Titanium anodizing update:
The titanium etching was a total success, IMO! Parts were submerged for 20 minutes in degreaser. Parts were then washed with hot soap and water, rinsed, then rinsed again in distilled water. I then did a double-water bath with a fluctuating temp of 63 to 65 degrees C and submersion for 10 minutes for the bolts and cogs. The stem was submerged for 15 minutes. The stem created a sort of scale on its surface and I was worried I may have had botched the process, but this scale came off under the tap.
With my Amazon purchased power supply I tested the leads using my Fluke T5-600 multimeter to see if the displayed voltage was accurate. The power supply is dead-nuts on point. However, with looking at peoples sample anodization voltages found online, I suggest using these for general examples as there are slight variances in alloys yielding different results at the same voltage of your power supply. Always start at a lower voltage and when you're about where you want your color, increase at half-volt increments until you get what you want.
The parts in the photos with no color are aluminum. Still, I threw them in the etch and cleaned them for aluminum anodization I'll be doing in the near future. The Cycle Dynamics cogs came out pretty cool. Before anodization I could tell they were going to turn out a bit spotty by how light refracted off the surfaces. The stem...holy shit. The stem came out so fricking awesome! I hooked up the leads to both ends of the stem, set the voltage to 92V @ 3 amps (green coloring) turned on the power supply and let it rip until I hit an area close to 3DV. Killed the power and am left with this cool multi hue purple and blue coloring. Outfrickingstanding.
The hot etching was the key. Though, this process significantly increased prep time by a few orders of magnitude.
Degreasing:
Double Bath @ 63 to 65 degrees C:
Parts in etchant:
