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6/17/2000 11:46 PM
Steve Daniels (Small Bear Electronics)	Re: Pictures! >>Is it true that you can anodize in different colors, such as blue or gold? Yeah, and exotic dyes are not essential. My test piece is light blue...I used, no kidding, food coloring. >>What's wrong with the bathtub, though? Tell your wife its a new kind of bubble bath... eeks, this is evil. Yes, and so is the sulfuric acid in the bath...As I said, the fumes are noxious. So are the materials. It isn't technically difficult, and you can even do it in a basement if WELL-ventilated, but you have to actually practice all the safety precautions you learned in chem 101. I suppose you could work outside...the power source is a car battery. More later!

6/17/2000 11:46 PM

Steve Daniels (Small Bear Electronics)

Re: Pictures!

>>Is it true that you can anodize in different colors, such as blue or
gold?

Yeah, and exotic dyes are not essential. My test piece is light blue...I used, no kidding, food coloring.

>>What's wrong with the bathtub, though? Tell your wife its a new kind of bubble bath... eeks, this is evil.

Yes, and so is the sulfuric acid in the bath...As I said, the fumes are noxious. So are the materials. It isn't technically difficult, and you can even do it in a basement if WELL-ventilated, but you have to actually practice all the safety precautions you learned in chem 101. I suppose you could work outside...the power source is a car battery. More later!

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Joe don't use a car battery to anodize -- 6/18/2000 4:49 PM