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Dave Willis
Senior Heliman
Location: Sevierville, TN USA

This may be the wrong place to post this, If so let me know and I'll post elsewhere.
I'm working on a Gold Cricket and some of the Black Anodized parts look a little rough and I'd like to have them redone. Where can I send the parts to have them re Anodized.

Thanks.....Dave

04-09-2008 03:41 AM

Heli-star
Senior Heliman
Location: South Jersey

Parts

I bought a Champion anodized, I would like to know too. Be interesting to find out.

04-09-2008 01:42 PM

JuanRodriguez
Elite Veteran
Location: Rochester, New York

Boys,

I would check within your locale to see if there are any anodizing outfits in your area.....

Having a few pieces done at a time will be very expensive but if they can include your pieces when they are doing a run then the price may be OK...... they'll have to strip your parts first before re-anodizing them.....

Good luck...

04-09-2008 01:55 PM

F3CWNB
Senior Heliman
Location: Napier, New Zealand

Talk to someone at an aviation repair place in your area, of a bussness that dos CNC machining, or even a place that does chrome plating, they should know some one that does anodizing...

'Life' is Looking Up!!!

04-09-2008 08:23 PM

stocky
Veteran
Location: MA, USA

Dave,

Please see this link

http://www.thomasnet.com/nsearch.ht...heading=1790179

04-09-2008 08:46 PM

TMoore
rrProfessor
Location: Cookeville, TN

Dave,

There are a bunch of anodizers in East Tennessee. This process is done by the pound. Ten Tec is right there in town and they may use an anodizer and I know there are a bunch of shops in Oak Ridge that do nothing but aluminum production so getting some parts redone should be relatively painless.

Do a search online for anodizers and plating in East Tennessee. A friend of mine and I were just at Pro Tech in Vonore and they do a lot of aircraft metal finishing.

TM

"If you can do it, it ain’t bragging." - Will Rogers

04-09-2008 09:08 PM

heli_headcase
Veteran
Location: Hovering around Atlanta

Be careful..

Over 20 years ago I worked for a small, production-run machine shop that sent out customer's parts on a regular basis for anodizing. Took advantage of the batches to throw a few of my own pieces in the same color batch, cost almost nothing. Then one day I wanted to give my old Super Tigre G61 blue head a new blue finish to replace the faded dye from 1974. The metal finishing (plating) shop said it could be done and I dropped the head in with the other parts to be colored blue.

Yuck! The process they used to strip the original anodized surface (a must-do action) dulled the original machined surface of the head. The end result coloration was dull, blotchy, incomplete and looked much worse than before the removal.

Maybe there are different ways of removing the original anodizing and color but please ask the shop what risks you're taking to do this. Since the anodizing process is a conversion of the aluminum surface to an oxide and has a real thickness or depth to it, removal of this surface will in all likelihood change the original dimensions of the parts as well as its factory appearance.

If I'm wrong, please someone show me the way.

HHC

So many heli's - too little time...

04-10-2008 06:04 AM

Dave Willis
Senior Heliman
Location: Sevierville, TN USA

Alloy

Tell me if I'm wrong. My understanding is you have to know what alloy aluminum that is to be anodized cuz that determines what anodizing process is used. Not knowing the alloy will give undesireable results.
The only way to determine what alloy aluminum you have, unless you know before hand, is to send the parts to a metalurgist <sp>.
I may be biting off more than I can chew.

Thanks.....Dave

04-10-2008 04:26 PM

heli_headcase
Veteran
Location: Hovering around Atlanta

You are correct Dave, at least as far as what "my" anodizer wanted to know prior to doing the work. But I provided a number of parts that I had no part (no pun) in the creation and so didn't have a clue as to the alloy, and the process went perfect. Was I just lucky? Don't know.

HHC

So many heli's - too little time...

04-10-2008 04:43 PM

rogerl
Heliman
Location: Northfield Ohio

Anodizing is like chrome plating it is as good as the surface under it. Years ago I built a Heli-Boy and I wanted it gold anodized. I took all of the parts and buffed them like mirrors with a buffing wheel. Then I cleaned them wrapped them in paper and took them to have them anodized. They came out GREAT.
To have somthing reanodized I am told that the old anodizing needs to be stripped off first. If after the stripping the surface is rough and blotchy the new anodizing will be rough and blotchy. Unless the old anodizing is real bad I would say do not mess with it.

Just my 2 cents

Roger L

04-11-2008 01:32 AM

Dave Willis
Senior Heliman
Location: Sevierville, TN USA

Old Anodizing

The old surface is rough, It's skint and acratched.
Thank You guys for all the input and information.

Dave

04-11-2008 02:09 AM

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