Anodized my 0550 today

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Crockus

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After toying around with the idea buddy of mine and I anodized my 0550 today. We 1st experimented with a boker subcom to much failure. After doing some further research we re-tooled and tired again on the 0550. Turned out great in my opinion very hard to photo but its a blueish gray I am rather pleased.

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Looks good! From what I have seen, the thicker the Ti the harder it is to flame it.
 
I had the voltage at approx 23.5VDC. Which was would normally be 4 batteries. But I didnt have titanium wire or a plate for a cathode so I had much more resistance in my circuit and I had to use 8-9 batteries for my proper voltage. Also depends what color you want, which is determined by voltage.
 
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Didnt flame it, used borax, water, and 9v batteries. Real easy to setup and complete.
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I guess I should learn to read a little better! Thats a whole different beast! Still looks good!
 
Wonder how it effects the warranty... I was told Flaming the Ti Voids it...wonder how they feel about Anodizing..Looks great like a navy blue
 
That blue looks really nice. You should heat color the clip and screws a nice brown. Nothing looks as good as bronze/brown on blue (except maybe the IO woodwork that Chester has on his 550).
 
ZT 500 anodized 005.jpgHere's a bronzed one, stone washed liner, black clip, OD green ME frag.
 

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Im working on procuring some more Ti if and when I do, Ill make a video explaining my process. There are alot on youtube already I just followed those for an example.
 
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