Anodizing

[beatle]

Can this be done relatively inexpensively? I'd like to get a Cooldrive 3 for my Raptor (starting to whine a little) but I wanted it to be black to go with the rest of the drives in my case. I know aluminum can be anodized black, but are there shops that do this? I'm in the Northern VA area if this helps.

 

[huesmann]

Perhaps you could call around metal fabricating shops.

 

[Blooz1]

Anodizing isn't something yu'd want to fool around with at home. It's not a hard process, but many chemicals are involved that wouldn't be easy to get rid of.

I'd check for local shops that are set up to do this.

 

[Wintermute76]

There are plenty of places that do anodizing, however, there is usually a minimum lot price for up to a certain weight/surface area. I wanted to anodize some parts for my Yamaha Wolverine, but the minimum was like $175, I said screw it and painted them. Doesn't hurt to call tho, they might be able to squeeze it in with another batch of the same color.