Variation of OxiClean treatment on Ti scales -- wicked color

SplittinHairs

SplittinHairs

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I did a variation of the OxiClean titanium treatment on a ZT 0561 and got a cool but unexpected result. (Plenty of previous posts on OxiClean and titanium modifications if you do a search).
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Being too cheap to buy a box of the OxiClean powder for $12, I grabbed a bottle of their liquid laundry spot spray for giggles. I wanted to darken the titanium scale a bit and left it in the liquid (no dilution) for 12 hours. After 12 hrs it was slightly darker from original but still not the grey I wanted so I boiled two cups of water and did a 50/50 solution and left it overnight. What I got was this crazy deep deep bronze color with a hint of purplish haze. It's an amazing color that I wasn't expecting to get from oxidizing. I should have paid closer attention to the exact soak times so your results may vary but it wasn't a fast change and could be monitored without too much risk of overdoing it. one word of caution when doing this is to dry the titanium scale to evaluate the color. It appears very different when wet.
 
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That looks awesome!

One of these days I'm going to be brave enough to try it!
 
Did you clean it before treatment? I know that some anodizing colors can be very sensitive to things like finger prints.

I was at Walmart the other day and almost bought the spray, same reason (I'm cheap) and figured that it wouldn't work. That looks amazing. I may try it myself, thanks!
 
Strigamort said:
Did you clean it before treatment? I know that some anodizing colors can be very sensitive to things like finger prints.
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Sure did -- scrubbed it down with a drop of liquid dish detergent and rinsed under hot water. Careful to not handle it after that. The color came out very consistent all over. I'm not sure if I would have gotten the same result with the powder for that long of a period or if there's something unique to the liquid form that causes this bronze color.
 
Just discovered this thread. Has anyone else tried this since then? I've got a Ti handle in mind that I wouldn't mind trying to mix up. Any new information about this?
 
Sorry for the necro, how how long was overnight for you? I'm redoing the oxi finish on my seb I recently got back from CRK for spa work, but I would love to have that bronze color.
 
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