Hello! Anodizing Service for your aluminum drip tips and hosts.

[Kenom]

Sadly no. Type III anodizing is almost impossible to dye and the setup is incredibly expensive as the acid bath needs to be maintained at 35F at all times. Since I can get a anodized layer similar to type III with my current setup but larger cells, I saw no need to go the extra cost.

See really the ONLY difference between Type II (what I do) and Type III is the Cell size. In type III the cells are smaller so they don't readily accept dyes, this means you can only dye it greyish/black. The thickness of the anodized layer can be controlled by the amount of time and the amount of current supplied to the part. I can make an anodized layer almost as hard as type III in a type II that will allow for dying.

Hope that helps.

 

[junebugg1999]

Just what I wanted. Thanks man!

 

[Kenom]

You now officially have the most unique GGTS out there!

 

[Coffee Addict]

Can you do the jb ss lava tanks and what would be the cost?

 

[Kenom]

Can you show me a picture of it? Is it aluminum? Also how big is it?

 

[Coffee Addict]

It is stainless steel and no bigger than an inch tall
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[anavidfan]

Hello Ken, I was just wondering if you have ever anodized any rebuildable attys like the Zen atty. I love the unit, but keep wishing it was a satin black. Is it possible without affecting the workings etc. Let me know, if you like you can send me a pm to let me know any details, cost etc.

 

[Kenom]

Sadly I cannot do stainless steel. Just aluminum.

 

[Kenom]

Can you remove all components but the exterior tubing? Is it aluminum? If so, yes I can anodize it. I've never tried this particular item and all the searching I've done hasn't resulted in a clear enough picture of the guts of the unit for me to determine if the unit can be broken down far enough for me to anodize it.

 

[anavidfan]

I believe the whole unit comes apart, but it is surgical stainless steel. I guess the only thing closest to it being black might be doing some sort of "bluing" similar to what they do with stainless steel guns?

 

[Kenom]

Nah, you can send it off to have it powder coated. Not as cool in my opinion, but it will make it black.
Another option is to go with black chromium which is like Chrome yet black. May not be so easy to find someone to do that though....

 

[Unforeseen]

That has awesome written all over it. Congrats!

Just what I wanted. Thanks man!

 

[murtcepS]

PM on the way.

 

[Kenom]

PM replied to. Looking forward to anodizing your Ihybrid.

I just finished doing a Vivi Nova tank.

 

[vaptamist]

That is pretty sweet! Wish I had an Aluminum PV to send your way

Would love to see an empire mod anodized like this

 

[Kenom]

Yeah I'm finding that a LOT of PV's are stainless. It's a lot easier to make something of a material that by it's very nature is less resistant to corrosion, dings, etc.

I would think though that given the easy access to metal working tools there would be a lot more aluminum PV's on the market.
I've got a lavatube that is aluminum, but when I tried removing the electronics, I couldn't get them back in. so while I may have a new fancy anodized lava tube barrel, it does me no good since I can't put it back together.

Soon I will have my own lathe and I will start turning out my own PV's and folks can buy those in any color choice they want.

 

[Kenom]

Wingedwheel, your Ihybrid is done. Behold beauty!

 

[Kenom]

Mkay, wingedwheel wasn't completely satisfied with the color of the fade so we went back to square one. Here it is:

I do want to say that the colors aren't really accurately represented that well with a flash at night. It's really best to take a picture in sunlight to get an idea of the true colors of these. While they are pretty, they look better in your hands than on a screen!

 

[murtcepS]

I thought the original blue/green fade looked fantastic Ken. It's a shame the fade was going in the wrong direction on the short tube. The "i" is upside down in pic #1. Other than that detail,it was everything I had hoped for.

 

[Kenom]

Oh sorry, didn't mean to imply that you were changing your mind arbitrarily. It wasn't your fault but mine for anodizing it the wrong direction initially. No problem anyway, we got ya squared away i hope.. (other than the minor ding which was also my fault, but that's something you and I are dealing with.)