# My anodizations **URL:** \ **Category:** Yo-Yo Mods and Maintenance\ **Created:** [December 9, 2021, 11:00am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-anodizations/348805 "2021-12-09T11:00:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![beherenow](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/beherenow/32/125309_2.png) [@beherenow](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/beherenow)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2021, 11:32pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-anodizations/348805/21 "2021-12-10T23:32:15Z")
Completely agree. 7075 for $60 on V2’s! It was a beast. But my skills were lower then and I liked grinds. So any skin contact would send em flying in whatever direction. Now, I could appreciate them much more, but they will have to live on in memory. This is the other polished photo I mentioned. ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/b/8/a/b8a6e6b6e0a92ea9945c7f63ffe3559f933cc10d.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![persson](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/persson/32/208357_2.png) [@persson](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/persson)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2021, 11:37pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-anodizations/348805/22 "2021-12-10T23:37:07Z")
sexy photo! 😍 Very Beautifull!!! ---
**Author:** ![persson](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/persson/32/208357_2.png) [@persson](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/persson)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2021, 7:49pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-anodizations/348805/23 "2021-12-11T19:49:01Z")
here’s what happened to the Leggenda… _Hard anodizing, with higher thicknesses and smaller pores, already assumes a dark gray color after anodizing and therefore the most used color is black which allows for uniformity of the color differences of the various alloys._ Therefore having had to repeat the process twice, given the color we think we are close to 50 µm thick … the pores are practically closed by themselves, so it does not receive the color … ---
**Author:** ![kretzschmar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/kretzschmar/32/668707_2.png) [@kretzschmar](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/kretzschmar)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2021, 8:13pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-anodizations/348805/24 "2021-12-11T20:13:53Z")
Great work, can’t wait to see some crazy swirls when you’re ready. Really dig the part Anno, part not Anno type you have going along with the solid color with diagonal lines. ---
**Author:** ![persson](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/persson/32/208357_2.png) [@persson](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/persson)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2021, 12:43pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-anodizations/348805/25 "2021-12-12T12:43:51Z")
Aurora ![a1](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/4/3/c/43c34449a6203177565f015bc4e336188379304b.jpeg) ![a2](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/0/9/c/09c4975ab7e5c3e025b698867de4da4e09ee0036.jpeg) ![a3](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/c/2/4/c24081d65b290397554ee223389ac311281c08ff.jpeg) ![a4](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/b/5/4/b54dece01185697e123941dc4102ab50ebd4f9b4.jpeg) ![a5](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/e/7/e/e7e63d964bc2e17f1070faf5621b05b082d850bd.jpeg) ![a6](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/5/d/4/5d467cd12e0e66c9fbcaeb0d3a2982f848a710a6.jpeg) ![a7](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/f/6/5/f657c859547a2d2e5f1fd3ad121ea717856885bd.jpeg) ![a8](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/1/4/0/14067370d9dfd7080c3a41ba506d63db724fb368.jpeg) ![a9](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/1/5/9/1597c07e713d96afbeac6b303bc6876578661d24.jpeg) ![a10](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/e/3/0/e30205444dca8c66315af67aaa5f1e4c7373b247.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![persson](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/persson/32/208357_2.png) [@persson](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/persson)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2021, 2:45pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-anodizations/348805/26 "2021-12-12T14:45:15Z")
method for the Aurora ![l1](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/2/9/f/29f48de70ec356395d0e8408c00d16f2c6d9b3c3.jpeg) ![l2](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/f/5/0/f502971f5f0c656f20d1715b770807a46e5a97db.jpeg) ![l3](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/4/3/7/43756c275cb9e6cdc000162890987db1cb134e82.jpeg) ![calc](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/c/1/5/c15e8970fb9785794aba5d27c5c297174b081b76.png) these are the parameters: oxidation thickness :10 µm decaping duration: 6 minutes in 10% sodium hydroxide anodic process: duration 60 minutes in 20% sulfuric acid current density: 1,000 mA color immersion duration: 35 minutes in 8% color solution at a temperature of 70-90 celsius degrees acid wash on the red cup with 5% sodium hydroxide pore sealing duration: 30 minutes in boiling distilled water ---
**Author:** ![persson](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/persson/32/208357_2.png) [@persson](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/persson)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2021, 11:17pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-anodizations/348805/27 "2021-12-16T23:17:59Z")
new anodizing for the Sleipnir… ![20211216_235728](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/e/8/1/e81ed361cbc8f5ee179a18f0ad8ffdd2969b8b09.jpeg) ![20211216_235400](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/2/4/6/246b3fc9e0459aa8cb7ad4d9fb9d2af5b8fca94a.jpeg) ![20211216_235335](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/4/d/6/4d672d5032173814c6f1b92e25fece9a57b253d4.jpeg) ![sr3](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/c/3/e/c3e1f8348860d87a88e983da49e083dc914dd3c0.jpeg) ![sr4](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/c/0/3/c039d64a6c18785dcf3c4fd99ec341168834180f.jpeg) ![sr5](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/3/a/8/3a8dd182bbafca818d433970d38c565f085e92bf.jpeg) ![sr6](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/9/e/3/9e3afa45ed88dd370d68f82b6fb8d0a770520975.jpeg) the real color is red and pale yellow, unfortunately the light makes them lighter. tomorrow I’ll take a photo with natural light (now it’s half past midnight here …) good night! ---
**Author:** ![yoyojoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/e99b99/32.png) [@yoyojoe](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyojoe)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2021, 11:18pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-anodizations/348805/28 "2021-12-16T23:18:43Z")
Any issues with the bearing seat or axle? @persson ---
**Author:** ![persson](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/persson/32/208357_2.png) [@persson](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/persson)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2021, 11:19pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-anodizations/348805/29 "2021-12-16T23:19:32Z")
no, not any problems ---
**Author:** ![Marioyo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/marioyo/32/303068_2.png) [@Marioyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Marioyo)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2021, 11:20pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-anodizations/348805/30 "2021-12-16T23:20:45Z")
Looking good! Just chiming in to say be careful of the fumes the chemicals create. Looking forward to more updates. ---
**Author:** ![persson](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/persson/32/208357_2.png) [@persson](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/persson)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2021, 9:58pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-anodizations/348805/31 "2021-12-20T21:58:27Z")
Phenom ![p1](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/a/c/1/ac1538f917245527cbb32276ea8cf5f680ff79f0.jpeg) ![p2](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/a/d/9/ad993df0c0e01730fffd6c57e1de76ae10d8b79a.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![persson](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/persson/32/208357_2.png) [@persson](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/persson)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2021, 9:59pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-anodizations/348805/32 "2021-12-20T21:59:20Z")
Zen 6 ![z1](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/2/c/8/2c8d50440851cdf7911e3b7b6be29bf1e46045ed.jpeg) ![z2](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/0/d/5/0d530a5cb1f76355326e01b4b14c77aa3a6a58f0.jpeg) ![z3](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/e/4/e/e4e563fc68e34c262dac7873103763427a85cbe5.jpeg) ![z4](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/1/7/e/17eff58a85d165d6e06d499e27cf318b197594e7.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![persson](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/persson/32/208357_2.png) [@persson](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/persson)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2023, 5:21pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-anodizations/348805/33 "2023-06-02T17:21:08Z")
Three new anodization… ![IMG_20230602_175051519~2](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/8/c/3/8c3b41afaf6e3bae3d664ab69cc7b293adc54877.jpeg) Copy 7075 Overdrive ![IMG_20230602_171041150~2](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/7/b/0/7b0ba7eb35f0450d48dbe835c2dfb9fb08a3763f.jpeg) ![IMG_20230602_192916706~2](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/e/a/d/ead3ae035084d8e39e0d894914271b66a590607f.jpeg) Compass ![IMG_20230602_170535812~2](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/0/c/d/0cdc9df0d4889aa5351c82aa29818e075cc4a222.jpeg) ![IMG_20230602_171129830~2](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/0/1/d/01db7b67bde3dddc3034c37cbf62a65bfc728e83.jpeg) Turntable ![IMG_20230602_170412954~2](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/9/9/2/992644d732f63b81094a54b228ea040096442cfd.jpeg) hard to see in the picture but the Turntable has a reflective surface which looks like it’s coated with glass… don’t ask me how that’s possible… I have no idea! ![IMG_20230602_192521767~2](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/7/f/9/7f905192d3157bc9cd515cee29e7bfc23fbead60.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![persson](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/persson/32/208357_2.png) [@persson](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/persson)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2023, 3:35pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-anodizations/348805/34 "2023-06-05T15:35:17Z")
I’m thinking about how to do the Third Impact… being a rare yoyo, never going into production and knowing the love of the Japanese for raw yoyos, it will probably be a non-colored anodization… while I was thinking about this I thought about the Overdrive… Am I wrong or have there never been pink yoyos with silver splashes? ---
**Author:** ![persson](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/persson/32/208357_2.png) [@persson](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/persson)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2023, 3:32pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-anodizations/348805/35 "2023-08-23T15:32:25Z")
in the end even what I think is my last anodization (meaning I won’t do any more in the future) sees the light. As written above I had to anodize the Third Impact because it was starting to show important oxidation spots but being a model left in the pre-production phase I didn’t want to color it with an obvious color and I didn’t even feel like leaving it without color like the Leggenda… so I didn’t really know how to do it. I decided to leave all these ideas aside and get inspired by his name which comes from the Neon Genesis Evangelion saga and therefore I thought of the world after him… “Scattered ruins and the entities’ decomposing body parts litter the landscape” … so I tried to make it as post-apocalyptic as possible … and here is the result … which is very, very strange and which made me reduce the room where I did everything, a room to reclaim .. worthy of the “third impact”! ![IMG_20230823_170216988](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/5/0/4/5045bcef8a93203a5e7aef6b652aaddca7ca89fe.jpeg) ![IMG_20230823_165446857_PORTRAIT](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/4/a/3/4a30e511e7ed403de53acb6a4b20e6e3c39e3461.jpeg) ![IMG_20230823_165422061_PORTRAIT](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/e/1/8/e18d0ef97780406cbbc083fbfea25189ebd0a8d5.jpeg) ![IMG_20230823_165401345_PORTRAIT](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/7/8/9/789002c414fa69d1c25fbd32c0e5119abbceac1d.jpeg) ![IMG_20230823_165336196](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/7/a/b/7ab25ae8509f488333467ca130b09fa492d02965.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![persson](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/persson/32/208357_2.png) [@persson](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/persson)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2023, 3:35pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-anodizations/348805/36 "2023-08-23T15:35:21Z")
![IMG_20230823_171206517](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/0/1/c/01cb0cc089b02b6113fee72ef2e3c18abe6f8aa0.jpeg) ![IMG_20230823_171107506](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/d/e/a/dea193f57bb5583cfac2cdc1fe987d0a160158b1.jpeg) ![IMG_20230823_170907150](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/e/0/3/e03fa27d835d30b49c1de98e025c07e2b83a6f41.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Albertino](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/albertino/32/302953_2.png) [@Albertino](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Albertino)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2023, 7:20am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-anodizations/348805/37 "2023-08-24T07:20:32Z")
This looks absolutely sick Fabrizio, it feels like a normal anodisation on the hand? great work I love it! ---
**Author:** ![persson](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/persson/32/208357_2.png) [@persson](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/persson)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2023, 7:05am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-anodizations/348805/38 "2023-08-26T07:05:06Z")
thanks Alberto and sorry if I answer only now. when I started the two ideas I had were to have two halves of different colors (I love this feature because it allows you to appreciate two colors in a single yoyo and because it makes it easier to understand tricks in the game) and that it had a lived-in look, like a old wreck survived a catastrophe but how to do it I had no idea … the anodization was set with parameters to obtain a layer of about 10 microns, ![IMG_20230823_105253038](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/d/a/3/da3ecf296c5545c4eb45250b3ac2ac361aa9273f.jpeg) followed by a bath in cyan ink-jet dye for both halves. At this point I took advantage of a typical feature of ergal (7075 alloy), that of creating a black patina if made to react with sodium hydroxide ![IMG_20230823_103841062](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/4/b/7/4b7d672b147f94cd72596899c2d79dde3c52aa17.jpeg) on one half I just sprayed and rinsed, on the other I did a very quick dip and immediate rinse. Then followed another bath in red dye (the universal one I had taken for the Plastic Peak test which has a very particular, almost waxy consistency). Finally, a few steps to fade with a brush and much more diluted sodium hydroxide and immersion in boiling water for about half an hour to close the pores. ---
**Author:** ![KennySpins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dbc845/32.png) [@KennySpins](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/KennySpins)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2023, 3:11pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-anodizations/348805/39 "2023-08-28T15:11:05Z")
how are you cleaning the parts prior? ---
**Author:** ![persson](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/persson/32/208357_2.png) [@persson](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/persson)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2023, 12:17am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-anodizations/348805/40 "2023-08-29T00:17:26Z")
you can see it from this last photo, after the blasting I pickled the halves in a 20% sodium hydroxide bath to remove any residual fat, from that moment the parts should no longer be touched with the hands. [Previous page](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/my-anodizations/348805.md?page=1)