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cleaning an anodized aluminum mast?
bligh wrote:
It's a gold colored matt finish. I think it's called anodizing but has a faded stripe pattern of wear I'd like to restore if it's possible. It's horizontal and all the way up the mast. Thanks for any info you may have. There's an interesting thread on DIY anodizing at www.catsailor.com in their open forum ... follow some of the links which also will give you a good look as well ... And they actually talk about how to do a mast (it does have to be completely immersed, but somebody came up with what I thought was a neat trick for that ), how to do color and more Interesting read if nothing else gary |
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Terry Spragg wrote:
wrote: bligh wrote: It's a gold colored matt finish. I think it's called anodizing but has a faded stripe pattern of wear I'd like to restore if it's possible. It's horizontal and all the way up the mast. Thanks for any info you may have. There's an interesting thread on DIY anodizing at www.catsailor.com in their open forum ... follow some of the links which also will give you a good look as well ... And they actually talk about how to do a mast (it does have to be completely immersed, but somebody came up with what I thought was a neat trick for that ), how to do color and more Interesting read if nothing else gary You some kinda shill, paid to get us to spend hours logging in and groping for one article? Please post a direct url. this sounds like a goodie. Do they use a sponge wired to an electroplater to do the mast without immersing it? OK, I'm back. Try this one: http://www.catsailor.com/forums/show...fpart=all&vc=1 Terry K We used to have a similar kit for doing gold plating on electrical terminals in military connectors. It used a deadly poisonous gold cyanide plating paste, and an electrical "Q" tip. The gold was a "B" class consumable! Could never figure out how to actually order the gold, though;-) Thanks, Terry K |
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If you want to, Google "gold plating wand" and ignore the Harry Potter hits.
Rio Grande used to sell the kits, but I couldn't navigate their web site. Check out http://www.caswellplating.com/kits/plugnplate.htm if you really want to build a goldplater. According to Caswell, for aluminum, you first "zincate," then nickel plate, and then put on the gold. Note this is not at all the same thing as anodizing. Roger http://home.earthlink.net/~derbyrm "Terry Spragg" wrote in message ... wrote: snip We used to have a similar kit for doing gold plating on electrical terminals in military connectors. It used a deadly poisonous gold cyanide plating paste, and an electrical "Q" tip. The gold was a "B" class consumable! Could never figure out how to actually order the gold, though;-) Thanks, Terry K |
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To plate an anodized mast, you would need to strip it completely first
(back to bare metal that is - losing the thick oxide film.) Brian Whatcott On Wed, 29 Jun 2005 09:52:09 GMT, "Roger Derby" wrote: If you want to, Google "gold plating wand" and ignore the Harry Potter hits. Rio Grande used to sell the kits, but I couldn't navigate their web site. Check out http://www.caswellplating.com/kits/plugnplate.htm if you really want to build a goldplater. According to Caswell, for aluminum, you first "zincate," then nickel plate, and then put on the gold. Note this is not at all the same thing as anodizing. Roger http://home.earthlink.net/~derbyrm "Terry Spragg" wrote in message ... wrote: snip We used to have a similar kit for doing gold plating on electrical terminals in military connectors. It used a deadly poisonous gold cyanide plating paste, and an electrical "Q" tip. The gold was a "B" class consumable! Could never figure out how to actually order the gold, though;-) Thanks, Terry K |
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Brian Whatcott wrote:
To plate an anodized mast, you would need to strip it completely first (back to bare metal that is - losing the thick oxide film.) Brian Whatcott Well, sure, so far, but the wonderful thing about future shoK! is that once in a while, a problem you thought you had was solved yesterday and you just needed to find the solution amidst the monkey trees and buffalo stampeed. For all I know, there is now a blue goo nano paste that will monogram the entire mast in my monogram, etched in real emeralds, a la: ______________ | | /\ | / \ |/ |\ | \ | \ \ / \ / \ / \/ Imagine that, all in heart shaped emeralds, sparkly green on ebony, like a Guuci handbag, at 500 bucks a gallon, spray or roller applicable, printed plastic overlay film artwork and batteries not included. It will work like galvanic corrosion does. It's coming, it's gonna be popular. Why not yesterday? Programmed marketing of technology is why not. Advertising budgets is why not, we all got to buy the black and white version, first. Distributorships need to be sold, first. Psyches need to be molded, first. I thought there was news on the horizon. I thought there was a revelation in the wind. Terry K On Wed, 29 Jun 2005 09:52:09 GMT, "Roger Derby" wrote: If you want to, Google "gold plating wand" and ignore the Harry Potter hits. Rio Grande used to sell the kits, but I couldn't navigate their web site. Check out http://www.caswellplating.com/kits/plugnplate.htm if you really want to build a goldplater. According to Caswell, for aluminum, you first "zincate," then nickel plate, and then put on the gold. Note this is not at all the same thing as anodizing. Roger http://home.earthlink.net/~derbyrm "Terry Spragg" wrote in message ... wrote: snip We used to have a similar kit for doing gold plating on electrical terminals in military connectors. It used a deadly poisonous gold cyanide plating paste, and an electrical "Q" tip. The gold was a "B" class consumable! Could never figure out how to actually order the gold, though;-) Thanks, Terry K |
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Look again at what you wrote here.
You come off fine. It is in this territory that you belong. The poet, the fantasy writer...like that. It's fresh insightful, good stuff. But maybe you don't realise this...yet? Stay away from the technical hum-drum details. That's not your forte. You sometimes come off manic almost, when you try that style. You have promise. Brian Whatcott Altus OK On Thu, 30 Jun 2005 10:59:46 -0300, Terry Spragg wrote: Brian Whatcott wrote: To plate an anodized mast, you would need to strip it completely first (back to bare metal that is - losing the thick oxide film.) Brian Whatcott Well, sure, so far, but the wonderful thing about future shoK! is that once in a while, a problem you thought you had was solved yesterday and you just needed to find the solution amidst the monkey trees and buffalo stampeed. For all I know, there is now a blue goo nano paste that will monogram the entire mast in my monogram, etched in real emeralds, a la: ______________ | | /\ | / \ |/ |\ | \ | \ \ / \ / \ / \/ Imagine that, all in heart shaped emeralds, sparkly green on ebony, like a Guuci handbag, at 500 bucks a gallon, spray or roller applicable, printed plastic overlay film artwork and batteries not included. It will work like galvanic corrosion does. It's coming, it's gonna be popular. Why not yesterday? Programmed marketing of technology is why not. Advertising budgets is why not, we all got to buy the black and white version, first. Distributorships need to be sold, first. Psyches need to be molded, first. I thought there was news on the horizon. I thought there was a revelation in the wind. Terry K On Wed, 29 Jun 2005 09:52:09 GMT, "Roger Derby" wrote: If you want to, Google "gold plating wand" and ignore the Harry Potter hits. Rio Grande used to sell the kits, but I couldn't navigate their web site. Check out http://www.caswellplating.com/kits/plugnplate.htm if you really want to build a goldplater. According to Caswell, for aluminum, you first "zincate," then nickel plate, and then put on the gold. Note this is not at all the same thing as anodizing. Roger http://home.earthlink.net/~derbyrm "Terry Spragg" wrote in message ... wrote: snip We used to have a similar kit for doing gold plating on electrical terminals in military connectors. It used a deadly poisonous gold cyanide plating paste, and an electrical "Q" tip. The gold was a "B" class consumable! Could never figure out how to actually order the gold, though;-) Thanks, Terry K |
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