First attempt at stencil Titanium Anodizing

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bladeshaman

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I've done Titanium anodizing for many years but have never tried using a stencil to create patterns or pictures. I tried cutting my own stencil from metal duct tape I had left over. I was trying to make a Golden Eagle but it didn't really work out at all like I wanted - although the gold color did come out well in the right light but the Eagle looks more like a chicken pecking feed :oops: :

Medford-Prae-T1.jpg


So I decided for go over it with 'brush anodizing' which left it like this:

Medford-Prae-T2.jpg


Colors are fairly intense due to the polished Titanium surface but also due to the angle of over head light shining on it to bring out the color. At most angles it won't be this intensely bright. I use a variable 0-150 volt DC power supply. When dipping a knife this type of power supply makes it handy to roll the voltage up as I'm pulling it out of solution so as to create a continuous variation in color. On this knife I only did a dip with voltage roll on the last quarter inch or so of the tip near the clip.
 
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That's freakin sweet bro! Looks really good. Medford has been coming out with some really cool anodizations lately. I thought he was doing it with heat anodizing but maybe he's not actually. Your's looks really good.
 
Thanks, Some of Medford's anodizing is done with heat or torch flame but I'm fairly certain others are done with chemical and DC voltage anodizing. Here is another picture with not so much light directed at it:

MKT3-Prae-T.jpg
 
Use nail polish as a mask, and acetone to remove the nail polish afterwards.

You can remove the hardened polish with a scalpel in places where you want it altered ot fine tuned.

I use black nail polish when I etch my Serratas with aqua regia, and no issues at all.
 
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