Black/Anodized Parts Question

[cdushane]

Originally Posted by Vegas69

Ya, that car is murdered out enough..

So leave the factory look on the door handles, key holes & trim for some accent

[HRBS]

Chris,
Go with Ring Brothers 2-tone black and powdercoat your key locks flat black. The main body of RB handles are polished then anodized and the trim piece is shot-peened then anodized and looks flat. The flat finish resembles flat black powdercoating.
Oh... and the key locks are stainless. If you anodized them they will never look the same as anodized aluminum. The color will be way off.

[Blake Foster]

The Trim arround the windows can not be Anodized as it is Stainless, and only Aluminum can be anodized, on the Black 69 we did a few years ago we Black Chromed the trim and it looked KILLER hahah not cheep

[Cris@JCG]

Here are some specs that will help you out.. I used to do a lot of outside process for anodizing aluminum..

If you want anodizing with a gloss look.. Parts will need to be polished before sending out to anodizing..

Anodize per AMS-A-8625, Type II, class 2, black- specify material example- 6061-T6 very important that Anodizing house knows the material

This one will give you the titanium look..

Anodize per AMS-A-8625, Type III, Class I, clear(non dyed)- specify material example- 6061-T6 very important that Anodizing house knows the material


Tumbling all aluminum pcs before sending out to anodize is also very important to the finish..

Note: most anodizing houses charge you lot charge for the process.. So.. if you send out 1 or 5.. it will be charged as a lot..

[cdushane]

Thanks guys for all the input!

[DIGI-TAILS]

I really like the guys here. They give us interesting inputs if we have a question. Keep it up!!!!

[billetman]

Originally Posted by Gonzo

Here are some specs that will help you out.. I used to do a lot of outside process for anodizing aluminum..

If you want anodizing with a gloss look.. Parts will need to be polished before sending out to anodizing..

Anodize per AMS-A-8625, Type II, class 2, black- specify material example- 6061-T6 very important that Anodizing house knows the material

This one will give you the titanium look..

Anodize per AMS-A-8625, Type III, Class I, clear(non dyed)- specify material example- 6061-T6 very important that Anodizing house knows the material


Tumbling all aluminum pcs before sending out to anodize is also very important to the finish..

Note: most anodizing houses charge you lot charge for the process.. So.. if you send out 1 or 5.. it will be charged as a lot..

Sounds like you are very knowlegeable on this subject. Do you have a good anodizer that you use presently and if so could you give me their business name and or info. We might have some business for them. It would be much appreciated. Thank you.

[speedshftr]

here are my feslers

[Cris@JCG]

I used be used to be responsible for sourcing plating houses on all prototypes & manufactured items when I used to work for Wilwood.. All plating houses that I used were here in So Cal.. If that works for you.. PM me & will get you a list.. Have sources for anodizing, zinc plating, e-coat, dacromat, chrome plating, powder coating & etc.. If you need specs on plating.. Just let me know..

I would powder coat trim pieces with any billet aluminum piece to maintain a consistency on the finish..

Originally Posted by billetman

Sounds like you are very knowlegeable on this subject. Do you have a good anodizer that you use presently and if so could you give me their business name and or info. We might have some business for them. It would be much appreciated. Thank you.

[badmatt]

also when sending stuff in for anodizing make SURE there are no traces of steel in the parts like pins and such because it will literally blow a hole rite in the part and it sounds like a bomb going off when it happens we just lost a 250K helicopter rotor plate assembly because the customer forgot to remove a helicoil.