Hey everyone, today I’ll show a simple video anodizing aluminum at home. I hope you all enjoy and have a great weekend!

This is an excellent demo! Clear steps, some failures that are artistic and provide more learning, good visuals, clear audio, and no music - thank you god for that! Very clearly shown! I am not familiar with this process at all, but I understood it clearly. I'm going to try this out. I want to anodize jewelry wire to add color as I cannot find the shades I want and besides, this is pure fun! Many thanks!! ❣❣

I like the 2nd one. Thank you for the video and detailed troubleshooting tips again excellent video

Very interesting home brew anodizing video, thank you. Look at the battery connections at time stamp 1:35. It looks like the negative plate is touching the upper round bar. I'm guessing you noticed that (maybe the charger was pegging) because later in the video they're farther apart. I like the safety aspect for you and the part (gloves and explanation why). I've watched auto body videos where they rub their bare hands all over the part they're going to paint without cleaning! Thank you again, simple and easy to do.

great video! straight to the point , nice and clean ! thanks so much ! very informative .Ibelieve is one of the best vids out there on this subject! (forgive my english...)

Baking soda bath to neutralize the acid followed by a clean distilled water boiling bath would probably help the tinting process

Amazing video 👍👍

Great job, I liked your video. #1 piece came out the best in my opinion. It looks more like the traditional anodizing. Thanks!!

I love seeing how my new addition was made! Can't wait to win it!

oh wow, had no idea that anodizing aluminum was that easy! one suggestion about the tip of it not getting dyed... it could be because the electricity always wanting to take the shortest path.... so if you suspended it in the acid with wire holding up each end - so that it's laying sideways in the acid - that MIGHT get it to etch it more evenly.. ALSO do you know of any type of 'resist' you could paint on the piece before you etch it in the acid??? it definitely does exist, but I don't know what it would have to be so that it doesn't come off from the acid...... So as far as which one I like... well I did REALLY like that pattern on the second one.. almost like it was sprayed with a resist or something.... BUT I have to go with the first one you show3ed us... I just LOVE that fade on the tip... you couldn't get a better fade if you tried... lol ... seems like it would be worth experimenting on to find the best way you can make a purposeful fade where you want it and how strong it is... maybe using a very slow motor to lower the piece into the acid over the whole time period its being etched... that way the area in the longest would have the darkest dye --- ONE LAST THING... do you know of a way to remove the dye after it's be anodized? I wonder if you were to put it back into the acid and etching process if that would pull it off??? and if so then you could paint some resist on top of the dyed areas you want to keep and then etch it again then dye it with another color.... then you remove the resist and it's the original color underneath surrounded by the second color.... dang this seems like so much fun to experiment with!! LOL THANK YOU!!! I'll prolly start playing around with this soon enough.... thanks for bringing to my attention.. this is awesome!!!! :D

I think I like the first one. Thanks a lot for your demo and precise explaination.

I like the middle one.

I like the first one

Cool pieces! Thanx for the tips! I might do some anodizing with stainless steel in the future. It would have to be after I move into a place with shop capabilities. LOL Thanx for a great vid Adam!😁

I like the second one the best thanks

Super helpful demo video, thank you!

You're so good at teaching.

I really like the middle one it's pretty cool

1:44 I have no idea what the process is but is that bar supposed to be touching the plate? Shouldn't it be isolated so the current flows through the acid? If so, maybe it could be improved fixing that

I like the top one with the graduation on top and bottom..

Nice starting point to do some home experiments

ALL of these are exactly the aesthetic im going for. Thanks for messing up a little bit, i guess hahaha

Can you please tell me which type of dye you apply on it ..

Mate you miss some steps. To get a uniform color you must add salt to your dye. The positive object should be in the middle of the negative. Negative side should be long on top and bottom so electrolysis can be 100%. Positive side should not touch the bottom. You can also do it in two steps. Once finish turn upside down and start process again before putting in dye. Don't forget salt is essential in dying process.

Interesting!

Is the dye straight or mix with water cheers Graham

What if you bought some sort of rheostat, then could maybe set the charger to the 10 amp and could adjust it to what you want

Is this just to color the aluminum or is there some other reason to anodize it?

Would dewalt car jump starter work?

This is different. Is it durable?

I didn’t know you had another channel 🤔

What types of other power supplies can be used like batteries or anything

Can I do this with my motorcycle exhaust pipes? The brand I have say the material is “Chemically Certified 6061-T6 & 6063 Aircraft Grade Aluminum” or how can u blue them?

Could you put something into the dye to give it a sparkling look? Like glitter? I wonder what your knives would look like if they had something like that. Idk if that would work or not though.

How to create dye

I'm curious if the acid-electro stage is simply to remove surface oxide? Or does ithiscreate a more uniform or specific surface texture for the dye to "stick to"? Also I wonder if you could use heated vinegar instead of battery (dilute sulfuric) acid? Something to try.

6 am would work better than 2.. ideal for blue is 4 I think

Hey mate quick question. If you can help would super appreciate it 😊... My titanium nuts for my rack come in at the wrong Id... Do you know what beside PTFE i can use for a temporary nut.. ie nylon for example? Just worried if they come into contact with the solution it's going to ruin it. And it was a bit of a pain to get that much together haha

Can I anodize 18k gold to blue using this method?

doesn't battery acid dissolve aluminum?

Add salt to the dye. It will stay permanently

Ok, how not to anodize your aluminum parts!

process the black anodize, make a video step by step

Would some real fine steel wool take the finish completely off or polish it a little🤷🏻‍♂️

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Is there a more simpler way of doing this without having to use these chemicals as you can't get these chemicals in my country for personal use

Where does one acquire sulfuric acid from?

use Pigment Ink ?

Dying it like that isn't strictly anodising. True anodising actually changes the colour of the surface depending on the voltage applied to it.

So you made a short circuit/

so it's basically electrolysis?

middle

What the hell is Battery Acid? If you mean sulfuric acid than you should mention what percentage (strength) acid is used? Is it 96%? 20%? Which one is it?

I think your amperage is too high for that piece

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Where can I find battery acid? Beside Amazon

Dude, why post this?

Thats not simple

“easy”, but how spendy is it for the equipment/supplies… If you do it frequently, then that’s a different story…

Easy and unperfect. Better to go for a paid service instead of messing things.