I like that you included your mistake in the edit. Live and learn. Sweet video, definitely going to give this a shot

@PosParts

3 жыл бұрын

Screwing up is just part of it sometimes man. As long as you know how to fix it, its not a huge deal haha

@kenhutchins3717

Жыл бұрын

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That purple colour came out awesome wow good job🤘🏽🤘🏽

Looks great, love the purple color!!!

Looks GREAT !!! I know NOTHING about this but your demo and commentary were great and very understandable

@PosParts

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! I appreciate the compliment

Fantastic video!! Best video I have seen so far on diy anno

@PosParts

9 ай бұрын

Glad you liked it! Hope you get to give it whirl sometime

Well-presented. And, nice work, too. Thank you.

@PosParts

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for watching!

Hi bro , I just wanted to coat Aluminum showerhead with Zirconia or yttria for steam purpose. would it be possible.? or recommend a material for the showerhead that undergo high temperature application. Need your advice!

Thanks for this; It's one of the best I've seen, especially the power supply tips. Also, I'll be extra careful with my connectivity! Cool colour too :)

@PosParts

3 ай бұрын

Thank you! I’m glad you found it helpful

That was really cool appreciate it

@PosParts

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed!

Nicely done, the second time!

@PosParts

Жыл бұрын

You’ve only got to get it right once! Hahaha

Spencer just found your channel and subscribed thanks for the information

@PosParts

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it Dave. Thanks for checking out my channel. I’ll have some more videos out soon.

Can you anodize 2 different colors on 1 part?

It would be awesome to see you do this process with an aluminum 80% lower receiver for an AR-15. Great video and I appreciate the self depreciation.

@PosParts

2 жыл бұрын

It's the same process as what I just showed. If you follow me on instagram there is a lot of parts that I've done over the years posted there. I'm not huge into guns personally mostly motorcycle stuff.

@sritech20

Жыл бұрын

@@PosParts Whats your IG ID?

This is the best video I have seen on anodizing at home! You gave all the important things to watch out for and how to do it safely. And you have great taste in your choice of beer Yuengling 😁🛫

@PosParts

Жыл бұрын

I’m glad you enjoyed it and found it informative. Thanks for checking it out 🤙🏻

Se puede anodizar acero inoxidable?

I like it. Hell yeah

I want to do some fork tubes. So about 2 inches in diameter by about 2 feet long. Would you think this would work? I see an issue with finding a pan long enough for heating.

@PosParts

2 жыл бұрын

I agree that finding a pan long enough would be a problem but also trying to heat the dye evenly would be an issue for something that large. My best advice is to not test your setup (especially not when you've never anodized anything before) on parts you actually care about because you do have the potential to screw them up. For big parts like that the surface area is much bigger therefore requires a much larger power supply. Unless you're willing to drop the money on a setup that's large enough, I'd send them to professionals to have it done.

How would i do this if i cant easily calculate the Surface area of my Parts? I have a set of weirdly shaped parts for a 3D Printer, made out of aluminium, that id like to reanodize to that lovely purple. But im not sure what Amperage i need to go for.

@PosParts

3 жыл бұрын

Hey Ninsa, If you have oddly shaped parts, drawing them in a CAD software like fusion360, Inventor, AutoCAD or whatever you may have access to may be your easiest solution. If all the faces are flat on the part, you can separate the individual faces into rectangles and squares then add up the areas independently. It doesn't have to be exact but getting close will be helpful. Another idea is wrapping the part in painters tape then cutting it with a razor blade then peel the tape off and put it flat on a sheet of paper then separate the tape into squares and rectangles then add up the area of each.

Good video! I prefer to seal the finished piece in Nickel Sulfate solution from Caswell instead of the boiling water. The boiling water seems to leech out some color and doesn't look as rich in color. Nice job!

@PosParts

Жыл бұрын

I’ll have to give that a shot. Thanks for the suggestion!

@johnjerizlopezignacio3891

10 ай бұрын

​@@PosPartsi wonder if how'd go. I would like to ask if you can create a short vid for that one.

@PosParts

10 ай бұрын

@@johnjerizlopezignacio3891 I haven't tried it yet because I haven't had anything to anodize recently. I'll let you know as soon as I give it a try.

1millimeter is roughly 39 thousandths of an inch. That might be part of the problem. Great result. Love the colour.

@PosParts

3 жыл бұрын

You're correct but 1mil is what I was referencing, 1mil=.001". I wasn't talking about millimeters. I should have addressed that more clearly, sorry for the confusion.

If I have an item that I want multiple areas different colors, can I "double anodize" a part for different colors as long as I use peel paper covering on the parts that I don't want colored?

@PosParts

2 күн бұрын

I haven’t personally ever tried this. Personally I feel like the best results would come from anodizing the part completely then during the dye process, do half one color then move into the other color suspending the part that has already been colored out of the dye. Then move on to the sealing portion as usual. As far as masking after the anodizing is complete, I’m not sure how you would get the masking off without ruining the anodized surface and having to start the process over again.

Hello, I have a really small surface area (about 13.5in^2). Is it normal that I get 0.56Amp on the Current value? Can DC Power Supplys give me such low current? Greeting from Portugal.

@PosParts

3 жыл бұрын

Yes sir most DC power supplies have a fine adjustment knob as well as a coarse adjustment knob for both voltage and amperage. On the one that I purchased it is not an issue to fine tune it to a number like .56 amps

I just had to click the thumbnail, that color is REALY pretty. Not sure why 😊

Hi, that is super cool! I wanted to ask, for the anodizing, do I have to paint it? I actually got here because I heard a Q&A about lenses for cameras, and that anodized ones are better.

@PosParts

11 ай бұрын

If you’re talking about painting on a top coat over the anodizing it isn’t necessary. Anodizing is harder than any paint besides maybe cerakote.

Sir can i use imax b6 balancer for my power supply?

@PosParts

3 жыл бұрын

I looked up that charger and it seems like it should work. As long as you have good control over the amperage input then it will probably be fine but I’m not 100% sure on that.

Hey, I'm looking into anodizing enclosures and parts for the devices I build, and I'm wondering if stainless steel can be used as conductor instead of titanium, possibly with insulating as much of the wire/rod with heatshrink tubing. Any info on that? Lovely purple BTW. Very much my style :)

@PosParts

10 ай бұрын

You can’t put stainless in the sulfuric acid, it’ll immediately start to corrode away. Lead works great as a Anode and is much cheaper than titanium. Your wires that the parts hang from should either be titanium or aluminum.

@KeritechElectronics

10 ай бұрын

@@PosParts thanks for the info! :)

@PosParts

10 ай бұрын

@@KeritechElectronics no problem at all. Glad to help!

Subbed! Smooth operator...you've taking the trade serious young man, I appreciate the time and effort to share your knowledge. I'm gearing up to try this on my own too. I have a few quandaries and hoping you can help/suggest: 1. My bike aluminum brake arms have brass bushings pressed into them. They are from an old bike and certainly loose so the 1/1000th of an inch anodizing layer (if it would even do so on the brass) would not affect the operation. Is there any concern for this brass bushing which I can not remove? 2. Would a flattened lead roof boot pipe flashing work for the cathode? 3. For the lead cathode, is it better to have the negative split to two cathodes spaced evening on each side of the part or is it just as good like you have it on one side? 4. These parts are very tricky to measure the surface area..how much estimation leeway do we have? 4. So for connecting to the piece (anode) we can use all aluminum wire/hardware or all titanium wire/hardware, mixing is fine (as you do) but what about say stainless, just wondering why like this? 5. Finally, I'd like to produce a smokey black finish, I've read you should use royal blue dye, any suggestions here on how to achieve such color? Thank you.

@PosParts

3 жыл бұрын

Hey Roy, I'll try to answer your questions to the best of my ability. 1. You'll have to remove the brass bushing, anything besides aluminum, lead, or titanium will be negatively affected by the battery acid in the anodizing solution. The bushings had to be installed somehow, so you should be able to get them out then replace them with new ones after you anodize your parts. There is some anodize masking tape available online but I can't attest to how well it works but it may be worth your while to check out. 2. Any kind of lead works fine, more surface area helps a lot and keeps temperatures down. I didn't really dive into that very much in the video because most people that just do it as a hobby or a one time thing aren't going to want to put that much effort into their setup. Just make sure its very clean. 3. I haven't tried the split ground method but I don't see why that wouldn't work fine. depending on how big your parts are and how many there are it may help. I don't have a great answer for this question but remember that anything inside of the solution will corrode severely if it isn't lead, aluminum, or titanium so your ground cable needs to be above the water level. 4. You can't use stainless because it'll corrode away in the battery acid when you run current through it. Similarly how subway bridges and ships corrode really fast because of rouge currents flowing through the metal. 5. Caswell plating has a lot of color options available. If you're shooting for smokey black I would say go with the charcoal grey and play with how long you leave the part in the dye for. Longer times will equal darker colors so you may be able to attain the color you're looking for. Try a scrap piece of aluminum before you commit to doing it on your actual part just in case it doesn't go as planned the first go around. Hope this helps!

@motleypixel

3 жыл бұрын

@@PosParts Thank you.

@FirstLast-tx3yj

Жыл бұрын

@@PosParts what do you mean by battery acid?? Should I open a battery and empty it or what exactly should I get?

@albyz7623

Жыл бұрын

@@FirstLast-tx3yj Battery acid = Sulphuric acid

That looks really great, but I wouldn't have chosen purple!! 😄

@PosParts

10 ай бұрын

I had been wanting to try purple on something and had the dye for a while I I figured why not haha. Thanks for watching!

How durable is this against dings and scratches? I need to anodize my aluminum men's ring designs.

@PosParts

2 жыл бұрын

It holds up really well. I do all of my custom motorcycle parts that I make this same way and they last for years. For a ring, you will see scratching over time but that's just the nature of it. If you want it to be extremely wear resistant you could have them hard anodized but you don't have the color options.

Go larger on your bottom plate that way you can get a good clean fillet weld and then put the cup hold on the las and turn it down to a smooth bore diameter

@PosParts

10 ай бұрын

I left the weld on purpose because I was testing how reliable anodizing was with 5356 filler rod. I had some projects for my jetski that needed to be welded then anodized for corrosion resistance so this was my test piece.

Nice video

@PosParts

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Are process variables color dependent?

@PosParts

2 жыл бұрын

The only variable associated with color is the time you soak the part in the dye. That takes experimentation to figure out how long you need to submerge the part in the dye for the desired color. I always pull the part out in 30 second intervals and look at it until I figure out a good number for each color.

Open pores -dye- close pores Got it

@PosParts

Жыл бұрын

That’s basically all there is to it! 😂

can we just used home electric DC?

@PosParts

2 жыл бұрын

If you're referring to the electricity coming out of your wall at home it is AC (alternating current) and won't work for this.

Hmmmm I'm going thinking of stripping that ugly orange dye from my Xray X1 formula RC car and turn it purple :D Everyone is rocking this car, I want mine to stand out a bit. Even though I'm crap at least be crap in style lol

@PosParts

Жыл бұрын

That’s why I was actually glad I made the mistake I did in the video. It was a good opportunity to show how to strip the anodizing off and start over new. Give it a whirl, doesn’t hurt to try!

Maybe using a sacrificial titanium piece of metal, and to DIRECTLY touch it to the aluminum or titanium part to be anodized... Finished off with a separate FINAL Dip in a bucket or pan of Nickel Sulfate Solution

Do you save your dye? Or just buy new dye every time?

@PosParts

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, I save it and that's why I buy the 3 gallon stainless containers for every individual color. To store them, I seal the lid with clear packaging wrap to keep the water from evaporating.

Looks hulk-ish green on top and purple bottom

Is that black lead or not?

@PosParts

23 күн бұрын

Just regular lead. Like what battery terminals are made of.

Where on earth did you find white wall tires for that Honda Z-50? ....Lol!

@PosParts

Жыл бұрын

They’re made by Continental. I believe Shinko makes some as well. That bike is finished now and I think it looks pretty sick with the white walls haha

@_JimS

Жыл бұрын

@@PosParts Would love to see a picture of that. Thanks

@youknowmr11

Жыл бұрын

Me and my brother had 2 red Z50's in the 70's growing up. They were the best mini bike back then. Glad to see it man, memories.

@PosParts

Жыл бұрын

@@_JimS check me out on Instagram @posparts I have pictures of it on there. Just had it out a couple weeks ago to ride it around.

@PosParts

Жыл бұрын

@@youknowmr11 they’re a blast man. Hard to beat a Z50. I’m building a 1989 Z50R now.

Very nicely done, the work and the video. I like the inclusion of the boo-boo. Personally, I never make mistakes, but other, lesser men do and it is good for them to see. ;) (that's a *big* wink)

@PosParts

10 ай бұрын

Mistakes are all part of the learning process! I’m still constantly tweaking my set up for more reliability especially on larger parts. It can be frustrating but if you know that you can fix your mistakes it’s not a huge deal.

You can see a video anonymizing an aluminum wheel of a car in yellow color

Hate buffering

A strong word of warning for UK viewers (this may also apply in some form across the EU). To use chemicals like Sulphuric Acid and other string oxidising acids you MUST have a licence from the Home Office that covers the specific chemicals you intend using, their maximum concentrations and quantities that are allowed, the usage to which you intend to put them and the approved storage facilities you will be using. Failure to apply for and receive such a licence will result in your breaking anti-terrorist laws, a hefty fine and potential incarceration for a LONG period! Personally I am rather surprised that the US authorities have not taken a similar stance, especially since 911. It's particularly lax over Nitric acid, from which it is EXTREMELY SIMPLE to make HIGH explosives. You have been warned!

@johnsmith7676

Жыл бұрын

Oh, Lord. Talk about internalizing the commands of your oppressors. SMH. Guess who the REAL "terrorists" are?

@90maz

11 ай бұрын

Taking people's personal freedom's away does nothing to stop criminals from doing bad things. Most european countries have had draconian laws restricting a large amount of chemicals for over 20 years, whereas the US hasn't had restrictions on most chemicals, and I would hands down put money on there being atleast 10 to 1 more crimes involving acids and other chemicals in Europe than in tbe US. And since 911, besides a couple of rudimentary simple pipe bombs any moron with some black powder could make there haven't been any major bombs. So it looks like taking people's freedom away is a great way not to be any safer.

so this is how to make tesla purple aluminum plate.

So, what you are saying is send my rifle parts away to get anodized. This is one of those DIY projects where it's worth the money to have someone else do it.

@PosParts

2 жыл бұрын

I mean that's all based on your opinion. If you're like me and have a bunch of different parts that you want done all different colors then you're not going to want to pay the $150 batch minimum for one or two little parts. I've been doing this for myself for a few years and it's saved me so much money.

Only problem i see you have...your out of beer.

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I hate it when a kid says don't be an idiot.

@PosParts

Жыл бұрын

Why? Lol

@johnclause765

Жыл бұрын

@@PosParts because kids are idiots.

Talking about personal safety but in the meantime you are welding with short sleeves. Ever heard of UV radiation? That’ll give you some burns, bro!

@PosParts

11 ай бұрын

Just working on my tan 😂🤷🏻‍♂️

You drink beer while working? EEEEK 🤢

@PosParts

Жыл бұрын

While I'm at home messing around, absolutely.

I like how everything is video except for the part of the video most came to learn. Nice slideshow.

@PosParts

9 ай бұрын

Well I can’t tell if that’s a compliment or not but thank you haha. I hope it was informative enough!