kidsoncoffee
Wears a live rattlesnake as a condom
I played around with some anodizing aluminum today. Started off with my kak can and a charging handle. Had to take the charging handle out of the mix because I forgot it had a steel roll pin and spring and wouldn't work in the process. Here's the before pic.
Here's after the LYE bath that stripped the black anodizing off.
Here's during the anodizing process. I used 2 lead sheets hooked to the negative side of a battery charger and hooked the positive side to the aluminum I was holding the piece with.
Here's where I pulled it from the dye bath. I used RIT fabric dye and made a super heavy concentration and soaked it for 10 minutes. I then boiled it for 20 minutes to seal in the dye and anodized coat.
And here's the final product.
I've got some orange and blue dye I'm gonna be playing around with. I think I'm gonna try and upper and handguard next. I'll update the post once I do them.
Here's after the LYE bath that stripped the black anodizing off.
Here's during the anodizing process. I used 2 lead sheets hooked to the negative side of a battery charger and hooked the positive side to the aluminum I was holding the piece with.
Here's where I pulled it from the dye bath. I used RIT fabric dye and made a super heavy concentration and soaked it for 10 minutes. I then boiled it for 20 minutes to seal in the dye and anodized coat.
And here's the final product.
I've got some orange and blue dye I'm gonna be playing around with. I think I'm gonna try and upper and handguard next. I'll update the post once I do them.