tegwin
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| posted on 3/7/19 at 06:37 AM |
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Anodising services?
I am in need of anodising some aluminium components. Anyone know any good quality outfits that do anodising via post without charging silly money?
Alternatively, I’m in Bristol. Anyone know any local conpanies?
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Theshed
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| posted on 3/7/19 at 08:18 AM |
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I have used a company near me in London who were good but had a £75 minimum charge. That drove me to going DIY. It really is a straight forward
process. All you need is acid (drain cleaner from B & Q or battery acid) a bit of old lead flashing and a power supply (some but not all battery
chargers are suitable. You can buy dye on e-bay for very little. Making sure that you have a good connection with the part is the only difficult
bit.
Sorry that is not a response to your question.
A few pics of my attempts below
 
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anodising tank
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tegwin
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| posted on 3/7/19 at 08:40 AM |
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Thanks for the reply.
I'd love to go the DIY route but as this is for work I think they would go nuts if I started buying battery acid   
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SteveWalker
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| posted on 3/7/19 at 04:50 PM |
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Set yourself up as a supplier to the company and do it in your spare time at home to make a bit on the side 
[Edited on 3/7/19 by SteveWalker]
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coyoteboy
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| posted on 3/7/19 at 09:34 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by SteveWalker
Set yourself up as a supplier to the company and do it in your spare time at home to make a bit on the side
[Edited on 3/7/19 by SteveWalker]
Can't do this unless you supply others too, this was being used as a way for companies to force staff into doing overtime outside reasonable
limits so the govt cracked down on it.
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