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WNYsteelheader
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Location: Buffalo, New York
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 Posted: Tue May 13, 2008 8:41 am Post subject: Stanton Aluminum |
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Hey Guys. I am thinking about having my stanton sandblasted and anodized. According to the anodizer I need to know the exact aluminum the reel is made of or the reel could get ruined. Does anyone know what aluminum is used? Thanks.
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chromedome
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Joined: 17 Feb 2006
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| Posted: Tue May 13, 2008 2:50 pm Post subject: Re: Stanton Aluminum |
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| WNYsteelheader wrote: | Hey Guys. I am thinking about having my stanton sandblasted and anodized. According to the anodizer I need to know the exact aluminum the reel is made of or the reel could get ruined. Does anyone know what aluminum is used? Thanks.
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Not sure if you got an account on the river runs board or the float board, but a a PM to Caddisfly on one of them board might be a good place to start. Larry has quite a bit of knowledge on the Stanton. I don't know if he frequents this board or not.
I hope this helps....
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stevietangles
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Location: toronto,ont,canada
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| Posted: Tue May 13, 2008 4:20 pm Post subject: |
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| any experienced anodizer should beable to test the material and tell you what type of aluminum was used. just a thought |
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Woodsie
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Location: Toronto
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| Posted: Wed May 14, 2008 6:13 am Post subject: |
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| A lot of the silver Stantons were non anodized. So you might not have to sandblast the reel. I had success previously anodizing one a deep copper colour, there's a post from a while somewhere in the archives.... Good luck. |
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DRIFTER_016
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Joined: 14 Feb 2005
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Location: Yellowknife, NWT
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| Posted: Wed May 14, 2008 9:38 am Post subject: |
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It won't need to be sandblasted either way.
The anodizing process starts with a cleaning bath and then etching then desmutting. By the time these three processes are complete the old anodizing will be gone and you will have bare aluminum that is ready to be reanodized, dyed and sealed. |
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Riverkeeper
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Word of caution dude. I had the same idea fo a bushing reel I had, after the required etching /anodizing process the tolerances were SEVERLY compromised and the reel SCRAP!!
Good Luck |
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DRIFTER_016
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Joined: 14 Feb 2005
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Location: Yellowknife, NWT
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| Posted: Fri May 16, 2008 9:39 am Post subject: |
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| Riverkeeper wrote: | Word of caution dude. I had the same idea fo a bushing reel I had, after the required etching /anodizing process the tolerances were SEVERLY compromised and the reel SCRAP!!
Good Luck |
Back in the 80's my buddy reanodized his stanton to bronze and it was fine. I can see where there might be an issue with a bushing reel though.
Oh yeah, by buddies reel looks sweet!!!  |
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caddisfly
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Dan,
You should have no probem. I had a stanton anondised black for someone recently without any problems. Ill email you with some info on a new source for anondising .
later
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Ditchrat
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Joined: 22 Jan 2007
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Location: canadensis, PA (on the Brodhead)
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| caddisfly wrote: | Dan,
You should have no probem. I had a stanton anondised black for someone recently without any problems. Ill email you with some info on a new source for anondising .
later
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Larry,
Can you send me that source also?
Thanks |
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