Anodizing question???

UCYI3WL · 12-20-2002, 07:56 PM

Does anodizing mean to hold up against heat or rust??

Webster defines anaodize - coat a metallic surface by electrolysis with a protective oxide

Would chroming or anodizing last longer??

rlowride · 12-20-2002, 11:32 PM

dont they anodize aluminum rims......... if do i dont like that shit. and would go with chroming.

ChopperGuy · 12-22-2002, 01:41 AM

Well, like Webster says, it's a protective coating. But for aluminum.

Anodizing does for aluminum what chrome does for steel, except for looking shiny. Raw steel and raw aluminum both corrode.

To make aluminum shine like chrome, you have to remove the protective layer and polish it with successively finer grits. And polish it again on a regular basis. And again. And again......

rlowride · 12-22-2002, 10:50 AM

and again and again........and. you get the point...

OrangeCounty58 · 01-05-2003, 10:32 PM

dont anodize it, get translucent powdere coating. if you have a black car and want black, one can also break some good bread and get black chrome.

junior23lbc · 01-10-2003, 04:34 AM

chroming looks more better

DRLOWZ · 01-10-2003, 05:10 AM

I like street driven cars with a lot of chrome..

12-20-2002, 07:56 PM	#1 (permalink)
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12-20-2002, 11:32 PM	#2 (permalink)
rlowride UnitedRidaz C.C. Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Giant sink hole in FLA. Posts: 2,967	dont they anodize aluminum rims......... if do i dont like that shit. and would go with chroming.

12-22-2002, 01:41 AM	#3 (permalink)
ChopperGuy Registered User Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Pacific Northwest Posts: 4	Well, like Webster says, it's a protective coating. But for aluminum. Anodizing does for aluminum what chrome does for steel, except for looking shiny. Raw steel and raw aluminum both corrode. To make aluminum shine like chrome, you have to remove the protective layer and polish it with successively finer grits. And polish it again on a regular basis. And again. And again......

12-22-2002, 10:50 AM	#4 (permalink)
rlowride UnitedRidaz C.C. Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Giant sink hole in FLA. Posts: 2,967	and again and again........and. you get the point...

01-05-2003, 10:32 PM	#5 (permalink)
OrangeCounty58 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Orange County Posts: 101	dont anodize it, get translucent powdere coating. if you have a black car and want black, one can also break some good bread and get black chrome.

01-10-2003, 04:34 AM	#6 (permalink)
junior23lbc Registered User Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: long beach,ca Posts: 179	chroming looks more better

01-10-2003, 05:10 AM	#7 (permalink)
DRLOWZ Administrator Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Bardstown,Kentucky Posts: 5,128	I like street driven cars with a lot of chrome..