Jason's Loaded Ti YoYos: Sovereign and Gold/Silver Tiwalker on p10+ (1/15/12)

[jasonwongzero]

Alongside my aluminum ano work, I have also been researching titanium (Ti) anodizing.  I've assembled a second ano kit just for titanium and started my first experiments today.  Here's all I have to show so far, but the results are promising...

This is an M4x0.7 titanium screw bar (common yoyo axle size) which I anodized into a variety of rainbow hues.  The screw bar isn't a very ideal candidate for anodizing since it's kinda dark, dirty and threaded.  However, even with me not bothering to clean it, you can see decent colors coming through.  I hope to get much brighter colors on some actual yoyos soon.  (I actually have a couple Sovereigns and a few TiWalkers as test subjects...)

If anyone has a titanium yoyo that they would like to subject to a free anodizing trial, I will be doing a handful of freebies until I get everything down perfect.  Right now, I am going to concentrate on getting solid, consistent colors, but I will be moving on to some fancier stuff once the basics are locked down.  Titanium anodizing is much easier/simpler than aluminum, so I think things should progress quickly.

[IanPkmnYo]

Very nice!

[JoeBadass]

oh damn <3

[jrodriguez]

Sick. Can't wait to see some of these!

[yoyoguitarist]

My Aurora's on the way!

[hobbygod]

Sick. Can't wait to see some of these!

this.

[yoey]

Awesome! I was hoping you'd start playing with titanium!  My Ti Walker needs to visit you some day for a polished rainbow anodize.

[saintrobyn]

I am interested in seeing your results. I may have you ano my #30 Sovereign.

[The Joshinator]

Yesterday would have been a really good day for me to get a titanium yoyo, because today I'd send it to you...

[jasonwongzero]

Ok guys, I have more than enough test volunteers for Titanium anodizing now, so no more slots open.

[jasonwongzero]

Loaded YoYos: Pink Titanium Aurora!

Ok, thanks to YoYoGuitarist, who was brave enough to trust me with his Aurora, I proudly present my first titanium ano job.  I'm working on getting down the fundamentals first before attempting some of the more fancy splashes, fades, etc.

Anodizing titanium is actually a very different process than aluminum, so I can't get the same colors or effects as I do with aluminum.  Generally colors are going to be less bold and bright, but will have an irridescent  sheen to them.

That said, this one came out better than I hoped for a first try.  I managed to get an even shade of pink throughout without any blotchiness.  Titanium color changes depending on the angle and light, so in some angles it appears more gray/green/pink and in other angles it is very pink.  It's actually a very cool effect.  (You can see a little bit of this in the photos.)

I'm excited to do a few more of these.  



Here is a photo of an original color half and the half that I anodized in the same photo so you can see the color difference.

[yoyoguitarist]

WOW!
That looks AMAZING! Thank you so much!
I cannot WAIT to get it.

[afunky9]

Yeah, that looks really interesting.

[JoeBadass]

That's cute <3

[Swatnoodle]

Yoyoguitarist, you lucky bastard.

[AndyCandy]

Subscribed!

[hobbygod]

That looks really nice bro.

[CaliBuddha]

*scrambles to find anything titanium to send to Jason* 

[jasonwongzero]

Haha...  I don't need any more 'test' units, but for you, Nick, send whatever you like. 

[mrneumann5000]

That yoyo is absolutely fantastic!