Re: Homebrew Anodizing



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I recently posted here about a new method of homebrew anodizing using
Drano for etching, battery acid for anodizing, and Rit for coloring.

Since I'm using hydrochloric (muriatic) acid for another part of this
project, does anybody have a reason why HCl at the same strength
wouldn't
be just as good as sulfuric acid for the anodizing process? I don't
see
any result of the sulfate ion in the process, just an acidic bath to
act
as an electrolyte.

Comments from folks who know?

Jim

I'm half a chemist, apart from missing those teminally dull lectures and
tutorials that had anything to do with the subject......

Anyway, that means you can trust me. Anodizing has got to have something
with sticking a layer on it and, since we all know aluminium oxidises, you
need some of that oxygen stuff in there to do the job.

Since HCl is H and Cl it looks like it's going to be ***.

Since H2SO4 smells like it might be bum but has an O4 it's got to be good
to
go.

All you have to do is sprinkle in the right beetles.

DNA

Well, not a chemist but the water in the electrolyte has to be
breaking into hydrogen and oxygen while current is applied - no matter
what the electrolyte is.There you go then. You obviously are a chemist because you deny it so we
have to assume you were paying attention and therefore don't know nothing.

QED- Hide quoted text -- Show quoted text -

Little Jimmy was a chemist's som, but Jimmy is no more ....

What he thought was H2O was H2SO4.

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