Posted by KenW on Wednesday, October 13, 2004 at 11:26PM :
In Reply to: Re: Anyone Know Any Shops That Do Anodizing? posted by Northern Calif Dave on Monday, October 11, 2004 at 7:47PM :
Glass shops have nothing to do with anodizing.??
It's an accelerated oxidation process for billet and aluminum sheet metal. A conversion layer is created that builds up (.0005-.001") and penetrates the substrate by the same amount.
Not so good for cast.
The 5XXX and 6XXX alloys anodize well. Highly "blended" or alloyed structural stuff like 7075-T5 don't anodize well. They might process OK, but they look poor. Not a good choice for wheels in my humble opinion.
KenW
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