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All Blog Posts Tagged 'anodising' (3)

EUREKA!!

On a hunch, I decided to try and spray some stripper onto an UNpainted lamp. I just couldn't figure out why in the world only the inside of the cap anodised! I knew why the base didn't, and that's because I didn't connect the power correctly, but the cap? My friend who is helping me said something about aluminum being pre-anodised sometimes in order to seal it to keep it from oxidizing...but how did they anodise it without getting ALL of it? There must be something sprayed on…

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Added by Loren on September 27, 2012 at 11:30pm — 6 Comments

Let the anodizing commence!

Yay! My power supply finally came! It was the fourth one, and hopefully the last. As soon as I opened it, though...my heart sank. The bottom of the unit was so bowed out that it wouldn't sit flat on the table. The face place sits very loosely on the front, and the metal cover is warped! Worst thing about it is, the box was completely un-dented. Whomever packed my power supply saw it in that state, and packed it anyway. I could have screamed.

But instead I mashed the bowed bottom back…

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Added by Loren on September 14, 2012 at 9:59pm — 1 Comment

Just ordered the anodizing dyes!

Finally!

And now I can offer a much more definitive list of colors that will be available. :) All of these can be varied from light to dark, but here is the list of default colors:

Red

Orange

Tangerine

Yellow

Green

Forest…

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Added by Loren on August 10, 2012 at 11:00pm — No Comments

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