Al-Armor provides protective textured coatings for aluminum alloys that eliminate problems with state of the art coatings. Al-Armor coatings have a metallurgical bond to aluminum substrates that does not damage mechanical properties, bond strength similar to alloy tensile strength, contain only aluminum compounds so do not cause galvanic corrosion, and testing shows much better wear resistance than uncoated aluminum. Al-Armor is available in various surface finishes and provides outstanding bond strength, wear resistance, and corrosion resistance for aluminum alloys.