Instead of finishing my stucked contest entry, I decided to mod a flashlight that I wanted to do since long time ago and hopefully I can enter this into the contest.
The idea was to build a personalised flashlight out of cheapo flashlight hosts.
Day One
This is a Yupard C3 stainless steel from Aliexpress. I wanted to make it into stone wash finish but ended up became a rustic look flashlight.
Now remove all the components inside and do something with the host.
Rebuild the host with rubber seal on both ends.
Alcohol wash to remove fat and other nasty stuffs from its surface.
Wrong FeCl and water ratio, I need to keep it inside for more time.
After the surface is dark enough, I wash it throughly under running water to remove any acid left. Also more soap and detergent, not pictured.
DAY TWO
Next, I wanted to create a stone wash looking but I don’t have any equipment. So I pour cat litter materials into canvas bag and dip the darkened flashlight host inside.
Put any means of force to manually scratch the body, by hand and feet
Enough scars (I think) and the host went to another soapy bath (not pictured). Dried it and ready to be assembled. I replaced stock driver with Lumintop Tool AA driver and Samsung LH351D LED emitter.
Not bad lah…
It has Samsung LH351D emitter and stock reflector. I bought matched TIR optic but it haven’t arrived after months from Aliexpress. Will try to purchase TIR again.
Every time I watch the before and after photos, I also thought that it looked better shinny.
The idea was to build a personalised flashlight out of a cheap one.
Very unique finish, I really like it. I wonder does it weaken it a lot, is the finish stable? I know ally can become sort of crumbly after hitting some chemicals?
terbaik Mas
