Anodize Your Own Parts any Color with Household Products

I like how you left the mistakes in the video and explained what happened. Most YouTubers only show the perfect take and don’t ever explain what could go wrong. That’s frustrating to those of us trying to duplicate their results.

Just so EVERYONE is aware this is ONLY the process for titanium. That was important let me say it again. THIS IS ONLY FOR TITANIUM! Aluminum anodizing is not done with just an electrolyte solution. Aluminum anodize is done in a sulfuric acid solution (the strength of the solution is usually proprietary to the company). The temperature of the solution needs to be held in a specific range or you risk burning the part. In Aluminum anodizing, Type II is a weak basic electrical and corrosion resistant coating (Almost every plating shop does this type). While type 3 is basically case hardening of aluminum (rockwell 60 to 70), which also provides an electrical and corrosion resistant coating (You need a specialized shop generally to get type III as it's much more difficult to do).

Thanks leaving the "failure" in and explaining what went wrong! Super helpful

I tried to anodize my own parts, but the clips hurt too much.

Also for the big part, More cathodes around the Bowl for consistency. Energy travels straight, so try and get a bowl deep enough to have the sides of the part with the most surface area facing the cathodes. If it matters.

Who has titanium laying around the house.

Am i the only one that doesnt have titanium parts lying around to do this?

One thing worth mentioning is that the copper wire you were using is enameled. this type of wire is used to create coils for transformers and motors. the enamel coating insulates the individual windings from each other, so unless you sand it off (like you seem to have done at 1:45) you probably wont get a proper connection. The other thing is that the current will prefer shorter parts through the water, which is why the bigger part only partially anodized. The pedal was smaller, so the difference in path lenght wasnt as big and you got a more even coating.

Very interesting. I am the lab lead at a chemical processing plant where we do multiple types of anodizing. Type II, Type III hard coat, Boric Sulfuric and Chromic anodize. Neat to see similar applications done at home.

I bought my dad a caswell plating kit for his birthday a while back and we've been playing around it for a year or so now. Did a lot of NiZn plating but have yet to play with anodizing which is definitely on our list!

I love how they teach you, and joke around. It makes the video more interesting and fun to watch.

38 yo and I just learned today that you can stack 9 volt batteries like that. Thanks!

That is a very interesting tip! I love it! So simple but so spectacular! Thanks! 🙂

nice video, and work in general; subbed. You have a teaching voice and demeanor that warrants going into actual voltages, power supplies... the differences in the types of anodizing etc.

Yes thx, would love to see more video's talking about surface treatment options after machining

I know nothing about machining and only ended up here because I want to anodise some Aluminium parts, but boy am I glad I watched, that is one of the most entertaining videos I have seen in a while and I learned something. Absolutely love the presenting style great work

NERD!!!! 🤣🤣 That had me going. You guys crack me up with all the shenanigans and fun you have while filming and working you do. Nice job on the explanations Barry. Looked like a lot of fun and troubleshooting for you.

Thanks leaving the "failure" in and explaining what went wrong! Super helpful. Thanks leaving the "failure" in and explaining what went wrong! Super helpful.

Nice!! I appreciate know how. I've done something similar to this but instead of coating I took rust off cast-iron useing a Sacrifice Piece of metal to pull the rust from the Pan onto your a sacrifice piece. Kind of like the navy ships they use anodes & put very small charge onto the surface of the ship🛳 with those abodes all over the sides & bottom. Instead of getting rusty or deteriorating it's just the sacrifice anodes that get Corroded saves millions a year on maintenance. 🚢

Just stumbled upon this video… I have to say, this was very entertaining. Informative as well, will be doing an experiment to see if I can achieve this color change. Keep this format, bloopers, issues and other mishaps, this is a great way to entertain and keep your audience engaged. Cheers.