Thatās cool. How does the bare aluminium hold up? Does it scratch very easily?
How does the bare aluminium hold up? Does it scratch very easily?
Yes, bare aluminum is pretty soft / scratchable. However, itās not usually very noticeableā¦ and itās not difficult to polish if desired.
Clear anodizing would make it much harder to scratch, and would still not look bad after scratches form since itās at least the same color. However, it wouldnāt be polish-able, and clear ano is difficult to get right since itās so thin.
I am interested, put me down for 1
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Iām in for at least one.
2 for me please!
Um, sorry TK, but clear anodization is merely regular anodization without dye added before the sealing process. Not thin, not any more so than any black anodized light. Take the ZebraLight or DQG Tiny III 7xXP-G2 for example, they are anodized without dye but hold up very well.
In the case of the DQG, itās also a direct from machining ano process, showing the lines from the tooling. And by the way, these lines are really not necessary, a final pass can be made at slower feed rates for a near polished look straight off the lathe.
I sort of like the idea of clear anodizing if the threads are anodized to provide a lockout by a slight twist.
Please and me for 1, thanks
Um, sorry TK, but clear anodization is merely regular anodization without dye added before the sealing process. Not thin, not any more so than any black anodized light. Take the ZebraLight or DQG Tiny III 7xXP-G2 for example, they are anodized without dye but hold up very well.
I donāt mind natural / no-dye anodizing, like what Zebralight and DQG do. Itās strong and it gives the light sort of a darkened grey or brown color depending on how thick the anodizing is.
Clear / silver anodizing like the Convoy lights is pretty thin though, enough that some areas can conduct electricity on some units, because thicker coatings darken the surface. From what I hear, Simon had some trouble getting the right balance on those because a little too far one way makes it too dark and a little too far the other way makes it too thin.
Originally I thought it was anodized to a normal thickness with silver dye, but apparently thatās not how he did it. Itās just thin enough that it doesnāt change the color.
I wouldnāt complain if the FW3A used natural type-III anodizing, even if that makes the surface a darker color. But I also wouldnāt complain about a thinner āclearā anodizing or even none at all. I like all of them. Bonus points for purple though, or rainbow, or candy colors. Would be pretty awesome to get candy-grape purple (chromed with translucent purple over it).
In for one please
Candy-grape purple just doesnāt do it for me. :confounded:
Iām good with clear or natural type-III though. :sunglasses:
Iād take candy-grape purple if it included a lightning strobe.
Oh geez. Put me down for 1.
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Inger stuff about the anodization.
It seems a bit tricky to give it a look without the ano changing it.
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Too pretty to pass up. Please add me for 1.
Thanks
Candy-grape purple just doesnāt do it for me. :confounded:
You sure??
Iām in for one please, Thanks.
:heart_eyes: Purple for me all the way and Iāll take 3!
That grape looks pretty good to me also!