We’ll Done. I think it’s totally time for an anodized revival

I really like the format of this video!! Most diy youtubers talk way too much about useless shit, If I made a video I would keep it simple and to the point as you did!!

The best way not to keep making the same mistakes over and over again is to get them over and done with in the initial investigative phase. These videos are always really helpful. Many thanks for taking your time to make them.

"If at first you don't succeed; try, try again." Success is measured in the effort put forth to succeed! Sir, your efforts have been noted time and time again, and I'm sure perfection is very close! Thanks for more inspiration.

@oldshovel

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks my friend

Reminded me those days when I tried to brew espresso - failure, analysis, next try, failure, analysis, next try, failure, analysis, next try, improvement, analysis, next try - until it went from uncontrollable process to satisfying routine. Very nice result and black chainring goes well with purple cranks!

Every single video on ur channel is like a piece of magic show ... you never know what's coming next 🙃

It's not really a mistake if it makes you learn something and progress! Kept you motivated pushing - thanks for taking us along.

@oldshovel

4 жыл бұрын

Agreed. Thanks.

Damn. That's tidy. Good job! I've just dropped a couple of frames off to have a "Cerakote" treatement and while I was in the shop they had some AMAZING faded rims on display that turned out to be anodised (bronze to black). I was told how the finish of the metal needs to be absolutely perfect, or as close to, to get a good anodising finish so I can appreciate the prep work you've put in there!

@oldshovel

4 жыл бұрын

Bronze to black sounds awesome.

@em1355

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the comment! Where did you get the work done?

@shakedydogshake

2 жыл бұрын

I know right?!? Bronze to black…..sweeeet!

Been so busy only just got around to watching this. My friend, I take my hat off to you...inspiration for many to get stuck in and have a go. I think they turned out slick great work as always. Thanks for sharing your knowledge and hard work.

That purple and black looks so good

Fail fast and often. Best way to learn, great job👍

Anno is an art all it's own. Good luck doing forward!

Turned out great, you're a true jack-of-all-trades with your content!

Giving old things new life! Heck yeah... Its what i'm about also. Nice job!

Awesome! Art, music, science, engineering, business...doesn’t matter, you need to do it multiple times!

Great job ! That second run did the trick .That purple is awesome .Thanks old shovel

The parts turned out great. Thank you for sharing your "learning" process 👍

I have the original RaceFace Turbine crank on my '95 RM Equipe Frankenbike. It's my favourite bike part ever.

I really appreciate your work. I'm glad you're sharing your experience. Thanks

Dang. I was around for the first round of "purple madness," and I had a bunch of purple parts on an old hardtail TREK 930SHX that was all I could afford at the time. This was a nice throwback to those days! Thanks!

Good work. Not gonna lie but the Stem looked pretty awesome as polished chrome.

Love the way the cranks turned out .

Absolutely beautiful. Your skills, patience, and dedication is so admirable. Thank you sir.

I see that you have been venturing further.Keep up the great work!

Beautiful color at the end!!! thank you for showing the try and error process. Silver ring would work also great with that combination.

WOW! It looks so gorgeous. Thank you.

Absolutely awsome. This goes above and beyond just restoring parts. Love this video. Much love from the u.k.👍

@oldshovel

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks 🙏

If you lived near me I'd have you anodize some of my parts. Keep up the great work.

Great video, what a set-up, certainly learnt something new there 👍🇬🇧

I was just thinking of watching one of your video's, i didn't notice at first that this was your channel 😁👍👍

@glen3509

4 ай бұрын

I just learned hlthat Thomson has a new coating for their 7050 aluminum riser bars, Elite stem. Elite post and their seat post clamp. The sharper looking one is called Glacier 🤘🤘

I used to work for an outdoor lighting manufacture and in the late 80's early 90's just prior to powder-coating, we anodized everything. The fixture housings, arms and pole/bases. What I learned early on was you never want to hit the parts with a sand blaster because any porosity in the aluminum is going to capture more of the dye like a sponge thus making it blotchy. Sanding and polishing is not going to remedy this. You dont want to polish it because it seals up the aluminum too much, nor will you get in the tight spots and it will come out blotchy. The best anodize jobs are on freshly machined or extruded aluminum. Another happy medium would be to tumble the parts in a stone/chemical bath, as that's something else we used to do. This leaves the surface with a very even constancy thus allowing the dye to be even. And no, you cant anodize cast aluminum, only raw, machined, or extruded. Sorry so long, just brought back a lot of memories. Keep it up, you'll get it! (edit) I wonder if a far less evasive soda blast and then stone tumble would do the trick better?

@em1355

2 жыл бұрын

What method would you use to re-color a new anodized aluminum bike part? I have three small covers and levers that I want to change the color from blue to black and would have preferred buying some from the manufacture (FOX), but they only make them in blue which does not fit the bike's color scheme. Thanks!!

@Asphaltsquadron

2 жыл бұрын

@@em1355 Easy, just have them powder coated.

@Asphaltsquadron

2 жыл бұрын

@@em1355 Also. are you sure its anodize? Very few use real anodize anymore. New powder coat process and colors look very similar to anodize. Even if it is you can powder coat right over anodize. We used to do it all the time for marine grade climates.

@em1355

2 жыл бұрын

@@Asphaltsquadron Thank you so much for the quick response! This was very helpful, maybe basic for you, but when it comes to painting aluminum (actually any type of bike, car, or anything else) I am totally at a loss, therefore I have been viewing countless videos and asking for advice and I am glad that I did because you made it seem much more possible. Thanks again!!

@em1355

2 жыл бұрын

@@Asphaltsquadron Thanks for the quick response, I really appreciate it!! I will double-check, but I looked at the full description (new bike 2021 with Fox 34 Performance Fork) and it says anodized, but will definitely double-check. The Powder Coat idea was mentioned by one of your commenters below and since both of you mention this, then I will look at this method. Great video, I really picked up quite a bit, although typically I don't have the time (inclination) to paint bike parts, in this case, after discussing with the manufacture (Fox - weren't very helpful) they stuck to their one color (blue) for caps/levers even though black is a better color scheme match for the majority of the bikes. Sorry, too much information, but at least you were willing to provide alternate solutions. Thanks again!!

Amazing work! Kudos!

Great job man! Congratulations!

Love the purple I've always wanted a purple bike.

So striking! Nice work sir!

This is a great learning experience for me I greatly appreciate what I learned from this video,thank you so much

Looks really smart. Great job.

Nice job. Love the purple

They look great. I might try that some day.

Amazing work mate!!

Beautifull work, as usual! Big love!

Caustic Customs makes it all look so effortless!! Hat's off to you, anodizing is not easy. They look great.

@oldshovel

4 жыл бұрын

True man friend. True.

Great Job, Nice Lesson. Please keep up the Great work. Thank you.

More anodizing videos with old parts pleaseeeee :)

How sweet!! great job!!!

Amazing end result. Great process video. I’m currently doing up an old frame as a gift using Spray.Bike products - the Keirin flakes look amazing.

@oldshovel

4 жыл бұрын

Awesome

Well done. Thanks for showing the mistakes too. Getting ready to try anodizing myself for the first time within the week (waiting for the stuff to come in). I think this will be helpful.

@oldshovel

4 жыл бұрын

Cool. I hope it goes well. I’ll be working at it still to hone the process.

Well done for persisting with it, I think it turned out great as well 👍🏼

@oldshovel

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks

Hey, there is no such thing a failure - just an opportunity to learn from experience! The end result was worth the effort, can’t wait to see the ‘Old Shovel’ branded, anodised cranks, in the shops for Christmas! 👍🏼

Your carbs look sooo good better than anything I could ever dream of doing

Great job 👏 I love the colour

These videos are very educating and entertaining too

Awesome! Great job!

Great vid! Love the music and the custom parts

It's really cool to see you working! Tchau!

@TheN1791

4 жыл бұрын

Best content ever! Greetings from Germany

Looks really nice. All this gear reminds me of the old days when I trail rode. Anyway, one of your videos randomly popped up, and now a subscriber.

@oldshovel

4 жыл бұрын

Awesome

Fantastic work!!!

@oldshovel

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks 🙏

Very nicely done 👍.

Very Nice job!

Well done thank you for sharing.

Beautiful!!!

As you go, you will also find that different aluminium alloys will have a slightly different result depending on the elements used. Some work better than others and some are really stubborn requiring a different strength of electrolite and voltage to work. Also, consistancy can be difficult and no two batches are ever exactly the same! I look forward to what you're going to put these on!

@oldshovel

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks true on all counts from what I’ve seen and heard.

Damn that Gurple looks Great!!!

Great effort, great reward, great colour :)

I love him, its how to do in real life thx oldschovel

Great job brother

That looks sick

Looks good my man.

Those cranks are awesome

@oldshovel

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks

yoooo that was dope such a good job!

Amazing job....👍🏻👍🏻

Great video!

Amazing work, I’m sure that’s why blue is the best colour for anodising

You still did a great job👍

Wow that was so cool I would like to try that myself 👍

Awesome Video. Thanks for the Information

Another masterpiece sir 😍 Love all your restorations sir 😁🤙 Shout sir next video ❤❤❤

Great video, great music 🎧

Top shelf... I love it

nice job, thanks for sharing it

Very beautiful!

@oldshovel

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks

Look so great sir keep up the good work sir

Thanks for a great lesson.

Cool tunes!

Inspiring as always...

I'll try that one day,turned out reasonably well 👍

@oldshovel

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks

I think it's an awesome job you do

keep trying, wise words. not sure if I'll want to mess with anodizing, but great video.

Great vid as always! Lovee that shade of purple.

@reapanomin899

4 жыл бұрын

Nothing shouts "90s" louder than ano purple. Wait,why am I(a 17 year older)saying this?

@purpleRider05

4 жыл бұрын

@@reapanomin899 my dream bike is Matt black with purple and white parts

I've watched this for some inspiration I've been anodizing titanium for a while but I want to give aluminum a try

Looks great

Good video. I learned more from those mostakes

Hi.looks amazingly man.👍👍💪nice job!perfect

@oldshovel

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks

After seeing this episode I went through my stash of old parts to find my trail-weary Cook Bros. cranks. I think I´ll follow your example. There´s just one thing that I´ll do differently. To restore the logo I use laser engraving as it appears to be the method used by the manufacturer back in the day.

Good job 👍

THIS REMINDS ME OF MY METH LAB BEFORE IT CAUGHT FIRE

i really liked the first version. looked kinda cool.

..lookin' good, nice process..keep safe..

@oldshovel

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Bob

Thx for showing and sharing your (and our...?) learning process :-)

This was a well done video. Showing the trial and error aspect was smart and very informative. I have always wanted to learn how to do high level clear anodising (like Campagnolo used to do). The cost of the equipment used would be helpful as well. Thank you!