Help please I am going crazy!

[Fibergeek]

No need to apologize.

When you dilute your acid, go for something similar to Caswell's standard dilution; 1:2 Battery acid to water. LCD dilution will be be too weak if you are using standard (10-12 a/sq.ft.) current density.

[jagrc]

Hey I switched back to my old setup and things are going great! I started playing with splash anodizing I thought I would post what I have done thus far...





Sorry about the poor quality of the pictures. They really don't do the colors any justice!

[Tim Wiltse]

Jagrc,

Nice work What did you use for your masking material? What is your methode for the splash? I have used the product from Caswell's myself but find that the edges lift sometimes.

Later,
Tim

[jagrc]

I used good ole elmers rubber cement. I put my part in the dye bath, pulled it out applied the cement (Just kinda let is ooz from the brush all over the part) let it setup bleached the part the moved on to the next die. then peeled the rubber cement off. The one thing I learned is smaller lines are a royal pain to get the rubber cement off, more is usually better in this case. I'll keep ya'll posted on my progress I am having great fun with this!

[Tim Wiltse]

Jag,


Good stuff! I had tried rubber cement at first to. The problem I had was peeling in off clean. It was like sticking to the part. I'm glad it works for you. How do you keep your part wet during the masking?

Later,
Tim

[jagrc]

I haven't found the need to keep parts wet during masking. Also I had the same problem, getting the rubber cement off is a snap if you lay it on thick.