Anodizing experts: Mavic Sunset???

[Martin]

Or keep an eye onebay. Puchased a pair of 217 sunset a few weeks back, still in plastic. So they are out there, somewhere.

 

[utahdog2003]

Or keep an eye onebay. Puchased a pair of 217 sunset a few weeks back, still in plastic. So they are out there, somewhere.

Nah... most of them are in my shop.

They are annodized and not painted, and the finish is created by annodizing them in sections. (dip, anno, rotate, dip, anno, rotate, dip, anno, rotate) It's pretty labor intensive and not terribly accurate, so there is a boat load of variation in the Sunset color treatment. I have some where the finish is a deep purple almost over the whole of the rim, and others where the rim is almost all bronze with little dark purple at all. They all match to some degree, and they all look great, but they aren't exactly the same across the board.

Sunsets are the coolest rims. And, being a 217, they actually work very well to boot! True function and beauty is a rare combination.

 

[DM]

Nah... most of them are in my shop.

They are annodized and not painted, and the finish is created by annodizing them in sections. (dip, anno, rotate, dip, anno, rotate, dip, anno, rotate) It's pretty labor intensive and not terribly accurate, so there is a boat load of variation in the Sunset color treatment. I have some where the finish is a deep purple almost over the whole of the rim, and others where the rim is almost all bronze with little dark purple at all. They all match to some degree, and they all look great, but they aren't exactly the same across the board.

Sunsets are the coolest rims. And, being a 217, they actually work very well to boot! True function and beauty is a rare combination.

The definitive answer on how the finish was achieved. Thank you!

/mystery