New look on an old host

I've made a few C6's, enough to want a different look, I've seen some awesome polished ones where the C6 was made like a mirror, but I still love the form of it it's small but has an 18650 for long run times & it's just so simple to build I love it :san:

Well anyways I spent about 7 hours de anodizing & lightly polishing certain parts of this host.

Here's some of the process...
Top part de anodized



Tailcap all de anodized, I took it apart again to polish but didn't take pictures of it alone polished


Progress at that point

Still all coarse & some parts still anodized.

The finished polished host next to a regular one

It's far from perfect but I'm pretty satisfied with the results, I left the grip somewhat anodized for 2 reasons
1, I would go crazy de anodizing all those tiny little grooves
2, it looks pretty nice with it still there
I'll be building a 445 into this, it will make a nice laser for sure

:thanks: for looking!

I've always wanted to try this, what method are you using for the deadonization and polishing process?
Thanks
-Greg

Sanding it jus use a higher grit to polish

You can look up what chemicals to use to chemically deanodize aluminum. It's pretty easy, but somewhat dangerous chemicals involved, so I will let you research it on your own. Basically, buy the commonly available chemical solution from any store and soak your part in it in a well ventilated area with skin protection.

I like the look of the grooves, reminds me of the paint jobs on some of the R2 units

Yeah I wanted to avoid using those although it would have gone by much faster

:thanks: Glad you like it

Hats off for the work. 7 hours working on the host and it isn't finish yet.
Rep for the work !

Blord said:

Hats off for the work. 7 hours working on the host and it isn't finish yet.
Rep for the work !

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Thanks! :beer:

7 hrs. What did you use a razor blade?:crackup:

:crackup: nope it took longer than its taken me to sand anything actually I used to be in construction & trust me wood sands MUCH easier than metal...

Also the fact I was taking my time, especially the tailcap, I didn't want it all sanded