<![CDATA[Anodizing]]>I placed the order today for an anodizing setup. Should hopefully be here mid next week so we can start playing w/ it. Purchased it for the majority of doing my own items that i manufacturer but am interested in doing some items for the public as well. Right now im not looking @ doing this in bulk for the public as i dont have the time or interest. We will be doing some demo items next week once we get everything setup and i'll post some pics up. If its not to much of a PITA Turbo5oh will be doing the majority of it so if you'd like something done you can hit him up and see when he has time to come in and do it. The kit i purchased has the capabilities of doing 4 sq ft of aluminum @ once so we should be able to maitain a good turnaround time.

Basically powdercoating has become a PITA for aluminum and hasn't had the best effieceny rating as steel so we resorted to anodizing. From my research others as well have tried different methods of powdercoating for aluminum as well due to related problems. Aluminum is just so hard to get clean for powdercoating that we're gonna try anodizing.

I ordered in black, red and blue dye to start out w/.

Demo of blue bezel:

anodized bezel.jpg

]]>https://fargostreet.com/topic/1265/anodizingRSS for NodeThu, 28 May 2026 10:31:33 GMTWed, 12 Jan 2005 06:20:24 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Anodizing on Sat, 15 Jan 2005 02:28:27 GMT]]>Yeah you can anodize wheels no problem. Shouldn't have any problems mounting tires unless you got some retard doing them which in that cause it doesn't matter whats on them their gonna mess it up.

Only kicker on doing wheels is if you want them to look completly perfect w/ no grain of the alum behind them is they basically need to be polished before hand because anyt defect will show. But if you dont mind the grain of the aluminum then leave them as is.

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treimche wrote:
Would it be ok to anodize wheels or not? I would just be worried about getting the tires mounted on them and the lug nuts messing up the coating. How durable is it compared to powdercoating?

Anyone?

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/24164https://fargostreet.com/post/24164Sat, 15 Jan 2005 02:20:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Anodizing on Fri, 14 Jan 2005 04:21:07 GMT]]>Steel cant be done. Most all import vehicles have aluminum valve covers, so most all sahould be able to be done.

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/23957https://fargostreet.com/post/23957Fri, 14 Jan 2005 04:21:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Anodizing on Fri, 14 Jan 2005 03:46:43 GMT]]>you can anodize steel and aluminum so you can do just about any valve cover out there.

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/23936https://fargostreet.com/post/23936Fri, 14 Jan 2005 03:46:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Anodizing on Fri, 14 Jan 2005 03:04:11 GMT]]>Would it be ok to anodize wheels or not? I would just be worried about getting the tires mounted on them and the lug nuts messing up the coating. How durable is it compared to powdercoating?

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/23920https://fargostreet.com/post/23920Fri, 14 Jan 2005 03:04:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Anodizing on Thu, 13 Jan 2005 04:31:18 GMT]]>nope, i dont think its aluminum. its my stock civic one, i wouldnt know.

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/23560https://fargostreet.com/post/23560Thu, 13 Jan 2005 04:31:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Anodizing on Thu, 13 Jan 2005 04:30:09 GMT]]>if its aluminum it can be anodized

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/23559https://fargostreet.com/post/23559Thu, 13 Jan 2005 04:30:09 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Anodizing on Thu, 13 Jan 2005 03:33:41 GMT]]>could you do valve covers or do those have to be powder coated?

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/23546https://fargostreet.com/post/23546Thu, 13 Jan 2005 03:33:41 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Anodizing on Wed, 12 Jan 2005 23:49:22 GMT]]>but purple is such a pretty color 😄

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/23447https://fargostreet.com/post/23447Wed, 12 Jan 2005 23:49:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Anodizing on Wed, 12 Jan 2005 23:45:33 GMT]]>is there anyway to anodize my purple type s bov? i want it blue instead

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/23445https://fargostreet.com/post/23445Wed, 12 Jan 2005 23:45:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Anodizing on Wed, 12 Jan 2005 23:36:41 GMT]]>Is it possible to do an IC?

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/23440https://fargostreet.com/post/23440Wed, 12 Jan 2005 23:36:41 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Anodizing on Wed, 12 Jan 2005 15:20:10 GMT]]>yup

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/23326https://fargostreet.com/post/23326Wed, 12 Jan 2005 15:20:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Anodizing on Wed, 12 Jan 2005 15:03:41 GMT]]>does the exhaust side get to hot?

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/23325https://fargostreet.com/post/23325Wed, 12 Jan 2005 15:03:41 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Anodizing on Wed, 12 Jan 2005 15:01:57 GMT]]>You can powdercoat the compressor housing, not the exhaust side

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/23324https://fargostreet.com/post/23324Wed, 12 Jan 2005 15:01:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Anodizing on Wed, 12 Jan 2005 14:45:17 GMT]]>sry a bit off topic but can a person powdercoat a turbo i knwo they get very hot.. jw

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/23323https://fargostreet.com/post/23323Wed, 12 Jan 2005 14:45:17 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Anodizing on Wed, 12 Jan 2005 07:33:35 GMT]]>the process of anodizing hardens the outer layer of the aluminum makeing it harder to scratch but at .001 thick it is still easy to scratch but will not chip or peel like other coatings, anodizing isnt the process of coloring aluminum, its the process of opening the pores of aluminum to accept color, after color has taken then there is another process of sealing it in

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/23294https://fargostreet.com/post/23294Wed, 12 Jan 2005 07:33:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Anodizing on Wed, 12 Jan 2005 07:01:06 GMT]]>From the other post-

Maybe I was misinformed but I was under the assumption that anodizing was more durable than powdercoating...?

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/23284https://fargostreet.com/post/23284Wed, 12 Jan 2005 07:01:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Anodizing on Wed, 12 Jan 2005 06:33:47 GMT]]>Size capabilities just depends on how large of containers we decide to use. If anything i can buld my own containers to do larger items but it's just gonna take that much more dye to do so if its an odd ball color price will have to be inflated to compensate. Most stocked color will be black as i do all of our gauge bezels in black. Like i said after we get everything setup and get everything rolling i'll be more apt to give quotes but i dont wanna jump in head first and underquote on something thats gonna take twice as lon as anticipated. Also as far as i know we will be the only place in town w/ capabilities of anodizing :-).

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/23270https://fargostreet.com/post/23270Wed, 12 Jan 2005 06:33:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Anodizing on Wed, 12 Jan 2005 06:31:11 GMT]]>I'm aware of a 'couple' rims that are anodized. What would be the possibility of doing this as opposed to powdercoating nick?

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/23268https://fargostreet.com/post/23268Wed, 12 Jan 2005 06:31:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Anodizing on Wed, 12 Jan 2005 06:29:56 GMT]]>get yellow and then do a candy cane stripe with black and yellow, make it extra fun for you lol

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/23267https://fargostreet.com/post/23267Wed, 12 Jan 2005 06:29:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Anodizing on Wed, 12 Jan 2005 06:29:33 GMT]]>ahh come on... no yellow????

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/23265https://fargostreet.com/post/23265Wed, 12 Jan 2005 06:29:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Anodizing on Wed, 12 Jan 2005 06:28:41 GMT]]>Hey, that's great nick.

How large of items are you capable of doing...and can you give us a estimate on customer cost? For instance, a radius rod arm?

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