Sold/Expired Exotic Coating Service

[olrac]

I don't know if I missed this somewhere in this thread, but is the HA available in Black or is only going to be offered in Grey? :thinking:

 

[QtrHorse]

Black is an option.

 

[RocketTomato]

darkzero: Larry's light is held to similar tolerance as my Draco. They can not be anodize w/o special jig to protect the threads. I just want to pre-warn you about the re-threading on your lathe. As for laser etching it's somewhat visible ... sometime ... no guarantee. It all depends on the power and penetration of the laser.

Is it possible to anodize the aluminum lights with the parts partially screwed together in order to protect the threads from being anodized?

 

[olrac]

This question is for Modamag. Is the polished grey HA going to look like the polished HA on Arc Mania Lights? And will the Black HA be polished?

 

[baldux]

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[cmacclel]

Is it possible to anodize the aluminum lights with the parts partially screwed together in order to protect the threads from being anodized?

The threads would have to be masked.


Mac

 

[RocketTomato]

The threads would have to be masked.


Mac

What is a suitable masking agent?

 

[olrac]

I used white nail polish on the Bare AL Barbolight I sent out for HA anodizing and it worked very well (sounds silly but it works)

 

[will]

I used white nail polish on the Bare AL Barbolight I sent out for HA anodizing and it worked very well (sounds silly but it works)

I don't know what they use to mask, But, I do know that one of the first steps is a bath in sulphuric acid ( H2SO4 - battery acid ) while running an electrical current through the part. This creates the 'grains' necessary to accept the dye.

 

[olrac]

some masking agents are lacquer based and so is women's nail polish but here is a link to professional masking agent.

http://www.caswellplating.com/kits/maskit.htm

Here is the result I got using nail polish inside the tailcap

https://www.candlepowerforums.com/posts/2843848&postcount=9

 

[cmacclel]

It seams contact cement is the most popular masking agent over in the Caswell lating forums.

Mac

 

[LuxLuthor]

It seams contact cement is the most popular masking agent over in the Caswell lating forums.

Mac

Oh, now I wonder if Jonathan wants us to mask our threads?

Mac, what kind of contact cement? Then, how does the masking agent get removed afterwards? (I'm thinking a dremel with wire brush tool?)

 

[QtrHorse]

One of the questions I wanted to ask Jonathan was about cleaning up all the contact points of the lights we sent in.

If they are getting an acid bath, I would think anything we put on the threads would get desolved.

How do I clean all the threads and contact points after I get my lights back?

 

[LuxLuthor]

One of the questions I wanted to ask Jonathan was about cleaning up all the contact points of the lights we sent in.

If they are getting an acid bath, I would think anything we put on the threads would get desolved.

How do I clean all the threads and contact points after I get my lights back?

These are all good questions, but I'm not too worried. This is the 3rd run of these exotic coatings, and he does superb work.

 

[Phredd]

Hi Jonathan,

Thanks for doing another run. I've got a T1A tail cap I'd like to get black anodized. It's pretty small. The hole is filled with Alumfast.

I see people starting to talk about masking threads. Please let me know if you can mask the threads (or the entire inside) or if we need to that ourselves.

Fred

 

[olrac]

Let us know when you want us to start shipping our stuff, regarding the extended Nov 20 arrival date.

Any word on this yet?

 

[DaFABRICATA]

Any word or pictures of what the Orange Anodizing would look like and is it an option?

I'd LOVE to have a bright Orange Anodized Surefire M6!!
Similar to the orange Surefire C2.
(I will try to post a picture of the orange I am refering to)


I went through the thread and am wondering if there will be a dull HAIII grey finish available or if it is only available in a polished finish. I'd like to have some bare aluminum bodies done with a close match to the Dull surefire HAIII finish as well as the Dull black HAIII finish.

 

[iconoclast]

Added the requested pics to my earlier list.
Now just waiting for the signal to drop them all in the mail.

 

[Ty4752]

Hi Jonathan,
I have a Chrome Drake with some chipped-off spot/flake? Can it be rechrome or coat with any other coating? If it can recoated, what is the hardest coat you can put on it?
This drake was a birthday's give from my wife, so I hope to keep it looking pretty as it was.

Thank you,

 

[sebast]

Hi!
I would like to coat a Ti Aeon, but i need to order one at Muyshondt. Could you recept it for me and disassemble it?

It would be:
1-Ti Aeon- AlTin coating-disassembly/reassembly


:thanks: