Anodizing markers

[lucifer_hunter]

i am planning on anodizing my marker, a standard piranha. was wondering if anyone has actualy tried spending their hard earned cash on anodizing an entry level marker? it's my first marker n all and itd be a waste to get rid of it as i found that i like it better than shooting anything else out there tho i havent had the pleasure of shooting an angel

any good places to anodize a marker?

thanks

 

[L J]

well , as anodising costs from like £70-£150, its probably not worth doing it to a piranha, but, im pretty sure belsales anodise, fury sports do, and planet do

 

[Gups]

Depends what its made from. If its aluminium it should be ok but if its made from 'Crapite' or other alloy then anodising may not be possible. Belsales usually run a 'test' on a piece of scrap metal thats the same composition as the body, to ensure 100% results (being the perfectionists that they are!) They wouldnt be able to do this on a pirhanna so i doubt that they would take a chance on getting it ano'ed. Also dont forget that anodising removes a layer of aluminium from the body so the more times you have it stripped and re-anoed the looser all the internals become.

 

[L J]

i was under the impression that although a i think it was 5 microns is lost, it actually gains 10 microns when it gets the dye, so actually grows in size

 

[Gups]

nope, you have to strip off the old anodising first and as that is in the metal itself you lose not gain!

 

[Stan]

Cockersrule - you can get them annoed cheaper than that... I've had two cockers done - one chrome and one annoed blue. For cheaper than you might think!

Look in the yellow pages

Oh yeah - chroming makes items thicker, anno makes em thinner.

 

[lucifer_hunter]

stan u got contacts who do it fer cheap? if ya don't mind sharing?

 

[L J]

Originally posted by Gups
nope, you have to strip off the old anodising first and as that is in the metal itself you lose not gain!

well, what do you know, i was right


when the aluminium becomes the anode, the oxide layer does come off, and the raw aluminium 'grows' about one thousandths of an inch above and below the base level of the aluminium, then it is dipped in the dye etc, then sealed with hot water

look here: http://muchos.co.uk/members/little jon/fig2-1.jpg
then here: http://muchos.co.uk/members/little jon/fig2-2.jpg
and finally here: http://muchos.co.uk/members/little jon/fig2-3.jpg



Jon

edit, just re read your post and reliased we were talking about re anodising a marker, not anodising a marker, , so i guess theoretically you would lose 1 thousandths of an inch each time......which i cant imagine making fittings lose......as the threads look to be only accurate to about 2 decimal places anyway

im sorry magups
p.s. im seriously bored

 

[Gups]

Sorry to disagree with you Jon, but when it comes to producing markers of the Evolution standard small measurements DO matter! Nothing on the Evo is sloppy or loose and thats the way we like to keep it... You know you're getting the best when you buy from Belsales! And where's Dangerous Brian with all the facts and figures when you need him????

 

[L J]

yeah i know is hig quality, im just saying, i cant imagine them using a drill thread that is accuracte to like 3/4 decimal places, as 2 is plenty fine

belsales rocks