Everything You'll need: -3 large containers - 1 small container for every different knife you anodize - Whink rust stain remover - Isopropyl Alcohol - Acetone (nailpolish remover) - Nail polish - 20 9v batteries minimum for whole color spectrum - 2 double ended aligator clip wires - Thin titanium or aluminum wire - Tools to disassemble your balisongs or whatever knife you are anodizing - Hella paper towel - Standing Sponges - Borax or baking soda - Water 💧
I watched this video a couple months ago cuz im running out of balisong content and heres my second time through. I HAVE A QUESTION, can you do this with aluminum???
No, man - sorry. Anodizing aluminum requires actual colour. The electric method works on titanium, since it creates a ’fake’ colour: the anodization layer it creates is actually transparent, but as light reflects off the titanium, it also bounces off the anodization layer, but at a different angle. The reflected light waves mingle and cancel each other out partially, and we perceive the result as colour. The effect is weird and cool as heck. Only works on titanium, though.
Hi Ace, I’ve tried the splatter ano before on my 51, but removing the nail polish made my liners look dirty and dull and faded. Am I messing up a process?
It is hard to say, but you may just need to continue cleaning it with the nailpolish remover. The dullness may just come from smeared nail polish. If you have Instagram you can message me there with pictures and I can try to help further
How did you dispose of the whink? Do you neutralize the acid? I believe it's household hazardous waste after you're done with it. I was thinking after I bought it if it dissolves titanium I don't want to pour it down my drain and find out what else it dissolves.
Internet intellect..Wait you were on the other channel bashing Americans and trashing the youtuber for using this stuff. And now you're on here asking how to use and dispose of it!?? You were a chemical specialist over there.. 😂 GTFOH
Yes, there's a specific color order that titanium anodizes in and if you start with a previous ano it will just go from there onto the next color I'm the spectrum
After all the prep work, and then you start handling your parts with your bare hands before doing your coating? Also, adjustable power supplies are like 80 bucks on amazon and give you infinitely more control over the process. You probably spent half of that on 9v batteries. Whink does the job, but destroys a nice surface. Get some multi etch. Good video showing the different types of techniques, but for people who spend thousands of dollars on knives and then can't even bother to buy basic equipment to do the best job possible makes me laugh.
@@-acebalisong-4346 no it's not. You cannot achieve vibrant high voltage colors, it's extremely hard on the titanium. It's horrible poisonous. I mean it can even be fatal absorbed through your skin. Multi-etch is the thing to use. 114g ammonium persulphate 21g sodium fluoride 1 liter distilled water. That's a quart of multi-etch
Everything You'll need:
-3 large containers
- 1 small container for every different knife you anodize
- Whink rust stain remover
- Isopropyl Alcohol
- Acetone (nailpolish remover)
- Nail polish
- 20 9v batteries minimum for whole color spectrum
- 2 double ended aligator clip wires
- Thin titanium or aluminum wire
- Tools to disassemble your balisongs or whatever knife you are anodizing
- Hella paper towel
- Standing Sponges
- Borax or baking soda
- Water 💧
thanks for the tutorial, I'll be trying my hand at using the nail polish trick to get a funky pattern.
Perfect video man thank u so much literally went through everything so simply
Thank you brother glad it was helpful! This can be a complicated process so I simplified it as much as possible
@@-acebalisong-4346yo bro just one question so the sanding sponge doesn’t damage the titanium at all?
Thats gangster asf
I watched this video a couple months ago cuz im running out of balisong content and heres my second time through. I HAVE A QUESTION, can you do this with aluminum???
No, man - sorry. Anodizing aluminum requires actual colour.
The electric method works on titanium, since it creates a ’fake’ colour: the anodization layer it creates is actually transparent, but as light reflects off the titanium, it also bounces off the anodization layer, but at a different angle. The reflected light waves mingle and cancel each other out partially, and we perceive the result as colour. The effect is weird and cool as heck.
Only works on titanium, though.
Hi Ace, I’ve tried the splatter ano before on my 51, but removing the nail polish made my liners look dirty and dull and faded. Am I messing up a process?
It is hard to say, but you may just need to continue cleaning it with the nailpolish remover. The dullness may just come from smeared nail polish. If you have Instagram you can message me there with pictures and I can try to help further
Nice vid! :) are these the same steps for aluminium?
Nope, it's way harder to anno aluminum at home
Imma need that in depth splash asap son im pickin up an AB soon
Have you tried to do it with steel?
How did you dispose of the whink? Do you neutralize the acid? I believe it's household hazardous waste after you're done with it. I was thinking after I bought it if it dissolves titanium I don't want to pour it down my drain and find out what else it dissolves.
Baking soda neutralizes it, slowly pour it in at a time because it will fizz and bubble and keep doing that until it no longer reacts
Internet intellect..Wait you were on the other channel bashing Americans and trashing the youtuber for using this stuff. And now you're on here asking how to use and dispose of it!?? You were a chemical specialist over there.. 😂 GTFOH
Since when alcool is green?
Isnt sand paper and sanding sponge the same thing?
And what grit did have your sanding sponge?
The grit doesn't matter and the sanding sponge is much nicer to the metal than paper bc paper is harder
I cant find the same rust stain removed so any other bottle you recommanded like on amazon or something?
Yuhh you can get whink on amazon
@@-acebalisong-4346 nope for me its unavailable idk why
do you have to remove the previous anodization? what happens if you don’t?
Yes, there's a specific color order that titanium anodizes in and if you start with a previous ano it will just go from there onto the next color I'm the spectrum
After all the prep work, and then you start handling your parts with your bare hands before doing your coating? Also, adjustable power supplies are like 80 bucks on amazon and give you infinitely more control over the process. You probably spent half of that on 9v batteries. Whink does the job, but destroys a nice surface. Get some multi etch. Good video showing the different types of techniques, but for people who spend thousands of dollars on knives and then can't even bother to buy basic equipment to do the best job possible makes me laugh.
Damn bro, no need to hate. They’re his knives, he can do whatever he wants to do with them
@brilspolymathstudios Sure. If he wants to have poor surface prep and ghetto rig stuff for half the cost of a permanent solution then he can 😂
Wink is the wrong thing to be using.
It's good for someone who wants to do a quick and easy ano
@@-acebalisong-4346 no it's not. You cannot achieve vibrant high voltage colors, it's extremely hard on the titanium. It's horrible poisonous. I mean it can even be fatal absorbed through your skin.
Multi-etch is the thing to use.
114g ammonium persulphate
21g sodium fluoride
1 liter distilled water.
That's a quart of multi-etch
What should i use instead, it isnt in stock for me on amazon
as soon as you started playing hamilton i immediately stopped listening to you 🤨