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    Anodizing Barrels & Bodies

    Okay... Starting the stripping process today with a few older barrels and bodies before going on to the new stuff.
    I will post pics as I go through the process to share the results.

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    going to post pictures here shortly...Process for stripping ano was a bit longer than I expected.

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    Very cool start!

    What do you do after the parts are stripped? is there something to clean the stripper off? We have seen a couple of bodies wrecked where areas seemed to have been over stripped so I am curious if someone stripped them too long, or stripped them multiple times?

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    BTW that picture really shows the difference in barrel porting between the Stella and some of the others!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Simon View Post
    Very cool start!

    What do you do after the parts are stripped? is there something to clean the stripper off? We have seen a couple of bodies wrecked where areas seemed to have been over stripped so I am curious if someone stripped them too long, or stripped them multiple times?
    I ran them through a rinse in distilled water (I changed this every time I ran a few barrels through...definatly want it clean......this got a lot of the excess chemical and loose material off of the barrel before I put them in another clean rinse of distilled water.
    Ultimately stopping the process of chemical removal upon its final rinse.

    So the next step is now polish a few...then clean the compound off the parts...rinse...then final anno prep... gotta put get all the oil from fingerprints and anything else off of them... then the fun part starts.

    I know a lot of people don't use the proper chemicals and try to find something off the shelf at the local hardware store ... I think these products cause a very aggressive removal of material..to much for a precision piece like a gun body.
    Especially if you walk away and aren't watching your run...
    I check each part about every 60 seconds after its in the stripper for about 4 minutes.

    Another issue maybe that they go cheap and don't mix it right. Not enough water...too much chemicals = very concentrated solution.
    Another issue maybe that they leave it too long in the stripper and this causes excessive material removal...aka not paying attention.

    One thing I did notice is the difference in the quality of aluminum in each barrel...inception and dye barrels went fast....smartparts/gog was a little longer.... axe barrel was the longest by far...lots of excess gunk on it that needed rinsed off.after stripping... I hope its not as bad when I dip the stock body first.....(fingers crossed)

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    Watching this thread. Will you be looking to do work for hire? If your work is quality, I would be glad to send people your way.

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    Quote Originally Posted by theboss33 View Post
    Watching this thread. Will you be looking to do work for hire? If your work is quality, I would be glad to send people your way.
    My thoughts are to do personal projects first (got 3 axes to color and these barrels)... if that works out without issue, I don't see why not.
    Probably bring a few these (if they are done) to extravaganza.

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