AMS2489B Blackening of Steel, Touch-Up Method
Revised
4/23/2026
- Content
- This specification covers the requirements for an inorganic black coating applied at ambient temperature to steel to touch up black oxide coating in areas where the black oxide has been removed. This coating is intended only to visually change the surface to a black color, not to meet the requirements of any black oxide specification.
- Citation
- SAE International Material Specification, Blackening of Steel, Touch-Up Method, SAE Standard AMS2489B, Revised April 2026, Reaffirmed January 2021, .