Who is going to try what happens baking a blue or red anod? maybe other colors!
I am giving a try on the oven with a 502D I already de-anodized the head, lets see the result...
Probably different shades of orange. I suspect it's a chemical thing when anodization overheats and produces some side effect in the orange specter. However no1 knows how it would affect the anodization after cooked properly. Will it be less durable? I'm tempted to try a fake solarforce L2 which is shiny and i suspect it being painted rather than anodized. If it is painted it's really well made as it does not damage easily, at least equally good to the classic type 2 anodizing.
Will probably not try as i hate orange color with passion. (Why must it be orange anyway?!? Any other color would be nicer to me even yellow... blah!)
i just did my L2 host and it turned out dark orange/copper, i used a torch so i can fade mine and its orange/copper on both ends and medium dark in the middle :) very awesome looking only if i had a good camera :(
it isn't orange
yeah, a little darker tailcap, next time I will screw the body together, and the color changing will be equal. Very likeable color.
I have my Super-Bright 7-2 in the toaster oven right now and it's getting a nice deep brown sheen!
Just tried my kd c8, bezel went easy but the body won't budge even a little?
I've left it under the grill for ages, and tried a a small butane torch on it for quite some time....any ideas?
Maybe the body is HA3. Only type II ano is supposed to change color when heated.
that's the way mine went and i though i screwed up, but i kept my torch in the same spot till u see it turning orange took about 2-4min
like he said it might be HA3 ?
TF D1 titanium turned silver. I tried a torch and if I could get it to turn a little gold'ish but when it cooled it went back to silver. Oh well, I like it better than the titanium...
Any camera will do. ;)
Anyone tried the silver anodized L2 clones or other host? I wonder what color it would turn to.
Ano type does seem to make a difference. I know these cheap lights I have would probably not have type III ano. Maybe only type II works, but most likely it will be just a little different color. As fas as things not turning with a torch, the thicker the wall, the longer it takes and that little torch I have gets very hot. Smaller butane torches may not even phase it. The more heat I used and the longer I did it, the brighter the color was. That's why the thin barrel is lighter. It got hotter and turned a lighter color. The head and tail cap are very thick and it look a long time, and I don't think I could have gotten it hot enough to turn light, since it's a large thick part. I think a hotter torch is needed on the thick lights. First it got dark orange, then lighter orange, then gold and on the tip of the tailcap (small post there), it turned yellow.
I haven't tried the oven yet and I'm leery to do so. I don't want to expose my wife to that, so I think I will stick with a torch and maybe I will try a hotter torch like mapp gas. Have to look in the big box stores.
It will be interesting to see what colors do.
Couldn't get my ultraOK to change in the oven, even on full (250c). Used a hot air gun (paint stripper) and it worked pretty quick, had to hold it VERY close tho.
I have also baked something in the oven:
I wonder if this one was made by cooking it.
Here is my try, it is a bit darker than on the picture, I did not leave it much since it began to change its color in the oven, and I like it :)
It took about half an hour placed at about 50mm from the heating resistance, at 250Cº
Here's my SuperBright 7-2 complete with the Mr.BrightLights anodizing treatment and mini Foyzel job:
There were already a lot of scratches/wear since this is my EDC pocket light and gets carried with my keys. Its color transmogrified nicely. The body and tailcap turned into a nice Coppery-gold while the head remained a slightly darker shade, even though it has thinner walls and was the same distance from the heating element. This was after about 1.5 hrs. in my toaster oven on the hottest Broil setting.
Haha u guys are mad men ,lol well I’m glad u guys ar digging it, yeh old lumens we did the torch for the tide dye or camo look as well , someone said bake , baking takes too long , the longer u broil it the lighter it will get ;). I love mt dry like this ,it was just plain before
As for the other colors we did the grey and it turned a green color if memory serves me correct
In that picture they were just starting to cook that is why each piece was different 