Bicycle motor coloring?

You could always say "I'm cleaning my engine honey, I need the EZ-Off." Then when you spray it all off, just say; "Uh, Oh, look at that!, I guess I'll haveto live with the black engine now...

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doing that would be no issue. I was referring to the DIY anodizing

Just think, I could transfer the motor to my blue bike and have the motor and all parts be colored blue as well. Or some other cool color.

For anyone interested, here's a quick article on anodizing aluminum parts at home.

I'd like to do this eventually, but I just don't have the time/money/resources right now. Maybe this winter sometime.

Aluminum Anodizing at home - DIY aluminium Anodising

I call rattle can paint jobs "Hillbilly anodizing". I just hook up the battery charger and clamp the pos. on the bike and the neg. on the can of paint and....

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Oh, wait...that's "Hillbilly powdercoating".

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lol, I don't think I'll be trying that one any time soon.

I used to be of the school of bare metal discipated heat better than painted metal. I was around some engineers who worked with refrigeration equippment
and got into a discussion with them about this very thing.

They were explaining the merits of painted metal giving up heat much better than bare metal. I've noticed since my 500cc motorcycle has a painted black
cylinder and the motor painted with clear coat.

The engineers were explaining the reasons they paint much of the air conditioning equippment they built in their factory as with the refrigerators etc.

Anodizing which is basically dying aluminum isn't difficult. I first learned how to do it with a book titled, "Formulas Methods Tips & Data". I want to look into Jasonh's link and see what it says about anodizing.

It's always been my understanding that "anodizing" Is a "hard coat" that protects the metal from corroding...

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yep, it is. But you can also color it while you're at it But I'm not saying it helps heat transfer any.

eDJ, I wish I could've gotten in that conversation, since that goes against pretty much everything I've learned. I'll have to bust out some google-fu today and see what I can come up wiht.

painting your engine will not hurt it. I like the bare metal myself eaiser to see if its leaking where it shouldn't be. But for you guys and gals that want to paint it go for it.
Norman

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