I see the framework 13 pro and I do plan on buying it. Although I do like how the current offerings of the Graphite and Grey, I do have a wish for anodizing it myself for more vibrancy and customization of design. But before I go off in June doing something stupid, I thought I’d run my plan by the community first.
From this youtube video found from this topic about anodizing (that later transitioned to coloring a f16 black), I see that there are magnets and various bits of stuff glued to the aluminum shells.
I therefore propose this:
I’ll buy a new shell with the bare grey color, strip away everything, KOH bath to remove the existing anodization, and then the usual acid → dye → cold seal using a NiF₂ solution at like 30°C to seal, and then use epoxy to get everything back in place.
Please someone correct me about anything so I don’t end up doing something dumb.
Hi I created that youtube video you looked at. With the release of the CAD files, if you have the ability, a custom shell may also be possible.
I want to just emphasize that I did not end up going with annodization. I went with powder coating. Its way better than paint but not annodization.
One of the things I found was that the magnets survived the powder coat process. They were masked of course but the heat did not effect them as much as I thought it would. I have a (way overdue) idea I am working on that takes any form of powder coat or annodizing out of the equation but annodizing is the gold standard. If you get this to work, I would love to see a guide or video so maybe I can try. I could not even do titrations so lol.
For the FW16 I do think that the top and bottom had different mixes of materials, idk about the fw13 but I would suggest checking the mix.