| Hawkeye Industries, a premier sheet metal | | | | process that brushes the surface of ordinary hot roll, |
| fabrication firm in the Southeast was looking for a | | | | rendering it uniquely clean and rust resistant without |
| sheet steel that would provide a better paint finish | | | | any coating or protective oil. |
| for the precision fabricated steel parts this contract | | | | Hawkeye's painting subcontractor conducted trials on |
| fabrication company produces. | | | | multiple samples made from the SCS sheets and |
| Hawkeye engaged steel suppliers in the effort, urging | | | | attained excellent results - consistent, superior |
| them to come up with a flat rolled sheet steel with | | | | surface with good adhesion. With more trials, the |
| surface finish or treatment that might help. One steel | | | | painter found they could use a less aggressive wash |
| supplier brought in sample sheets of an interesting | | | | cycle since there was no oil to be removed from |
| new product that had just come to the market. Its | | | | SCS. |
| trade name was SCS, for Smooth Clean Surface - a | | | | |