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Finishing The Foward Controls!
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11/01/2002
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The Solution
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Weathers getting cold, time to start doing the mods that I dont want to do when the weathers ripe for riding.
This actually came about by accident. I was talking to one of the brothers(Shelton) in my congregation and he mentioned that
he works for a company that anodizes metals, in particular aluminum.
It never crossed my mind before, but I thought what a great solutiuon for finishing my 45Ace's fowards.
So I inquired about cost and color options ect...
Settled on black so they will look like an extension of the frame. As far as price goes, I never did get a price,
he wouldnt tell me. Now that they are finished, I still would like to find out what a service like this costs
so I can share that information with other 45Ace fowards owners.
I will be posting the pricing information, when I get it, if anyone would like
to ship thiers over to them to get'em anodized.
Shore Plating and Anodizing Inc.
2 East 5th St. PO Box 756
Lakewood, NJ 08701
http://www.finishing.com/Shore/index.html
Phone: 732-364-7553
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What is Anodizing
Anodizing is an electro-chemical process by which the surface of a metal material, commonly aluminum, is oxidized to form a porous and durable surface coating. The aluminum part, which becomes the anode, is submerged in a solution, commonly sulfuric acid, while a current is applied. The tank lining is commonly the cathode.
This is the opposite of electro-plating where the parts become the cathode (negatively charged) and positively charged metal ions in solution are deposited on to the metal surface to form a coating.
During the anodize process, the surface aluminum becomes oxidized (loss of electrons) and carries a positive charge. The aluminum quickly reacts with water to form aluminum oxide, Al2O3, and hydrogen gas. The aluminum oxide is the anodize coating. It is porous and may accept penetration by various color dyes. Apx. 1/2 of the coating thickness results in dimensional build up while 1/2 is penetration into the base material.
After dyeing, the color is fixed by sealing in a hot dilute nickel acetate or other equivalent solution. Titanium anodized color is controlled by coating thickness, not by dyeing.
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The Pictures
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The raw fowards pulled off the bike.
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The flip side of the raw fowards.
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The finished fowards, anodized!
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The flip side of the finished fowards, anodized!
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