Anodising

[ashleyb4]

I think thats how you spell it does anyone know of a firm that will anadise aluminium parts and remove old anadising?

Sorry its one of them words i cant spell like scruternering.

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[ben]

Anodising

[ben]

Scrutineering

[dave g]

you can remove anodising with caustic soda(drain cleaner)..comes in crystal form you add water to it and drop your parts in,doesnt take long.

as for anodising you again can do that yourself,but if you dont feel upto it then get the yellow pages out,lots of companies in there.

i used one a few yrs ago to get some alloy hard anodised,i think it was mansfield anodising the name of the company.

http://www.mansfield-anodisers.co.uk/

[Lee]

Pepsi or coke will turn stuff blue

[ben]

Do you just leave it in there?

[stegger]

Originally Posted by Lee

Pepsi or coke will turn stuff blue

And FANTA turns it ORANGE

[ben]

haha. Cherryade

[rcracer]

fosters

[_sleigh_]

Originally Posted by rcracer

fosters

pi$$ coloured

[ben]

haha. Yeh ashley use fosters. Your car will be dialled

[rcracer]

Originally Posted by _sleigh_

pi$$ coloured

i would buy the fosters to do the pi$$ coloured anodising then just drink the fosters and love the blue i already have

[ashleyb4]

No i want blue The reason im asking is ive foudn a shop with one in stock but only in red so i wanted toget it re done in blue.

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[Northy]

Originally Posted by _sleigh_

pi$$ coloured

Mossy could do his ali bits to match his wheels

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[GRIFF55]

I used mansfield anodisers to do the red S4, might be a bit expensive for just one piece mind??
You could always try trish too?

[Darren Boyle]

Ash, do you know the sad thing, the servo mount started out as blue, we got it anodised red!!!! It complimented the Matt Francis stuff from Trinity at the time, but it is now the only one we have left.......

[ashleyb4]

haha

Ill see when i get paid only got a small wage packet this months so its gotta last.

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[brookie]

Ash, be very, very, very careful if using caustic soda to remove anodising!

Don't know what's in that stuff but it's mighty powerful. Use a strong plastic or metal container and do it outside, I don't want to know what's in the fumes it produces (and the solution gets hot)!

Also don't leave the parts in for too long, would recommend dipping them using pliers and keeping an eye on the progress.
DO NOT immerse them in the solution and leave them their!
Was recommended to do this to remove the green from Axial AX-10 parts and have now had to order a complete set of linkages etc!
If left alone for a while caustic soda will remove the anodising and then starts on the aluminium itself!
Linkages became shorter, holes bigger and M3 became M3.5! Great!

It works very well but just be cautious and careful!

[dave g]

dont use a metal container,a plastic tupperware box is best,a tiewrap works ok around the object to do,the solution can get quite warm,generally the more cc of solution the cooler it will be,ie if you used a bucket full to do a shock tower it wouldnt get warm..use a small dish and it would get hot.

[Lee]

I can see this ending in tears.

Caustic is in caustic soda, its nasty stuff, it will burn skin and stuff, depending on concentration.

We used to have to wear big green suits when i worked on a caustic plant.