhances the overall quality of the part.

Deburring surface finish on precision metal parts to remove burrs and sharp edges for smooth, high-quality results.

Metals and Plastics

Sandblasting

Sandblasting produces a matte texture, removing all machining marks. It applies to ABS, Aluminum, Brass, Stainless Steel, and Steel parts.

Sandblasted surface finish on metal part showing uniform matte texture and improved surface adhesion.

Metals and Plastics

Polishing

Physical rubbing of a metal surface to create a shiny surface is called a polishing surface finish. It increases the reflectivity and does not affect the dimensional stability of parts.

Metal part with polished surface finish, showing smooth, reflective texture, precision manufacturing, and high-quality finish.

Metals and Plastics

Sanding

Provides a random, non-linear texture with a shiny, high gloss finish. However, it might be unable to create sharp corners and pockets

Aluminum alloy sheet and rods samples

Metals and Plastics

Brushing

Brushing is achieved by applying an abrasive brush to the metal surface, which produces a unidirectional satin finish. And it is not recommended for highly corrosive materials.

Brushing surface finish on metal parts creating a uniform texture and satin appearance.

Metals

Laser Engraving

Laser engraving uses a focused laser beam to etch permanent markings on the surface of a part. It is ideal for logos, serial numbers, QR codes, and other precise identifiers, offering high accuracy and durability without affecting the part’s integrity.

Laser engraving surface finish on custom metal part showcasing precise logo detailing.

Metals and Plastics

Screen Printing

Screen printing applies ink onto the part surface through a fine mesh stencil. This process allows for colorful, detailed graphics or labels, making it suitable for branding, functional markings, and decorative finishes on flat or slightly curved surfaces.

Metal part with surface finish achieved through screen printing, showing precise and decorative coating

Metals and Plastics

Painting

Painting adds a protective and aesthetic layer to the part surface. With a wide range of color and finish options—such as gloss, matte, or metallic—painting enhances the appearance while providing resistance against wear, moisture, and corrosion.

Sheet metal fabricated part with blue printed surface finish for customized appearance

Metals and Plastics

Powder Coating

Powder coating uses electrostatic application of dry powder, which is then cured under heat to form a durable finish. It offers superior hardness, chemical resistance, and environmental durability compared to traditional painting, making it ideal for functional and decorative purposes.

Painted and powder-coated metal parts showing smooth, durable surface finish and vivid color quality.

Metals

Anodizing

Anodizing involves adding an aluminum oxide coating to aluminum and its alloys. The layers, which come in various colors, increase strength and shield the surface from corrosion.

Anodized surface finish on aluminum part showing durable oxide layer, enhanced corrosion resistance, and decorative appearance.

Aluminum

Black Oxide

Black oxide finish reduces surface reflectivity and offers mild corrosion protection. It involves adding a thin layer of magnetite to the surface.

Metal parts with black-oxide surface finish, showing corrosion resistance, matte appearance, and precision manufacturing.

Steel,Stainless Steel,Cast Iron

Alodine

Provides excellent corrosion resistance property to the aluminum parts with greenish-gold color. It is the low-cost and quick surface finishing approach.

Alodine surface finish on aluminum part showing chromate conversion coating for corrosion resistance and enhanced paint adhesion.

Aluminum

Chrome Plating

Chrome plating is widely used in various industries, which not only enhances the beautiful appearance of the product, but also improves the performance of the product, such as corrosion resistance, oxidation resistance, abrasion resistance, hardness, etc.

CNC machined metal part with chrome plating finish for high hardness, corrosion protection, and mirror-like surface appearance.

Steel,Stainless Steel,Copper,Aluminum,Zinc Alloys,Plastics (mainly ABS Plastics)

Chromate Coating

A chemical surface treatment for metals that forms a protective film through a chromium-based reaction, enhancing corrosion resistance and coating adhesion.

Aluminum

Electroless Nickel Plating

A thin layer of Nickel is created on the surface from a nickel-containing solution without electrolysis. Electro-less nickel plating provides a shiny appearance, excellent hardness, abrasive, wear, and corrosion-resistance to the substrate material.

CNC machined metal part with chrome plating finish for high hardness, corrosion protection, and mirror-like surface appearance.

Steel, Stainless Steel, Copper, Aluminum

Passivation

Enhance the appearance and functionality of the parts. After Passivation, parts of Steel and its alloys become super resistive from corrosion.

CNC machined metal part with passivation finish for corrosion resistance and improved stainless steel protection.

Stainless Steel,Aluminum

Electroplating

Electroplating increases the hardness of the steel &aluminum parts. It offers excellent corrosion, wears, and abrasion resistance.

Sheet metal fabricated part with surface finish, showing precision manufacturing, custom metal forming, and advanced surface treatment.

Metals

Not sure which finish is right for your part?

Give your designs the finish they deserve. Boost durability and style with our wide selection of surface treatments — each tailored by material, color, texture, and budget. Take your projects to the next level today!

Aluminum alloy extruded parts with colored anodized finishes for enhanced durability and visual appeal

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