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Help with anodization.

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itannerjh

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Hello everyone,
I watched a few videos and I think I am going to try anodizing, but I have a few questions. I have a kershaw zing (all metal) that I was thinking about anodizing. Is it possible to anodize the handle and blade on that knife? I have only seen people anodize titanium and aluminum before (on youtube). Also, do I need a titanium sheet to do it? On all the titanium anodizing videos they use a large titanium sheet, but they are kind of expensive (maybe I'm looking in the wrong place: 70-ish on amazon?), and if I can get away with using a steel sheet for this knife, I'd rather do that.

this is the bench power supply I was thinking about:
http://www.amazon.com/Mastech-Single-Output-Power-Supply-HY3003D/dp/B004ISQ270/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1432919205&sr=8-5&keywords=bench+dc+power+supply#customerReviews

what other supplies would I need? I have watched a lot of videos and everyone seems to use different things. What has worked for you?

Thanks for any and all help!
-Tanner H
 
Steel can not be anodized.
I suggest you do some reading before trying this.
 
Yup. Anodizing titanium and aluminum are different processes too. You don't need any additional ti to anodize. In fact, with a voltage chart you can get nice colors using 9v batteries daisy chained together. How many (voltage output) determines the color.

Grab some ti and read up. It's quite a fun and interesting project.
 
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