Where can get my titanium anodized?

86blade

86blade

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I have some ti frame locks I would love to have anodized. Dose anyone know where I can get it done and who can do it. Thanks for the help. :cool:
 
If you're crafty you can actually do it yourself pretty cheaply with car battery acid purchased at Kragen, dye, and tanks. There's a few guides out on the internet out there for you.
 
It is really easy and can be done using baking soda, two pieces of wire, some aluminum foil and a stack of batteries. You'll need to clean/degrease the part you want anodized first. Then you completely submerge the part in a bottle or other container filled with a solution of baking soda in water. Connect the leads to your batteries and connect the positive lead to the titanium part you want anodized. Add a piece of aluminum foil to the negative lead and submerge it in the anodizing container to start the anodizing. Make sure to not short the circuit by touching the positive and negative to each other. The voltage you apply will determine the anodizing color, replacing the stack of batteries with a variable voltage power supply will give you more color options. HTH

Here are two Ti quarks that I anodized using baking soda and a lab power supply:
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One full gold and one with just light blue knurling.
 
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Or you can use a blow torch like I did...

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Send it to Peter Atwood. He can do all sorts of patterns and colors.
 
86blade said:
How dose the blow torch method work?
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There's 2 ways to anodize titanium. Heat, and electro-chemical. Electro-chemical gives you the most control when it comes to specific colors. Heat (ala blowtorch) is easier, but less precise. The longer you hold the torch to it, the more it changes colors, but you're limited in the colors you can create, whereas Electro-chemical gives you more variety (basically all the colors of the rainbow).
 
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