Gunsmithing Anodizing Recommendations

[HogsLife]

What’s up guys. So I’m workin on a clone MK12 and I have a aluminum lower in the white i need to get hard coat anodized.probably have the upper done too so they match. Anyone have any recommendations / good experiences with companies that can do it?

thanks for the help

S/F

Seth

 

[samb300]

There's a shop local to me in Milwaukee that I use for my AI parts. They do good work and offer black dye type III hardcoat. Only downside is they have something like a $250 minimum batch price, so if you only have one or two items it isn't very economical.

Shoot me a PM if you want more info.

Sam

 

[HogsLife]

There's a shop local to me in Milwaukee that I use for my AI parts. They do good work and offer black dye type III hardcoat. Only downside is they have something like a $250 minimum batch price, so if you only have one or two items it isn't very economical.

Shoot me a PM if you want more info.

Sam

yeah, I’m seeing these “clone” builds seldom end up being “economical”..... ?

 

[Gene Poole]

Do it yourself. It's not rocket science. Google it. Lots of people doing it.

 

[E. Bryant]

Nice job, Gene - that looks good.

What current did you use, and did you do anything to keep the bath cool during the process?

 

[Gene Poole]

I did this in January so ambient was pretty cold. I ran it for about 2 hours and adjusted the voltage to keep the current at or above 2 amps the whole time. It never got warm to the touch on the side of the container so I didn't bother with any coolant. I currently don't plan on doing this for any other reason than my own personal projects. Otherwise, there'd be a lot more considerations. It looks good to me and that's good enough for me, but probably not for a paying customer.

 

[E. Bryant]

Thanks for the info, Gene. That's pretty much the standard I'm looking to achieve, and so now I just need an excuse to try out the process.

 

[1moaoff]

Fyi, slot of people that have parts anodized get alot of rejects