Ti

What did you pick up? Moriwaki? Sato?

 

Don't mess with it!!!!!

The anodising on the ti can is a very thin oxide film. In order to make it brighter, you will have to dissasemble the can and polish the sleeve to whhere the luster is where you like it.
Then you search for a Ti anodizer, and heve him re rainbow anodise it. Note that the process for ti is different than the one for aluminum. An aluminum anodiser most likely will not be able to color it.

Yoyo
Yoyodyne Titanium
www.RaceBikeParts.com

 

I picked up a Harris titanium hi-mount, scorched.

Yoyo, you seem to know your stuff, thanks for the advice. How hard/expensive is it to titanium anodize like you say?

 

when a titanium pipe is rainbow colored it is not anodized!!!!! thats not right at all...

when you heat titanium upit changes color..when you see colored titanium parts it is not becaus eit has been painted or anodized its cause it has had heat applied... different temperatures create different colors thus making a rainbow effect....

 

when a titanium pipe is rainbow colored it is not anodized!!!!! thats not right at all...

when you heat titanium upit changes color..when you see colored titanium parts it is not becaus eit has been painted or anodized its cause it has had heat applied... different temperatures create different colors thus making a rainbow effect....

so is it OK then to polish?

 

i am not to sure if you can put a shine on it or not..you can use a a spray polish or even a paste but when the pipe heats up it will come of anyway...

 

???rianbow exhaust like this?? i tohught it looked cool

hummmmmm then is this pic off then???

 

???rianbow exhaust like this?? i tohught it looked cool

hummmmmm then is this pic off then???[

 

Anodising titanium IS anodising, as it is done electrically to get the range of colors on the piece. Heat alone will not give the range shown on the scorched pipes. The colors are due to an interference in the refraction of light through the oxide film. The other example of this phenomenom is the "rainbow" of color that a drop of oil forms in a puddle of water.

The oxide film is VERY thin and fragile. It can be worn off with a polish.

If you want a shine, you will have to polish the base metal and have the part re-anodised

Yoyo

 

Anodising titanium IS anodising, as it is done electrically to get the range of colors on the piece. Heat alone will not give the range shown on the scorched pipes. The colors are due to an interference in the refraction of light through the oxide film. The other example of this phenomenom is the "rainbow" of color that a drop of oil forms in a puddle of water.

The oxide film is VERY thin and fragile. It can be worn off with a polish.

If you want a shine, you will have to polish the base metal and have the part re-anodised

Yoyo

damn, that sucks. thanks for dropping the science though. You have a cool site by the way! You should get more R1 products. I'd buy!

 

hum heres that pci i hope

so thisd aint good......:no

 

I can't say for sure on the other exhausts on the market but the TiForce Exhausts with the Rainbow finish is anodized. ( I have seen other companies cans that have been painted, but lead you to believe that they are anodized.......no names need be given)

The process as I understand it works like this...
The cans are submerged into an anodizing solution and have electrodes attached to one end.
The cans are slowly lifted (longways) out of the solution, as they are lifted the current that is passed through the can is altered, different current=different color. Each can usually has slightly different colors and patterns...

The rainbow cans are a $100 option on the TiForce systems.

I really wouldn't try to polish our Rainbow can....glass cleaner and a clean rag......

 

That pic is of SpidermanSS's bike. That is a Micron TI scortched can.

 

Oh, yea our Rainbow can is polished before we ano it...so its not the typical dull ti finish.