Anodizing Gone Wrong - What Next?

Started by TitanMonsterS4R, January 05, 2011, 05:33:45 PM

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TitanMonsterS4R

Need to do this today. 

Can you tell me what colors you wanted your stuff powdercoated?

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696DCRider

I'm just looking to do flat or matte black, nothing fancy.  My main intent is to black out all the parts ducati should have done to begin with.  Hopefully at some point, I will ceramic coat my exhaust too, and wrap the forks to finish out the scheme.

korey

Yeah you can easily salvage them. I think theres a cleaner called "White Lightning" or something like that that you can just soak the parts in for a day and it will strip it all off. Or the EZ Off brand oven cleaner in the yellow can will make quick work of the old anodizing. But, most companies who anodize also will strip the old stuff themselves, so I'd just find someone who does decent work and give them to him. Custom anodizing is pretty popular so it shouldn't be hard to find someone local.

junior varsity

ugh.... that's the most interesting use for white lightning i've ever heard....

George Jones - White Lightning

korey


junior varsity


TitanMonsterS4R

Quote from: 696DCRider on January 18, 2011, 12:29:23 PM
Woomie (not sure if I'm spelling that right), did you happen to get my PM about powdercoating?  I was just curious if Figure Engineering had gotten back to you yet.  I just got my rim stripes and 14T done, so I think I'm ready to go ahead and start pulling parts off for powdercoating.  I'm always down to save some cash, so it would be nice if we can group our stuff together.

Here the quote I got from Figure Engineering -

Swingarm: $125 ea. 
Rearset: $110 pegs, brackets, shifter, brake, links
Shields: Around $10ea for pipe and can shields.
Hangers: Probably $5-10ea.
Top triple: $50 includes masking bores
Bar clamp (upper and lower): $40 includes masking clamp surfaces.
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ducpainter

Quote from: MadDuc 20/20 on January 20, 2011, 06:00:01 AM
Here the quote I got from Figure Engineering -

Swingarm: $125 ea. 
Rearset: $110 pegs, brackets, shifter, brake, links
Shields: Around $10ea for pipe and can shields.
Hangers: Probably $5-10ea.
Top triple: $50 includes masking bores
Bar clamp (upper and lower): $40 includes masking clamp surfaces.
Do those prices include blasting?
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TitanMonsterS4R

Quote from: MadDuc 20/20 on January 05, 2011, 05:33:45 PM
So I went the wrong route and shipped my CRG levers, CNC gas tank and cover, DP fork adjusters and SpeedyMoto belt covers shipped off to a guy in Kentucky to have him re-anodize them yellow to match my bike.  Well, you guessed it, they came back and looked like this:



Now that they have been stripped of all color with some pieces half anodized, what's the best action to take next?  Since no one makes parts that have already been anodized yellow, it's a custom job anyway.  Can the parts be re-anodized and if so, it is better to have them powder coated?  For parts that will see heavy use (ie levers) is anodizing or powdercoating better?

Thanks for the help folks

Here is all is back and looking better than ever.  The shop I took it too did a great job.  Even cooked up a match for Ducati acid yellow. 

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junior varsity

jesus that is bright.

powdercoat, right?

TitanMonsterS4R

 [moto] Cagers can't miss me now.  The store is used for this test batch was Ironworks Motorcycles in Gaithersburg, MD.  They were able to color match everything based on the color of my tank. 
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