I saw the title and clicked. Heard your opening statement and thought ..."Yep, waste of time and money" as my first thought...For several years I worked for the only company that does electrolysis coating on magnesium aircraft parts for military aircraft. A small mom & pop company founded by some amazing chemists back in the 80's who stumbled on a way to corrode the surface of magnesium using the proper mixture of chemicals in an electrolysis bath, which leaves behind a white "coating" (actually corrosion of the outer few microns of the magnesium) that protects the magnesium from atmospheric and salt corrosion. It became a govt standard to replace the previous method of using a brush-on, highly carcinogenic chemical (like, one drop on exposed skin is nearly guaranteed cancer later on, carcinogenic). We did parts for everything from F-35's to C-130's to spacecraft in a relatively small non-descript building in an industrial area in Grand Forks, ND. It's a very involved process that takes putting the parts through various chemical, acid, and RO water baths after each at various very controlled temps throughout before and after the actual electrolysis bath, followed by an electrolysis "brush" technique to coat the spots where the parts were attached to the racks used to put them through the process. I did that "brush" coating at the end. I had to be certified and take several tests before being allowed to even touch an actual production part. The guy running the "deck", the actual system of tanks where a bridge crane lifted racks of parts into and out of the various baths, had even more certifications needed. The original fore-mentioned amazing chemists still work there and oversee all aspects of production and certification as well as developing techniques to work with the plethora of new magnesium alloys that come along. I can't imagine trying to reproduce anything like that on a relatively micro scale on my hobby bench just to try to replicate a metallic surface better than what I already can with a little knowledge of Alclad, A-stand, or AK Extreme metal paints and a few weathering techniques, and come out any cheaper, or with any better results. Just the absolute maze of tanks, pipes, wires, sensors, and controllers would take up my entire living room even on a small 1/32, 1/48, or 1/72 scale.
I saw the title and clicked. Heard your opening statement and thought ..."Yep, waste of time and money" as my first thought...For several years I worked for the only company that does electrolysis coating on magnesium aircraft parts for military aircraft. A small mom & pop company founded by some amazing chemists back in the 80's who stumbled on a way to corrode the surface of magnesium using the proper mixture of chemicals in an electrolysis bath, which leaves behind a white "coating" (actually corrosion of the outer few microns of the magnesium) that protects the magnesium from atmospheric and salt corrosion. It became a govt standard to replace the previous method of using a brush-on, highly carcinogenic chemical (like, one drop on exposed skin is nearly guaranteed cancer later on, carcinogenic). We did parts for everything from F-35's to C-130's to spacecraft in a relatively small non-descript building in an industrial area in Grand Forks, ND. It's a very involved process that takes putting the parts through various chemical, acid, and RO water baths after each at various very controlled temps throughout before and after the actual electrolysis bath, followed by an electrolysis "brush" technique to coat the spots where the parts were attached to the racks used to put them through the process. I did that "brush" coating at the end. I had to be certified and take several tests before being allowed to even touch an actual production part. The guy running the "deck", the actual system of tanks where a bridge crane lifted racks of parts into and out of the various baths, had even more certifications needed. The original fore-mentioned amazing chemists still work there and oversee all aspects of production and certification as well as developing techniques to work with the plethora of new magnesium alloys that come along. I can't imagine trying to reproduce anything like that on a relatively micro scale on my hobby bench just to try to replicate a metallic surface better than what I already can with a little knowledge of Alclad, A-stand, or AK Extreme metal paints and a few weathering techniques, and come out any cheaper, or with any better results. Just the absolute maze of tanks, pipes, wires, sensors, and controllers would take up my entire living room even on a small 1/32, 1/48, or 1/72 scale.
Pushing the boundaries Cam! Cool experimentation! Love how you’re trying to see if it leads anywhere useful on the modeling front
Thanks!
Think your mic is dead
How so? Do you have a timestamp?
@@WasatchModeler It's only coming through the left stereo channel - probably just panned to the left - it's quite noticeable on earphones/headphones.
Ohhhh. I think I know what happened. New boom mic with wrong cord