First try at anodizing a complete gun

[KMDPB]

Picked this trilogy pro up on craigslist for 50 bucks about a year ago, has been sitting so I decided to add some character to it. This was my first attempt at anodizing a whole gun, it's far from perfect but I'm happy with the way it turned out!

[Trbo323]

Holy s Batman!

That's your first attempt? It looks great! Nice work

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[KMDPB]

Thanks! I've done a few parts in the past but this is the first whole marker. Didnt turn out how I planned but dont think it looks bad

[warbosschoppa]

Wow that's awesome! I wish I knew how to do just basic black haha, would save me so much time waiting for ano.

[KMDPB]

Its really pretty easy, especially if you're just doing single colors like black. It just requires a lot of patience which is not really my strong suit

[markdem]

Looks amazing! Id love to try anodizing some stuff but im told the setup is somewhat costly

[jetenginekyle]

KMDPB how? iv been building myself a ano setup and with just getting all of the different containers for dye, lye, acid bath, bleach, desmut, etc i've probably spent $150. thats not counting the power supply, dyes themselves, battery acid, and agitation pump for the bath.

[KMDPB]

jetenginekyle for containers I use 5 gallon bucks which I can get for free, dye I use rit which is super cheap, sulfuric acid is expensive if you buy it as battery acid but I buy this one type of drain cleaner that is 98% sulfuric acid, doesnt say it on the bottle tho, believe it's called kleens. Lye can also be bought as drain cleaner cheap. About the only thing I had to buy from an ano supplier was desmut

[Jonnydread]

Mark if you decide you want to try doing some home ano I would be willing to pitch some money in for the setup.

[NONOBLITUS]

Looks awesome!

[lhamilton1807]

That’s awesome! It looks great.

[binson]

Beautiful! Also, that's the kind of gold I'm looking for!

[Trbo323]

Was the white parts intentional? Or happy accident? Either way it looks great, better than some "professional" shops jobs I've seen

..... So..... You open for business?

Asking for a friend

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[jetenginekyle]

looks great! what did you use to mask the splash?

[KMDPB]

I use finger nail polish, everything I've read online says to use rubber cement but it was a nightmare trying to remove that stuff! I tried every solvent in the book! The nail polish works great, dries quick and comes off super easy with acetone. The only down side is there doenst seem to be a way to buy it in bulk but I just get cheap stuff from dollar store.

[rawbutter]

That's awesome. Let me know next time you do a batch of black. I've got some homemade parts that could use it.

[KMDPB]

No problem!

[KMDPB]

Trbo323 You caught me! It was an accident on the first part but I decided I liked it so I did the whole gun the same way.
I could probably do some ano for some guys on here but dont have the time to do it as a business, also I'm not completely confident in my ability

[Trbo323]

Trbo323 You caught me! It was an accident on the first part but I decided I liked it so I did the whole gun the same way.
I could probably do some ano for some guys on here but dont have the time to do it as a business, also I'm not completely confident in my ability

Well if you ever need some test bodies I usually have some cheap spiders that I'm fixing up and I don't care what color they end up or anything you can have free reign to try whatever you want

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[~kaos~]

Wow! As a first run that's fantastic.... looks like you have some natural talent!

[KMDPB]

Another ano I did on a paintgun I put together for a buddy. I call this one solar flare. Interested in making an anodizing portfolio here on mcb but I am unaware if or where the place to do so would be.

[jetenginekyle]

Nice!

I was wondering when you were gonna post this one