3C, not 2C MT-G2 Maglite Mod - BEAM shots are up in Post #1 and it's done!!!

Nice job OL. Awesome beamshots. Looking forward to more.
I wonder what the rebel reflector would look like with the MT-G2? If it be any tighter or about the same.

Possibly tighter, but also more/wider spill, since it’s a lot deeper reflector.

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Beam shots of Flood to Throw are up in Post #1.

It's done, have fun!

But I don’t remember for the life of me…what do you use to strip the anodize? I tried a Sulfuric Acid solution today and it just didn’t get the job done. Eats everything else, just not the black anodizing on a Defiant 3C.

Really nice looking light, that one is, great that it still adjusts for the spot. Like that.

Greased Lightning found in Lowe's or Home Depot, in the household chemical sections. Yellow Gallon Bottle, red label "Greased Lightning Super Strength".

It takes about an hour to two hours for type II and it takes longer for type III ano. I use a plastic container, sit the part in it and fill so the level is a couple inches above the part. If I were to strip a 2D Maglite, it would take a full gallon in a good sized container. I sit the parts on end, never lying flat, (like a body tube) and I turn them end to end about every half hour. When I see the color coat is gone, I take them out, rinse them in another container of water and steel wool them to remove the residue and then put them back in. Sometimes it's hard to judge if the actual base ano layer is gone, as it looks like aluminum, but steel wool will usually tell, as the ano will not shine up, but the bare aluminum usually will, (unless it's a cheap Chinese aluminum and then it won't shine up too well).

Great job! I can see it the way the beam shots illuminate the areas during the night. They’re very bright!

I probably didn’t stick with it, only had it in the acid about an hour…was afraid the threads were gonna get killed. Will the Greased Lightning eat the aluminum at the unprotected threads? Is there a way to mask off those so there’s no issue?

I really like how you get yours chrome looking but the Mag etching still shows, looks factory that way. Ever re-anodize and just leave em clear?

I have never had it eat the bare aluminum or threads. I supose it could after a longer time, but I’ve never seen it.

I have thought about anodizing, but I would want to "do it right" and that costs a lot, plus I have no way to dispose of the used chemicals or "dirty water".

You're welcome Justin!! That's a great looking light and the beam shots are superb. I like that tail cap decoration. Your work just balances out a light!!! Super nice!!

Cool! I have a part inside an Old Lumens Mod!!! Can't beat that! I'm not sure my head will fit through the door now!! The little part was fun to do! Enjoy!

Dan.

I am slightly jealous. I still love your work though TexasLumens. :heart_eyes:

Well, there is that pond… J) Or toilet… Or nasty neighbor’s pool…

Actually anodizing doesn’t use much in the way of non-disposable chemicals. The acid bath can be neutalized with baking soda, etc. You are already using sodium hydroxide solutions…

(from Wikipedia): Anodizing is one of the more environmentally friendly metal finishing processes. With the exception of organic (aka integral color) anodizing, the by-products do not contain heavy metals, halogens, or volatile organic compounds. The most common anodizing effluents, aluminium hydroxide and aluminium sulfate, are recycled for the manufacturing of alum, baking powder, cosmetics, newsprint and fertilizer or used by industrial wastewater treatment systems.[15]”

Okay, Okay! My wife told me I couldn't start an Anodizing shop in the garageCryCry... She's about 5'3" (I'm 6'3"), and I just say yes maam, or yes honey. I don't sass her, ever...InnocentUndecidedWink

I just don't want to mess with it, is all it amounts to...

Well, with the GREAT work you do MRsDNF, he would have chosen you if you were up here on the top side of the world. I just got lucky!!! With what you turn out I'm always just trying to keep up!! Your work is flawless and I like the thought behind what you do. You and OL are top notch!! Dan.

One must obey She Who Must Be Obeyed!

Welcome to my world OL!!! Ha! In life, to survive, we MUST know when to fight and when to run!!!

Dan.

Thanks Dan, you have embarrassed me. Its all fun. Without trying to hi-jack this thread OL has been waiting and waiting for along time. He may even have grown a lot older waiting. Soon and if OL isn’t excited I have been for months. I sense that you feel the same way I do and that adds to the fun. I reckon we have the easy job. Cheers. Keep up the fantastic work.

Ha! MRsDNF, you simply cannot be embarrassed by a tiny compliment on your fantastic work. Take it on the chin! Yep... I do feel the same, it is fun and when that leaves so do I!! Compared to OL's hand work, we do have the easy part. I'm proud of my work... I like most / some of what comes out of the efforts....but it will never have the character that OL puts into a light. I can cut the flutes, make the grooves... but somehow it just never looks like his. Just look at what he does!!! It is all fun... especially when I have a part in an OL mod.... Nope... you ain't gonn'a get the chance to forget that!! Ha! YOU keep up the fantastic work too!!! I always look forward to what you do. !!

Dan.

:beer: Where is the Old Bu woops, Old-Lumens. Maybe he has forgotten about this thread? :wink:

What's a thread? Did I make this thread? I don't remember anything.Innocent