Looks good! And it's nice to see someone been sensible wtih safety equpiment! ^_^ I belive the final step though does need a sustained temperature for a period of time though, so maybe use a hotplate with thermometer and stir bar. The pores you've filled with the dye need to be closed to seal them and gain that hardened surface that anodising gives. If you're not holding it at temp long enough, those pores won't fully close and it'll not be fully anodised, just dyed. Al least that's my understandiing.
Great catch, thanks for calling me out on that! I was under the (incorrect) impression that sealing was only important for color, but further research indicates that it's critical for corrosion resistance as well. Looks like the recommendation is several minutes at 95°C/203°F or more, using distilled or deionized water. Interestingly, there's no mention of an impact on hardness. I soaked all of these parts in boiling water again just to be safe!
@@schanerdesigns You want to be sealing it, at 95C, for the same to double the length of time it spent soaking in the dye. Without the complete Sealing stage, the suface will be weakened and scratch/mark easily vs when it's actually sealed. Try doing a piece properly then compare to an older piece done wongly :)
hey nice video! it would be super nice to see some chemistry info with it. i can obviously go google it but it would help to understand the process better. Also for example the time calculation would be handy for clarity :)
Thanks for the great feedback! I just updated the description to include some more info about the chemical process and the calculations involved. I hope that helps!
Thanks for the info! Will come useful later :)
Great info. Well presented too. 👍
Thanks, glad you enjoyed!
Looks good! And it's nice to see someone been sensible wtih safety equpiment! ^_^
I belive the final step though does need a sustained temperature for a period of time though, so maybe use a hotplate with thermometer and stir bar. The pores you've filled with the dye need to be closed to seal them and gain that hardened surface that anodising gives. If you're not holding it at temp long enough, those pores won't fully close and it'll not be fully anodised, just dyed.
Al least that's my understandiing.
Great catch, thanks for calling me out on that!
I was under the (incorrect) impression that sealing was only important for color, but further research indicates that it's critical for corrosion resistance as well. Looks like the recommendation is several minutes at 95°C/203°F or more, using distilled or deionized water. Interestingly, there's no mention of an impact on hardness. I soaked all of these parts in boiling water again just to be safe!
@@schanerdesigns You want to be sealing it, at 95C, for the same to double the length of time it spent soaking in the dye.
Without the complete Sealing stage, the suface will be weakened and scratch/mark easily vs when it's actually sealed. Try doing a piece properly then compare to an older piece done wongly :)
hey nice video! it would be super nice to see some chemistry info with it. i can obviously go google it but it would help to understand the process better. Also for example the time calculation would be handy for clarity :)
Thanks for the great feedback! I just updated the description to include some more info about the chemical process and the calculations involved. I hope that helps!