Anodized Sm. Sebenza

randucci

randucci

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Another forumite asked me to post a couple of pictures of a Sm. Sebenza I anodized that I have in the Exchange. It was the first time I tried anodizing and it wasn't too hard. I used two 12V. car battries in series (24V.), a tall glass container, a piece of titanium sheet and some Pepsi. Here is how it came out:


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Here it is with the clip on it:

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I could see the car batteries and glass container but, what is the titanium sheet and Pepsi for?

By the way VERY nice job!
 
mm3 said:
I could see the car batteries and glass container but, what is the titanium sheet and Pepsi for?

By the way VERY nice job!
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There are several articles on the internet explaining it better than I can, but here are the basics:

Fill the glass container with Pepsi.

Clip the negative lead wire to the piece of metal you want to anodize (in my case the titanium Sebenza scale or clip) and submerge in to the Pepsi, completely covering it.

Clip the positive lead wire to the piece of titanium sheet (or stainless steel) and submerge into the Pepsi. CAUTION: DO NOT TOUCH THE TWO METAL PIECES TOGETHER!!!

The anodize process will start, depending on how long you leave it in and the voltage you use, will determine the color.

There is more to it, but that is the basics, the bottom line is you can do it at home fairly easily and cheap.
 
Another simple way to anodize titanium is with a mapp gas or propane gas torch, with a torch you can watch it change color and stop when you hit the color you want. I did it to my M16-13T and I think it looks much nicer than boring old sandblasted titanium.
 
65535 -

Is that process considered anodizing or oxidizing? I only ask out of curiosity.
 
It's actually the same process of anodizing (little hint, anodizing aluminum or titanium produces a rather hard but brittle layer of aluminum and titanium dioxide respectively) technically you are oxidizing the metal, but that is the anodizing process. Hope the helps.
 
10-4, gotcha

edit - you wouldnt happen to have a pic of the CRKT would you? I'd be interested to see it.
 
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A couple pics of my flame anodized M16-13T with polished edge (found a way to use a dremel to polish and keep a razor edge)

I'm not disappointed with the front but I think the back is much nicer.

Enjoy, not quite a Seb.
 
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