I would be suprised if baking the sand will change the color very much. If you bake a black host long enough it will go a sand colour but it will need to get very hot. I have noticed baking can improve the anno on some poorly ano’d lights.
Awesome, I had to have a go……
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Just stripped it to bare aluminum components, turned on the blow lamp and there you go. :bigsmile:
I actually did the bezel separate, hence the much lighter gold colour, but I like it, it makes the c8 really pop.
Sorta hated this host for the most part. Something kinda cool about it now. I am presently debating about whether or not to put the head and the tail cap in as well, but for much longer so they come out a brighter copper colour. I like contrasting colours.
A Cerakote oven bake or air dry kit will yield a much better coating and you can pick a few colors.
Nice job nonetheless!
Black Solarforce L2i, but not anymore!
Terrible photo really, as it looks much classier in person.
Picture looks gold on my monitor - did it really come out that way or is it more copper? Either way, that turned out nice.
Funny how they come out differently. My old P7 C8 is several shades of copper, my Yezl Z1 more of an antique copper/gunmetal color.
I wonder what colour will come after if I cook the FF S3:
It really did come out gold. Well, the head and the knurled part of the body anyway. There is actually a separate piece between the knurling and the head which came out a sort of greyish army green type colour. The tail piece came out the same way, although it’s hard to tell in the photo. Seems that there were two different sorts of anodizing in play.
Now that you mention it, I can see the greenish tint. That turned out very nice. I like it much better than the Solarforce sand color (which looks more like a pimp's tooth :p ).
It really does look very very nice in person, and there is more contrast between the greyish green and the gold. But I only have my shitty phone camera to use at the moment unfortunately.
Somewhat better photo:
First time I’ve seen it in daylight myself. Copperish gold, and goldish green, it would seem 
Looks like a good partner for the King. I like it!
You really applied some heat to that to get that color.
My oven only goes up to 250° C, but it’s fan forced so I positioned the L2i components right at the back, exactly where all the hot air rushes out. I also bent some aluminium foil up behind them and at the sides to create a little heat trap (not really sure how much difference that would have made though).
Full baking time was about 45 minutes after a preheat.
So yeah, I did what I could
I might have to give my KD C8 another blast.
Does this work with MagLites too? They are Type II anodizing.
Maybe, you’ll have to fully strip it though, anything that’ll not like heat - lense, reflector, switch, batteries, o rings etc.
Tube from a random $5 cheapie:
A little work with a butane soldering torch gave me a subtle fade from one color to the next:
The light reassembled:
If I did it again, I run the fade in the opposite direction. Here it is in natural light:
I think it’s perfect colors for Halloween. :face_with_monocle:
I might try it again, with the bottom 1/3 of the tube in a small bowl of water or veggie oil to dissipate the heat.
Nice fade!
Ditto! Looks great!