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akes
06-07-2004, 08:49 AM
Is there any MT`s & or other places than can anodize(canadian spelling) black barrels to match the Force colours, in particular the Burnt Orange Force4 Fly ???

Looking to have a few Dye Barrels done

----------- Big Al
Vantage_TeS
06-07-2004, 11:27 AM
Matching ano to already exsisting ano is one of the hardest things to do, and it rare that it comes out a perfect match. The reason is twofold. One being that the type of metal being ano'd has to be basically the exact same grade and purity and type to get close (for example you could ano a trigger frame and a body and have two different colors in the end. They would be close but not perfect). The other being that ano is basically dying metal. Its like dying a shirt. Its very hard to get two exactly the same, unless you do them at the same time.

Another thing is that there is an issue with anoing the SS part on barrels. As long as the barrel is not SS then you will be ok, otherwise you could take them apart and get just the tip ano'd. This would probably be better as the SS part would put a little space inbetween the two anos and it would be hard to pick out the difference.

Its about $100 a barrel to ano, but you could probably get the other barrels done very cheap (like $100 for first, and like $40 for each one after that) as they would be done in a batch.
Sparco
06-07-2004, 03:03 PM
If you only want the barrel black, and not the burnt orange then you can order just the traditional DYE barrel in black. I found that DYE's black matches almost perfectly to WDP's black.

However if you want orange, I strongly recommend contacting WDP. I tried MAX Anodizing for the burnt orange on a DYE UL tip and while it looked awesome, it did not match perfectly.
Vantage_TeS
06-07-2004, 03:13 PM
He has black barrels that he wants ano'd orange.
akes
06-07-2004, 03:31 PM
ya what he said ------- Big Al

He has black barrels that he wants ano'd orange.
warpedx
06-08-2004, 09:33 PM
I have heard nothing but good things about Anotech, just forgot their site. If you send them another piece to try to match the color to, I'm sure they can get pretty close.