Wow this is really cool! Maybe I can try that with my titanium watch.

 

Pretty cool. I really liked the deep purple one.

 

Thats pretty cool.

 

thats awesome. so, how does the process differ when anodizing aluminum? also, did you try using any kind of different coloring to change the finish?

 

how do they anodize purple

 

heres a page i found pretty useful. im going to try and anodize my fuel rail.

http://astro.neutral.org/anodise5.shtml

 

with Ti you dont need any dyes or coloring, the colour acheived is dependant on the DC voltage (ie how many batteries) and how long you leave the voltage connected.

for a deep purple i think 3 batteries would be best to try first, give it about 5 or 6 seconds and work from there.....if its too bronze you need more voltage or time, if it's too blue you need less voltage or time. order of color seems to go gold, bronze, purple, blue, light blue, very pale green.......i dont have enough batteries to try higher voltages for some of the brighter colours

 

Anodising aluminum looks a bit more difficult according to that website...how does one obtain the "acid" needed for the anodizing bath? I don't really have anything I want anodized, but I think it's a nifty process.

 

you can buy the acid at any orchard supply or even a pool cleaning supply company. dont buy too much of it because it is an ingredient in home made explosives and you may get put on a watch list.

 

so for aluminum you can use the acid and fabric dye??

 

COOL!

 

color chart, need more batteries

 

^Good stuff

 

can we say fire hazard lmao... but great job man... I love posts like this, little mod and best of all it was free because of your creativity.

 

whoa, that's awesome. good stuff

Bill Nye the science guy approves

 

im gonna try this.

 

coool

 

i thought the usdm shift ***** were Ti
and the canadian ones are the leather ones with red stiching

 

wouldnt the lack of dye being used just make this "heat treated Ti" rather than it being truly anodized?

 

lulz @ coke changing titanium diff colors..., and people drink that **** like water...

 

Putting the foil all the way round the cup or what ?
Can you just hold the shifter with your hands dumping it in the coke ?

 

that is pretty cool stuff. and i'm also wondering if you just use 120V power outlet lol

 

It's not heat treating since there is no heat, and it's not anodizing since your not growing a layer of aluminum oxide. I'm sure this process has a special name...

 

if your 120v is AC then it wont work........120v is starting to get a bit dangerous aswell

yes it gives the same colours as 'heat treating' Ti as both do the same thing, cause a layer of Ti oxide to form on the surface.....exactly the same as anodizing aluminium, except aluminium oxide is grey which is why i needs dying.......Ti oxide isn't grey and can refract the light at different colors depending on the thickness and votage it was created at.

whether or not this is actually anodizing i dont know, but it is what its generally referred to on the net.

yes foil all the way around the cup.

i may do a propper 'how to' as some people have suggested.....there are a few ideas on youtube for now though