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> 1. Take the MacBook apart Otherwise known as "remove everything from the chassis, leaving only the chassis." But do so in a way that lets you fully re-assem
by justinclift 6mo ago
> 1. Take the MacBook apart
Otherwise known as "remove everything from the chassis, leaving only the chassis."
But do so in a way that lets you fully re-assemble it later on, after you've finished the re-anodising.
> 7. Dye it.
Why the dye? I thought anodising's colour comes only from the voltage used, with no dye needed.
ie you can pick the colour you want, but you need to get the voltage correct for that colour
- numpad0 6mo ago> Why the dye? I thought anodising's colour comes only from the voltage used, with no dye needed. That's true for anodization processes for some other metals like titanium and stainless steel, but aluminum is dyed. Also the process is material specific. Anodization for Al is only possible because Al does that unique self organizing micropore thing.
- justinclift 6mo agoYep, you're right. I was thinking of titanium. :) If anyone's interested in details of Aluminium anodising, this seems like a decently thorough introduction: https://nzic.org.nz/unsecure_files/book/8E.pdf https://nzic.org.nz/unsecure_files/book/8E.pdf
- throw_a_grenade 6mo agoNo, that's steel, and not with voltage, but with temperature: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heat_coloring_of_metals https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heat_coloring_of_metals. For aluminium, you add dye to third bath.