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Has anyone had Rivets Anodised?
jon200 - 17/1/12 at 06:25 PM

Im getting a few done as a trial to save painting them, It will mean i dont need to paint them and they will never crack the paint thats around them.

Im getting them done black in different finishes to see what i prefer.

Do you think the head of the rivet will get damaged when it gets pulled?

Cheers

Jon

owelly - 17/1/12 at 06:30 PM

There's nothing to stop you putting a little plastic washer on the rivet to protect it as it's being pulled.

blakep82 - 17/1/12 at 06:55 PM

you can buy black rivets though can't you?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=m570.l2736&_nkw=black+rivets

ignore the stuff in between!

[Edited on 17/1/12 by blakep82]

chrisbeale - 17/1/12 at 07:05 PM

You can buy rivits in pretty much any colour if you know where to look.

TimC - 17/1/12 at 07:11 PM

Jon,

Out of interest, where would you have the anodising done?

I'm looking for somewhere local to do some plating etc.

Cheers,

TC

plentywahalla - 17/1/12 at 07:50 PM

I think there is a problem with the steel 'nails' that are in the rivets.

The acid used to etch the natural oxide surface prior to anodising will dissolve the steel. I recall that when we made jigs for holding the ally items to be anodised we were always advised never to use mild steel components.

designer - 17/1/12 at 07:54 PM

quote:

I'm looking for somewhere local to do some plating etc.


Local to where?

jon200 - 18/1/12 at 11:52 AM

we do plain anodising on some of the parts we make at work. We don't do plating though unfortunately. I just knocked the steel pin out before hand. Had a few polished and a few bead blasted to see how they looked. I need to pop a few and see how they fair up. The plastic washer is a good idea.