Anodizing at home?

Shauns867
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Has anyone done any anodizing at home? In particular, on a set of upper fork tubes? I have a 2018 rmz450 and my forks are going to need to rebuilt soon. The outer tubes coating is badly faded and i would like to re-anodize them black, gold or a bronze. I was wondering if this could be done at home. If so what size power supply would you recommend and is it necessary to strip the coating on the inside before re-anodizing or could the outside be the only part anodized?
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Luxon MX 4/26/2020 6:43pm
4/26/2020 6:43pm
You CAN anodize at home, the question is SHOULD you do it. Short answer, especially for the application you mention, is no.

It's take a lot of chemicals and equipment to do if right, which will cost far more than a lot charge at the anodizer. And that's for a decorative (type II) anodize. For fork tubes, you really want type III, which is even more difficult. And you'll need good control of thickness as well control of the stripping process.
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kieran_macca 4/27/2020 12:34am
4/27/2020 12:34am
As above, for a one off it would be cheaper to send them off to get done. Not a complicated process but does require a lot of time and a lot of equipment, just not worth it for a one off.
dimesandrhymes 4/27/2020 1:24am
4/27/2020 1:24am
send them out and have a professional shop do it its not as simple as something like powder coating where u can slap a little rig together with an eastwood kit
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kb228 4/27/2020 7:31am
4/27/2020 7:31am
In addition to the above, you need to practice it too. Last thing you need is slightly different colored forks

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