Can you reanodize the mantra scales?

[vilePossum]

Well, topic. They are acid and stone washed, right? Could you just do anodizing on them or would they have prepared like sanded down?

 

[Danke42]

You wouldn't have to sand them but you should use something to clean any oil off them.

 

[FriarPhenn]

You wouldn't have to sand them but you should use something to clean any oil off them.

This. ^

I've found that, however, dark-washed Ti takes a lot more work to get a clean ano job on. I took scotch brite pads to bead-blasted Ti and dark-washed Ti to get a brighter, truer color.

YMMV, though.

 

[ncmiked]

I flame anodized mine without doing anything but clean them and the colors are pretty dull.

 

[vilePossum]

Thanks everyone for your replies. I actually wouldn't mind a more muted color.

 

[ncmiked]

Let us know how it turns out. I was stationed in Kitzingen and then worked a bar called the Green Goose in Ansbach for a time. I kind of miss Germany sometimes, nice people there.