Who does Anodizing?

[Jukez]

Just looking to get some of my 3 gun gear anodized, some of it getting beat up as expected, so thought about getting it anodized another color anyways.

Anyone know of people who will anodize extension tubes and so on? And the average cost?

[Vespid_Wasp]

I don't know about cost but Victor at US Anodizing has been highly recommended in the past for AR receivers.

[Chuck Anderson]

Be careful with what you are having re-anodized. The anodization is an oxidation process so it's consuming a bit of the metal. I think (not 100%) that you need to remove the existing anodize before applying new. This means either chemical removal or blasting it off. Both will remove more metal. For some items it's not a big deal. I'd be real careful about doing it with stuff that has critical tolerances. I've done a few things in anodize but I always get them from the maker before they are anodized the first time to do them in other colors.

You might want to also look at Cerakote. I'd use that before trying to strip the existing anodize off.

Just my opinion though. And I'm not that up to speed on anodize, I'm just parroting what other folks have told me.

Oh, and make sure there are no steel parts attached to what you are anodizing. Thread inserts, backers, screws, anything like that. Anodizing and steel don't mix.

Edited January 20, 2014 by Chuck Anderson

[Jesse Tischauser]

I have used a small shop called Precision Anodizing in OKC. It costs about $30 for a batch of parts. You can get all of your Caddy's or shotgun tubes or risks etc in a batch easy. Never done any hard anodizing like receivers though just aorta I wanted a stag arms green.

[Jukez]

Wow thats so cheap..places around me are saying they need to strip my tubes and re-annodize and talking like $150.. I need to look around a bit more.