DIY anodising

[cdngrimpeur]

This topic came up on another string. Think of the money you can save doing it yourself! (Or should I say pennywise, pound foolish?)

http://astro.neutral.org/anodise.shtml

 

[ridevintagemtb]

Well, it would be sweet to do, and I remember a bunch of kids in shop class doing it to all their parts.

However, here in the states, especially the southwest, we have a huge crystal meth problem, and going around buying a bunch of sulphuric acid would land you in a police station so fast it would make your head spin.

 

[jez-4-bikes-max]

Wow.

Im tempted to try this.

 

[stevet1]

There was a thread on STW about this a week or so ago. Some pretty nasty chemicals involved and general advice was leave it to the professionals. But they would say that...

 

[rody]

Take it from someone who invested a large amount of time and money in setting up an ano line...unless you are prepared to ruin a lot of parts/material/patience in learning the process's unique characteristics, it is much more financially prudent to "leave it to the professionals".

Don't get me wrong, it can be done by the home brew crew, but it will take months to get consistent and professional results.

cheers,

rody

 

[orange71]

Sorry if it's been asked before but since we're on the topic - what's the easiest way to de-anodize? I have an 'X' stem that's a scruffy red and I want to strip it back to bare alloy.

 

[cchris2lou]

Caustic acid .

do a search on here . i have asked before .

 

[orange71]

found it - sorry, should have looked more carefully - sometimes you dosearches on forums and get loads of matches which weren't what you were after. Not here! Should have known!

 

[cchris2lou]

very good , but very dangerous too .

 

[BENSPEED888]

heres some more anodising info, http://www.airgunforum.net/agf/index.ph ... =anodising