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The exploration of substantial money-saving areas of suitable usage for ECM (Electrochemical Metallizing) on aircraft components which are not in the purview of the original equipment manufacturer. The focus of the paper is upon the less spectacular maintenance opportunities rather than the much discussed repair of landing gear and engine components, all of which are strictly controlled by manufacturer's specifications because of safety considerations. Non-critical parts only require documented engineering specifications which are controlled by internal corporate engineering management. Our objective is to present areas of cost savings available to maintenance departments which have frequently been overlooked in the past. The perceived need is for some presentation of examples of applications which can be found in the normal day-to-day operations of aircraft maintenance activities so that similar opportunities may be identified and acted upon.