Frame Annodizing

[max-t]

Hi there, does anybody know where i can send my frame off to get it annodized? if so please let me know.

Preferably as cheep as possible.

Thanks,

Max...

[Gavyn.]

try the yellow pages or go for a look round your local industrial estate there should be somewhere that can do it

some oil companies and general engineering companies should have the equipment

[super]

Only trouble is finding somwhere with a big enough tank to do it in, best measure the length of your frame before you start phoning around to make sure thay have the capacity to do it.

But yeh, Yellow Pages.

[Fish-Finger-er]

Hi there, does anybody know where i can send my frame off to get it annodized? if so please let me know.

Preferably as cheep as possible.

Thanks,

Max...

wasnt pete wright able to do it at one point, was on about doing his coust in a bathtub or something.

but other than engineering places, some classic car restoration places or custom bike builders(motorbike) or commercial bodybuilders may be of use, chances are if they dont do it, or have a direct supplier who will do it, theyll know someone who will.

[Conor the basher.]

Hey hey, i asked ains and he said no where in Hereford can do it but he can sort some where in ross out for you.

[Greetings]

wasnt pete wright able to do it at one point, was on about doing his coust in a bathtub or something.

Yes, it can be done at home. All you need is a container, good ventilation, lots of acid of some sort and a proper source of electrical current. Frankly speaking the process is so nasty that you want to keep well away from doing it yourself. I was at one stage close to making a small anodizing machine but the substances one has to work with are way too hazardous. My friend's had his frame anodized, no idea why one should want that done. Lacker is good enough.

edit: you do realize that the term anodizing only refers to creating a thin layer of aluminum oxide and has nothing to do with colours? I think the only process which actually creates a colour layer on the metal is plasma coating?

Edited December 23, 2006 by Inur

[Waddy]

Yes, it can be done at home. All you need is a container, good ventilation, lots of acid of some sort and a proper source of electrical current. Frankly speaking the process is so nasty that you want to keep well away from doing it yourself. I was at one stage close to making a small anodizing machine but the substances one has to work with are way too hazardous. My friend's had his frame anodized, no idea why one should want that done. Lacker is good enough.

edit: you do realize that the term anodizing only refers to creating a thin layer of aluminum oxide and has nothing to do with colours? I think the only process which actually creates a colour layer on the metal is plasma coating?

yes you do create a layer of aluminium oxide but that can be dyed (form what i know, if im worg correct me) and by already forminga a dyed layer of aluminium oxide it prevents any more to occour

http://freepages.pavilion.net/users/nickfull/anodise.htm

have a look on ther that explains most of it,

as most people have said just look in the yellow pages, or go to an engineering ferm, they will beable to tell you where to get it done

i was looking into it a while back, but i was advised not to as when they pickel it in acid before its anodised to clean it, this can penitrate any tiny cracks making them bgger and the frame weaker

Edited December 23, 2006 by wad

[max-t]

Thanks people

[joewhite]

get it powder coated as its good and there a number of places that will do it for you.

[sUm]

yes you do create a layer of aluminium oxide but that can be dyed (form what i know, if im worg correct me) and by already forminga a dyed layer of aluminium oxide it prevents any more to occour

http://freepages.pavilion.net/users/nickfull/anodise.htm

have a look on ther that explains most of it,

as most people have said just look in the yellow pages, or go to an engineering ferm, they will beable to tell you where to get it done

i was looking into it a while back, but i was advised not to as when they pickel it in acid before its anodised to clean it, this can penitrate any tiny cracks making them bgger and the frame weaker

Yup, wad's got it right. When you anodize something, it creates an oxide layer that is relatively porous during the process. So by adding a dye into the mix the oxide layer absorbs the colour and bingo, you've got a well-protected, good-looking piece of metal.