Def
05-26-2008, 12:41 AM
Gold fo' the hunnies...
It's the name of today's Chemistry lesson.
Start off with a bunch of hours of work prepping up some old Z32 rear uprights to make them look all nice and new like so:
http://img165.imageshack.us/img165/3613/alodineduprights001cg4.jpg
Then get you some battery acid, Alodine 1201 and safety gear.... and end up with this:
http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/8669/alodineduprights006jj6.jpg
Another shot:
http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/509/alodineduprights005aw2.jpg
Close up:
http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/4626/alodineduprights007he5.jpg
The sun washes out the color a bit,and it's got quite a bit of green iridescent stuff going on, but it does look pretty baller in real life. They've got a good gold coloration to them. As they've sat out during the day/night they've gotten a little more blue iridescent in them. It's like a ricer paintjob x eleventy billion - but with some fighter jet badass chemistry.
For those of you that are still with me and asking WTF is going on, and why the uprights look like that. Alodine is a commercial name(also known as Iridite) for a chromium conversion process. It's basically a fancy way of saying it's a way to bond chromium to aluminum to prevent corrosion. It also helps paint adhere to aluminum since it won't oxidize beneath the paint(which is why paint flakes off on aluminum). It's used in all sorts of aerospace applications, but they're trying to go away from it due to the chromium content - hence the safety precautions if you use this.
My uprights are now ready for some spherical bearing lovin', and will be corrosion proof for years to come. Goes along nicely with a 100% rust free chassis.
It's the name of today's Chemistry lesson.
Start off with a bunch of hours of work prepping up some old Z32 rear uprights to make them look all nice and new like so:
http://img165.imageshack.us/img165/3613/alodineduprights001cg4.jpg
Then get you some battery acid, Alodine 1201 and safety gear.... and end up with this:
http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/8669/alodineduprights006jj6.jpg
Another shot:
http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/509/alodineduprights005aw2.jpg
Close up:
http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/4626/alodineduprights007he5.jpg
The sun washes out the color a bit,and it's got quite a bit of green iridescent stuff going on, but it does look pretty baller in real life. They've got a good gold coloration to them. As they've sat out during the day/night they've gotten a little more blue iridescent in them. It's like a ricer paintjob x eleventy billion - but with some fighter jet badass chemistry.
For those of you that are still with me and asking WTF is going on, and why the uprights look like that. Alodine is a commercial name(also known as Iridite) for a chromium conversion process. It's basically a fancy way of saying it's a way to bond chromium to aluminum to prevent corrosion. It also helps paint adhere to aluminum since it won't oxidize beneath the paint(which is why paint flakes off on aluminum). It's used in all sorts of aerospace applications, but they're trying to go away from it due to the chromium content - hence the safety precautions if you use this.
My uprights are now ready for some spherical bearing lovin', and will be corrosion proof for years to come. Goes along nicely with a 100% rust free chassis.