Online anodizing services?
09-11-15, 12:30 AM
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Online anodizing services?
Has anyone had parts anodized through an online company? I'm looking to get a few component anodized in black. I don't have any local shops that do it, so I'm thinking of sending them in. I don't really want to try to do it myself (fear of messing up). I don't know where to turn for this. Anyone have experience down this road?
Thanks!
-Ryan
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-Ryan
09-11-15, 07:59 AM
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Unless your location is really rural, there's surely got to be some place around that does anodizing. It's a fairly standard metal treatment.
09-11-15, 09:36 AM
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I use Titanium Bolts, Titanium Fastener, Bike Parts Toronto, Bike Bolts to buy all my little bits and parts - but I know they do anodizing as well...
Tom is the guy there - super great guy...
Tom is the guy there - super great guy...
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I know of a place in Austin you could drop off at, but that surely won't help you. You could contact Del's Plating Works in Houstin, tell them what you want, and ship the parts to them.
Have they been anodized before? If they have, they'll have to strip the anodization first. The second anodization tends to look blotchy. If it were real important to you, you could sand off the anodization yourself, then successively finer grits, finally polish the parts, then anodize.
That's a whole lot of work for a few bike parts. Probably cheaper and easier just to find parts already black anodized.
Have they been anodized before? If they have, they'll have to strip the anodization first. The second anodization tends to look blotchy. If it were real important to you, you could sand off the anodization yourself, then successively finer grits, finally polish the parts, then anodize.
That's a whole lot of work for a few bike parts. Probably cheaper and easier just to find parts already black anodized.
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09-11-15, 10:27 AM
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I know of a place in Austin you could drop off at, but that surely won't help you. You could contact Del's Plating Works in Houstin, tell them what you want, and ship the parts to them.
Have they been anodized before? If they have, they'll have to strip the anodization first. The second anodization tends to look blotchy. If it were real important to you, you could sand off the anodization yourself, then successively finer grits, finally polish the parts, then anodize.
That's a whole lot of work for a few bike parts. Probably cheaper and easier just to find parts already black anodized.
Have they been anodized before? If they have, they'll have to strip the anodization first. The second anodization tends to look blotchy. If it were real important to you, you could sand off the anodization yourself, then successively finer grits, finally polish the parts, then anodize.
That's a whole lot of work for a few bike parts. Probably cheaper and easier just to find parts already black anodized.
I've contacted a few places in houston, dels being one of them. Most of them are stricky industrial. So far I've found 2 places with a minimum charge of 100 and 75. But they want deminsions and all that good stuff. I'm looking to get pretty much a whole campy groupset anodized, the graphics are pretty worn and I didn't pay much for them. I figured this was the cheapest way instead of buying a whole new group?
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Thanks for the info!
I've contacted a few places in houston, dels being one of them. Most of them are stricky industrial. So far I've found 2 places with a minimum charge of 100 and 75. But they want deminsions and all that good stuff. I'm looking to get pretty much a whole campy groupset anodized, the graphics are pretty worn and I didn't pay much for them. I figured this was the cheapest way instead of buying a whole new group?
I've contacted a few places in houston, dels being one of them. Most of them are stricky industrial. So far I've found 2 places with a minimum charge of 100 and 75. But they want deminsions and all that good stuff. I'm looking to get pretty much a whole campy groupset anodized, the graphics are pretty worn and I didn't pay much for them. I figured this was the cheapest way instead of buying a whole new group?
Here's some info about anodization on them.
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I don't have specific vendor recommendation, but a couple comments on the process. Just like painting, it's all about the prep work. The anodizing will show any imperfections. I don't expect any anodizing shop to sand/polish the parts beforehand, so you will need to thoroughly dissemble & prep/polish all parts. I had some anodizing work done by a local shop and got the impression they just put it in their machine and it's up to you to ensure a clean, prepped item to start since most of what they do is new metal for industrial purposes. If you want a glassy, wet look, you need to polish it to a mirror finish before anodizing. If you want a matte finish, you need to polish to a satin finish (lightly caress in straight lines with a scotch pad after the mirror finish). Existing anodization should be removed (oven cleaner works, there are other products too). Any scratches or blemishes will still show. Not sure what's the best way to deal with bearing surfaces races as I don't think you'll want those anodized.
