Oh, I did want to share this nice little tidbit for those that are looking at getting their Ihybrids done. The alloy of the Ihybrid is a 7075 alloy which is a combination of aluminum and zinc. The zinc cannot be anodized so I have to put the tubes into a Desmut to remove any impurities in the alloy. This leaves the aluminum white instead of shiny. I'll show the difference between 6061 aluminum before it goes into the bath, and 7075!
Here is a 6061 Darwin polished up and ready to go into the bath. It just needs to be degreased and she's ready.
Very shiny as you can see. Now lets compare that to the Ihybrid tubes being done right now. They were desmutted and then left to dry. What you see is before it gets degreased and into the bath just like the darwin.
Looks like someone hit it with some white out. So since there is a big difference in the base material, when dyes are put on top, the ihybrid is incapable of reflecting the light as well and you get more of a muted color than you would on the Darwin.
Here is what those tubes looked like before the desmut