So i started doing my own anodizing 🤔

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Its not for everyone bud. Only reason why I did it was I went far to have almost everything anodized purple on the boat and its cheaper for me to buy the stuff rather than sending parts out to get anodized and to avoid having parts lost either at the company or by a shipping company
 
Ive been mulling over learning anodizing for years, keep putting it off. With all my motorcycle restorations it would be a great investment. Did you buy a kit to get yourself started ?
 
Hoe many amps do you need rep? I'm thinking one of my variable power supplies would work great for doing something like this. Bonus is I wouldn't have to buy one if it would work.
Oh and what type of anodizing is this considered? I know there are a few different types.
 
Ah OK. You ever go over 12 volts? The e fuel power supply I have can do 30 amps at 12-18 volts. I have another power supply but It just 12volt 10 amp static. How are you controlling the amp output ?
 
So my goal is to have a more accurate variable supply but I've used a laptop charger that puts out 19v @ 2amps and that works good on pieces the size of a Kennedy half dollar.... the gas cap I used a battery charger that was 12v @6 amps..... and yea sean you may have to go over 12 volts to get the right amperage to the part
 
I'm not understanding how your controlling the amperage. For example, if I used my current battery charger I can select amp outputs from 2 to 60 amps all @12 volts. But my power supply will supply 30 amps but very the voltage, between 12 and 18 volts. (User selectable voltage, it will supply up to 30amps till it hits the regulated limit)
May be over complicating it, idk. Normally you either regulate voltage or amperage, here it seems your trying to regulate both.
 
Yes and no sean. In a perfect scenario you want to control the amps not so much the voltage. From what I understand to get the right amps to the part voltage would have to increase . Im just winging it really till I can get the right power supply. And if you watch the part your either too high or too low and you pretty much want to see a stream of micro bubbles coming off the part and really comes down to time on how long the part is in the bath to get to the 1 mil thickness. Ive read 1 mil is max and you can be under the 1 mill
 
Zinc plating diy is also on my future list . I have a ton of misc hardware i need to replate. Seems like an easier process than anodizing. A 12v power supply, distilled water, marine zincs, and copper wire is all thats needed.

 
Rep732 said:
Another thing I've seen and im trying now is adding an air stone to the solution to keep the bath agitated and it is working much faster with building up the coating.
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Good to know, from my research some guys use them some don’t. So it’s nice that you have tried both without and with the stone. I’ll take that as concrete evidence that it has a beneficial effect and worth doing!👍🏻
 
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