Anodizing Alum

[nacra533]

I know someone posted a how to on anodizing Aluminum a while back. I never tried it. Recently saw this and thought some may be interested.

http://www.observationsblog.com/4/po...tery-acid.html

[fosho4]

hmmm... Interesting stuff.
I don't currently have a use for this but seems relatively simple.
I favorited it so once I figure out something to anodize I'll have it.
Thanks for sharing!

[stevebo]

Dude, thats pretty cool! A few years ago I found a website, showing how to anodize using acid. This guy had 6 or 7 big vats of battery acid in his garage---------------it was kind of neat, but any way you look at it, it was a really bad idea! This sounds like a very reasonable alternative---------have you tried it yet?

[nacra533]

Haven't tried it, nor really read all the details closely. I just recall a thread by another quite a while back that had some interest. Thought those that were willing to try the normal acid method may be interested in this method.

[timabababaluka]

Bookmarked this! The geek in me has wanted to play around with anodizing for the last year or two, but with 6 little ones running around, it seemed somewhat irresponsible (even for me ), so I wrote it off as one of those really cool things that I will never wind up doing. Anodizing is back on the list .

Thanks for the heads up, and keep us posted.

[Gary_R]

I have a silver plating setup I made that would be good for this.

[JohnSawyer]

I know someone posted a how to on anodizing Aluminum a while back. I never tried it. Recently saw this and thought some may be interested.

http://www.observationsblog.com/4/po...tery-acid.html

That was me:

http://www.hammockforums.net/forum/s...ad.php?t=16103

It's an interesting process. I did some experimenting and found that the fabric dyes I was using aren't UV-resistant.

That said, it's still very cool as my K-mart grease pot has worked out well.

I still have a 5 gallon bucket with dilute battery acid and a power supply if anybody wants to pick them up! I anodized some Dutch clips and biners. They were really pretty until left in the sun for a month... then they were grey again. I did notice, however, that the aluminum didn't "smut" (rub black stuff off) anymore... :-)

John