Half Submerging?

[Yamaha2109]

Hi I was wondering if you could half submerge a part in the acid and anodize only the piece that is submerged...or does the whole part have to be in there? I have people wanting me to do their dirt bike rims and because I dont have a big enough tank I cant fit the whole thing in there. But if I could I would like to half submerge one side...anodize..then dye that one color...then do the other half another color....please let me know. Thanks,

Joey T.

[sswee]

Have you calculated the surface area for a rim?
The current needed for a rim is going to be a little high submersion may not be your only problem.
How much electrolyte do you have?
SS

[acidrain]

It will look like poo. You'll have to do the whole thing at once.

[kco1196]

For something that large you might want to take it to a shop.

[Ready2Dye]

Originally Posted by acidrain

It will look like poo. You'll have to do the whole thing at once.

Has anyone done this around here? I was interested in doing rims also along with paintball parts of course (acidrain )

BTW, I have been lurking around the forum for a couple weeks but just joined yesterday. So......


wuuuuzzuuuup everybody!!!!!

[acidrain]

wuuuzuuup back at ya!
Yeah, I have tried this, and it actually works... sort of. The thing is, it will (at least) leave a hard line where the two passes overlap.
It just would not be an acceptable product to offer a customer.