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Re: Anodizing Titanium
Reply #30 on: May 31, 2020, 11:39:09 AM
Another option for titanium is flame (heat) colouring.
I have some titanium hiking cutlery which I've flame coloured.
Both a commercial spork and home made knife and both are coloured up nicely and it appears more robust than the electrical anodising coating.
The beauty is that of the colour wears out gets scratched you can just hold it in the flame of your stove when cooking next and it's all good.
You should be able to get a nice blue on your mug Zoidberg.
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Re: Anodizing Titanium
Reply #31 on: June 02, 2020, 10:26:04 AM
Quote from: PTRSAK on May 31, 2020, 11:39:09 AM
Another option for titanium is flame (heat) colouring.
I have some titanium hiking cutlery which I've flame coloured.
Both a commercial spork and home made knife and both are coloured up nicely and it appears more robust than the electrical anodising coating.
The beauty is that of the colour wears out gets scratched you can just hold it in the flame of your stove when cooking next and it's all good.
You should be able to get a nice blue on your mug Zoidberg.
Done that to my mug, when trying to heat some water (trying because it is a double-walled mug... ::) )
Can you get a consistent color? Or do you rather get a rainbow ?
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Re: Anodizing Titanium
Reply #32 on: September 01, 2020, 10:59:37 AM
Finally, found the courage... and time

Like the clip (the original Anthem clip I showed previously), it did not become blue, rather a grey-blue. It was very difficult to get the image to show the color, more or less how it is. Most pictures were way too blue.
Personally, I love it. :drool:
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Re: Anodizing Titanium
Reply #33 on: September 01, 2020, 11:02:31 AM
Slightly on the "too blue" side.
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Re: Anodizing Titanium
Reply #34 on: September 01, 2020, 11:06:34 AM
That's really well done!  Awesome job!  Just out of curiosity, does the clip color match the body in the end?
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Re: Anodizing Titanium
Reply #35 on: September 01, 2020, 11:54:25 AM
Quote from: comis on September 01, 2020, 11:06:34 AM
That's really well done!  Awesome job!  Just out of curiosity, does the clip color match the body in the end?
The original clip does... the custom one won't. If I would anodize this clip, it would become much more blue (more like the previous items I anodized). According to Benchmade, the "gray" Anthem has already an anodization and I think that is what prevents it from becoming real blue (I would have to remove it, if I wanted a brighter blue).

So, I will not anodize the custom clip as it fits pretty well with the stone-washed blade.
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Re: Anodizing Titanium
Reply #36 on: September 01, 2020, 08:35:35 PM
Color comparison
You can see that untreated (rough) Titanium has a much richer color. On the right the un-anodized version of the one to the left.
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Re: Anodizing Titanium
Reply #37 on: September 01, 2020, 08:48:27 PM
Quote from: Etherealicer on September 01, 2020, 08:35:35 PM
Color comparison
You can see that untreated (rough) Titanium has a much richer color. On the right the un-anodized version of the one to the left.
Thanks for the color comparison, now that you'd mention the matching custom clip with blade, I must say that's a very tasteful arrangement. :like:
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Re: Anodizing Titanium
Reply #38 on: September 01, 2020, 09:22:59 PM
Quote from: comis on September 01, 2020, 08:48:27 PM
Thanks for the color comparison, now that you'd mention the matching custom clip with blade, I must say that's a very tasteful arrangement. :like:
I'm more bothered by the screws for the clip... these are the original Benchmade screws.
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Re: Anodizing Titanium
Reply #39 on: September 17, 2020, 12:06:16 PM
to anodize titanium I use trisodium phosphate and laptop power supplies


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Re: Anodizing Titanium
Reply #40 on: September 17, 2020, 04:49:42 PM
Quote from: Faz on September 17, 2020, 12:06:16 PM
to anodize titanium I use trisodium phosphate and laptop power supplies

How do oyu hook up the laptop PSU safely and how do you regulate the voltage?
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Re: Anodizing Titanium
Reply #41 on: September 21, 2020, 11:26:11 AM
safely... :think:  look the first picture  :whistle:
for regulate the voltage, i have a lot of PSU in 14v,15v, 19v ... and i test different combinations

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Re: Anodizing Titanium
Reply #42 on: November 19, 2020, 08:31:18 AM
Quote from: Faz on September 17, 2020, 12:06:16 PM
to anodize titanium I use trisodium phosphate and laptop power supplies
Man, I missed that... sorry :salute:
That is outstanding.
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