Titanium Goes Technicolor! An In-Depth Look at Anodizing Water Bottle Cages

[@teddgram]

I did not realize this is such a manual process. This explains the color differences between my 2 cages. Now instead of finding it odd, I feel like they are unique and interesting. Thanks for showing this.

[@dantsai]

Maybe I'm the oddball, but I love the muted colors of the unetched cage. Subtle style 😎

[@sevenninthsfabmachine]

Fascinating! Given the impressive results, it’s no surprise that this process involves some skilled + nuanced handwork. Just beautiful.

[@ForrestNH]

This is beautiful work, and even better to know that it's hand-made!

[@TheMshugars]

Brooke! Awesome job on explaining this process. 😊 unicorn has always been my favorite. ❤

[@jonathanbrault2499]

great bottle cages!! I have 2 black cerakote edition but for my next bike addition, I will definitely get the unicorn! Took me about 4 hours of riding to get use to the cage but now, after many races as well, they are the best cages! Not a single bottle drop, even in very bumpy roads and intense racing

[@junibee492]

Ok, so now I want to drive down from South Bend for a visit to custom anodize my own cages!

[@KatrinaOutside]

Now if you could do an oil slick like this. More just purple and blue 👌🏻

[@wavymurk]

Beautiful work by a beautiful woman. Wowzers🥰

[@ianthedondaws7559]

Fascinating as I never knew how anodising worked..👍does this mean you could do me some custom coloured ones ?? 🙏

[@maxsievers8251]

Unicorn was a happy little accident.

[@zeref783]

How to do splatter ano on titanium? Saw many on Instagram, but there isn't a single video about that on yt yet.

[@minidini10]

Aqua looks great here! It looks like a light blue. The photo on the website looks barely different than raw.

[@danieltscharnuter4794]

Josh, if your attempt at anodizing looks like poop you've succeeded - if it's 🦄 poop

[@marklohnes6313]

Can you anodize the 3d printed parts like the cages?

[@SILCAVelo]

You can, but unless they are heavily polished they don't yield as beautiful a color. Check out Firefly, they do an amazing job of anodizing 3D parts.

[@hugorodrigo2323]

How durable is the finish? Can it be polished?

[@SILCAVelo]

Please note that anodized titanium is only as hard as the titanium itself, and is less hard than many types of sand or abrasives found in sand and soil, including aluminum oxide and garnet which are naturally occurring and are harder than steel. Titanium anodize continually exposed to abrasion by these sand materials will eventually scratch and begin to wear and will not be covered under warranty. Routine cleaning of the cages and cleaning of bottles is recommended to remove any embedded abrasive particles which can accelerate this wear. So, careful cleaning is possible.

[@leonardnovel]

You could disable these annoying ads on your videos you know?

[@accordlord04]

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[@julianallen515]

Leonard the ads are down to you not Josh. You are on a free KZbin account, you need to buy premium to go ad free.

[@janeblogs324]

By "you" did you mean to write "I"? Only the end user can disable, the uploader has no option

[@zeref783]

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