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Refurbishment of a aluminium box - DaveH - 12-05-2015
I have an aluminium box that is powder coated white. Nothing wrong with the powder coating I just thought I would anodize it a 'gold' colour.
This colour.
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DaveH
RE: Refurbishment of a aluminium box - DaveH - 12-05-2015
I got some horrible chemical to strip the powder coating off.
This chemical will blind you, burns your skin and gives off toxic fumes - apart from that it did a good job.
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Washed it and took it to be anodized.
Disaster, cast aluminium cannot be anodized - well it can but it looks crap.
I think they must have felt sorry for me because they gave it back looking like this
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Wow
DaveH
RE: Refurbishment of a aluminium box - EdK - 12-05-2015
Dave,
Are you sure you didn't tell them to give it the shiny metal camera treatment?
Ed
RE: Refurbishment of a aluminium box - DaveH - 12-05-2015
(12-05-2015, 05:07 PM)EdK Wrote: Dave,
Are you sure you didn't tell them to give it the shiny metal camera treatment?
Ed
Nope, just asked them to anodize it. Yes sir they said - they call me sir 'cause I'm old, cheeky barstewards.
'Phoned me 3 hours later telling me they couldn't anodize it being that it is cast aluminium.
Perhaps it was me bursting into tears
DaveH
RE: Refurbishment of a aluminium box - DaveH - 12-05-2015
It's not the end of the world, I'll paint it a 'gold' colour.
Like so.
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It did look better in the sun light - not a lot
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Not really what I was looking for. I think this will have to come off.
DaveH
RE: Refurbishment of a aluminium box - Vinny - 12-05-2015
Why does that look like a box mod for an e-cigarette?
RE: Refurbishment of a aluminium box - DaveH - 12-05-2015
Going
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Going
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Gone
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Start again
DaveH
RE: Refurbishment of a aluminium box - DaveH - 12-05-2015
(12-05-2015, 06:18 PM)Vinny Wrote: Why does that look like a box mod for an e-cigarette?
I have no idea - I didn't make the box.
DaveH
RE: Refurbishment of a aluminium box - DaveH - 12-05-2015
Being somewhat disillusioned, depressed and deprived - well may be not deprived
, I had a brain wave "I know what I'll do".So I did it and it came out quite well.
DaveH
RE: Refurbishment of a aluminium box - krv3000 - 12-05-2015
well their was a project in their sum where
