Anodised Stainless Bolts

[NakedGav]

Does anyone know anywhere I can get red anodised stainless, or even titanium, bolts rather than the alloy ones ?

Gav

 

[Enid_Puceflange]

I think only aluminium & "alloys" can be annodised bud.
Stainless is , well , stainless and titanium only comes that colour.
But dont quote me

Gc

 

[ferrus]

Try 'tibolts.co.uk' -they used to stock coloured titanium bolts.

 

[ferrus]

But dont quote me

Gc

OK.....

 

[NakedGav]

I think only aluminium & "alloys" can be annodised bud.
Stainless is , well , stainless and titanium only comes that colour.
But dont quote me

Gc

I've had some anodised ti bolts from toronto cycles before but unfortunately they don't do red, not sure why though. :-(

 

[Enid_Puceflange]

What a d**k I am

Gc

 

[Xesh]

AfaIk you can get Ti bolts in Ti finish as well as blue or gold. The colours are to do with the surface treatment. Gold is nitride (like some of the Pace stanchions or drill bits) but I'm not sure what the blue is. :?

 

[elite504]

The difinitive. . .
al can be anodised, and the surface is receptive to a dye before it is sealed. There are therefore many colour options available. Ti can be ano only in the sense that the surface takes on a hue due to the applied anodising voltage, no dye involved (think of it as a 'colours in an oily puddle' type diffraction). Thefore only spectral colours are really available.
Some military stuff uses coloured ti fittings (thinking of eurofighter parts and hoses), but because the process is pretty variable, its didn't work too consistently well, or well enough to conform to the appropriate def. standard for "identifying" colours. .

 

[kaiser]

Toronto cycles now has a page explaining why he anodises some colours/materials and not others.

 

[FluffyChicken]

Titanium
Natural (shiny silver style as opposed to dark matt grey), Blue, Gold & Purple

http://www.tastynuts.com/Products/Titanium