simple anodizing

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duane roy

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There must a simple way to anodize at home?
I've heard a diet coke solution works, but what are the steps? I've used a battery charger and salt solution for electrolysis to clean old coins and stuff. Is the process similar? Any help would be appreciated.
 
Depends on what the material is. With aluminum you use a preset charge (from a DC current provider) and the color comes from an actual dye being used. With titanium, different colors are achieved at different voltages. You can get interesting effects by using brush anodes and by doing the highest voltage first, then using a Dremel to make a pattern (expose bare aluminum) and go to a lower charge. The lower charge colors will not change or wash out the higher voltage colors. If I could just get ahold of a power supply I could make my titanium Buck XL look awesome!
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Chiro,

Do you mean "expose bare aluminum"...don't you mean titanium? He does.

jj
 
Chiro,

Be forewarned on the Buck Ti project that the steel pins and other parts may give you trouble. I experimented and found that non-anodizing metals in contact with the titanium would inhibit anodization in that area. I concluded that if I tried to anodize my Ti Police model, each of the steel pins would be surrounded by an un-anodized area that gradually faded into the anodized color as it got further from the pin. To me, that's pretty ugly, so I'm leaving the Police as-is. Just wanted to give you a heads-up if you hadn't already considreed this on the Buck.

-Drew
 
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