Anodising- anyone on here?

[Tinbasherdan]

Anyone do anodising? I’ve got a couple of thermostat housings I’ve made that I’d like to get anodised.

Happy to pay real genuine beer tokens!

 

[Dcal]

@Hood ?

 

[sako243]

If you don't have any luck then Badger in Birmingham may be worth a shout. We use them for larger volumes of stuff but they always seem to be helping out people with little odds and sods when we're up there collecting.

Having said that Dad sorted out a kit from Ebay stuff and has done it at home himself.

 

[Tinbasherdan]

If you don't have any luck then Badger in Birmingham may be worth a shout. We use them for larger volumes of stuff but they always seem to be helping out people with little odds and sods when we're up there collecting.

Having said that Dad sorted out a kit from Ebay stuff and has done it at home himself.

I had considered buying a kit but I’ve enough crap as it is

 

[Hood]

What size are they? Material? are you wanting them dyed?
I could possibly do them but just got the setup to do stuff for myself so....

 

[MattF]

I could possibly do them but just got the setup to do stuff for myself so....

Just think of the satisfaction gained from helping someone pimp their vehicle too though.

 

[Hood]

Just think of the satisfaction gained from helping someone pimp their vehicle too though.

I only have one colour dye so...

 

[Hopefuldave]

I only have one colour dye so...

Asda bargain-basement inkjet black (refill bottle) gives a lovely orangey-red coppery-bronze colour, or did when I last tried it....

 

[Tinbasherdan]

What size are they? Material? are you wanting them dyed?
I could possibly do them but just got the setup to do stuff for myself so....

90mm tall x 100 wide, some sort of alu (mystery buy from pressbrake!) could be 7075 as I know at some point I bought a lump off him, but could be 2xxx series as well! Wouldn’t mind a funky red colour!

 

[MattF]

I only have one colour dye so...

He can have any colour, as long as it's black then.

 

[Hood]

He can have any colour, as long as it's black then.

Not quite true, it can be anything from silvery blue to a blueish black to black.

For example some parts done with black dye.

 

[Hood]

90mm tall x 100 wide, some sort of alu (mystery buy from pressbrake!) could be 7075 as I know at some point I bought a lump off him, but could be 2xxx series as well! Wouldn’t mind a funky red colour!

Size shouldn't be a problem although I would have to check the depth of the tank I am using. I think 7075 anodises ok but the only dye I have is black.

 

[Tinbasherdan]

Size shouldn't be a problem although I would have to check the depth of the tank I am using. I think 7075 anodises ok but the only dye I have is black.

To be fair I’d take black. I’ll end up buying a kit I imagine eventually but need to see if it’s worthwhile first

 

[Kram]

I have cherry red or navy blue, see here

Stuff you have made today

Not made by me, I just want to show it off. Mum's just finished another animal chalk bag, jellyfish this time. She's gonna try sticking it on Etsy for silly money and seeing if there's any interest. :D

www.mig-welding.co.uk

Stuff you have made today

Not made by me, I just want to show it off. Mum's just finished another animal chalk bag, jellyfish this time. She's gonna try sticking it on Etsy for silly money and seeing if there's any interest. :D

www.mig-welding.co.uk

Both colours are from Rit clothes dye.

 

[Hood]

To be fair I’d take black. I’ll end up buying a kit I imagine eventually but need to see if it’s worthwhile first

I bought a kit but personally I wouldn't do that now I have used it for a while and I am not now using anything from the kit.
A decent power supply with constant current is really a must. I messed about with Amazon bought boards and my own power supply but it wasn't the best and I had to constantly adjust the current through the process. I ended up with a bench supply (30v 10A) and it has been great, set a current and it won't go above it. It was about £70 for that. I use Etch from Gateros Plating and also get the dye from them. I have recently changed to Sulphuric acid and find that better than the stuff I got in the kit, I got the Sulphuric from Jenny Chem.
I also bought some Titanium wire for suspending the parts as it works much better than using alu tig rods in my opinion.

 

[Hood]

This is what I use.


Bench power supply.

Acid, I filled a big Pelicase as I needed to do a largish rack, it is 24L I have now (with the diluting to 15%) so you would likely not need as much

Etch and dye from Gateros

Titanium wire from https://www.metalclays4you.co.uk/gr1-titanium-half-hard

 

[Hood]

Just been anodising the footpegs and measured the acid depth, it is 80mm but I suppose I could increase that by putting a gallon container filled with water into the bath and that should take it up to over 90mm.
So if you are stuck give me a shout but as said I only have black so they would be something from silvery blue to black.

The pegs I have just done I wanted a blueish kind of colour to match in with the gearshift I did earlier.