A method for creating oil-filled porous
anodic oxide coatings for stainless steel is disclosed. The
coating has anti-
corrosion and omniphobic properties to
resist both atmospheric conditions, or other conditions with
exposure to vapor, and wet conditions, in which the
coating is exposed to and / or immersed in liquid. The
anodic oxide coating of the present invention can be made by the steps of cleaning and / or
electropolishing a steel substrate, applying
anodic oxidation to the steel substrate, washing the steel substrate in an
organic solvent, and annealing the substrate at high temperature. To fill the
porous coating with an oil, a
solvent exchange method may be applied.