Anodising recommendation sought. NE England
- Thread starter rwm1962
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You can see the marks on the lower crown.
Same here.
Missing colour.
This wasn't readily apparent when I unboxed the parts, and I only started to notice it as I built up the bike. At first I though it was me smearing grease on while building.
Ordinarily, I would have sent them back back I didn't want to have to wait another 6 weeks or get into an argument about what the problem was with them holding my parts during that. So I just took it on the chin. I did send them emails and got no reply. So there you go, AA Anodising, not very good at anodising which is a shame as the word is 82% of their company name.
Same here.
Missing colour.
This wasn't readily apparent when I unboxed the parts, and I only started to notice it as I built up the bike. At first I though it was me smearing grease on while building.
Ordinarily, I would have sent them back back I didn't want to have to wait another 6 weeks or get into an argument about what the problem was with them holding my parts during that. So I just took it on the chin. I did send them emails and got no reply. So there you go, AA Anodising, not very good at anodising which is a shame as the word is 82% of their company name.
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Middleburn rings are a pain to anodise. It is a funny alloy that has something in it that isn´t removed during the usual desmutting process. It is also very hard to polish to a good finish. The ones they anodised black seem to be to hide 'effects' in the metal.
The fork clamps have a problem with the sealing, either there is something wrong with the sealant (temperature, solution, foreign chemical). Or more likely it´s been taken out of the sealant (usually at 96-98 celcius) and left to dry when it should have been rinsed immediately. Or its been in and out of the sealant rather then fully immersed. If you run your fingernail over it is it a bit squeaky?
You can try polishing it with a soft car polish using a white soft cloth. Keep an eye on the cloth to see if the red dye is coming off on it, if it does then you are limited in what you can do. If it doesn´t, then you can try something harder like t-cut.
The silver patches on the brake lever looks like it hasn´t been stripped properly. The tiny bit on the bolt hole is fairly common, it could have had some thread lock on it or other compound stopping it stripping as fast as the other areas. I believe that the aluminium can get compressed on bolt holes, which stops the stripping process from working as quickly. On a bolt / bearing hole such as that, you don´t want to strip it too much as the size will change and it won´t be a good fit on the bolt / bearing anymore.
I sometimes tell people to lacquer anodised parts to give them a shinier finish, Casper on here lacquered some red parts if you want to search for the thread.
The fork clamps have a problem with the sealing, either there is something wrong with the sealant (temperature, solution, foreign chemical). Or more likely it´s been taken out of the sealant (usually at 96-98 celcius) and left to dry when it should have been rinsed immediately. Or its been in and out of the sealant rather then fully immersed. If you run your fingernail over it is it a bit squeaky?
You can try polishing it with a soft car polish using a white soft cloth. Keep an eye on the cloth to see if the red dye is coming off on it, if it does then you are limited in what you can do. If it doesn´t, then you can try something harder like t-cut.
The silver patches on the brake lever looks like it hasn´t been stripped properly. The tiny bit on the bolt hole is fairly common, it could have had some thread lock on it or other compound stopping it stripping as fast as the other areas. I believe that the aluminium can get compressed on bolt holes, which stops the stripping process from working as quickly. On a bolt / bearing hole such as that, you don´t want to strip it too much as the size will change and it won´t be a good fit on the bolt / bearing anymore.
I sometimes tell people to lacquer anodised parts to give them a shinier finish, Casper on here lacquered some red parts if you want to search for the thread.
Its good advice, thanks.
However, I'm just going to send them to Acorn and let them do the work. AA did a good job though, of matching the Ringle colour, if not the finish, but I think I'll go for a normal bright red this time instead of trying to be clever.
However, I'm just going to send them to Acorn and let them do the work. AA did a good job though, of matching the Ringle colour, if not the finish, but I think I'll go for a normal bright red this time instead of trying to be clever.
