Sold/Expired Exotic coating services?

Anyone know of any exotic coating or group buy currently open I am looking to coat my 2D mag to titanium or other harder surface.

jaybiz32 said:

Anyone know of any exotic coating or group buy currently open I am looking to coat my 2D mag to titanium or other harder surface.

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Since Modamag's "Final Run" I have not heard of anyone offering this type of service, but I would definitely be interested in sending a few lights in for plating if it were available at the same level of quality as Modamag's runs.

I'm not sure, but I don't think you can do a Ti coating on Alu. You could Chrome or Ni plate it??

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I think this will help as far as what can be coated with what...

HEY, I was right.....I LEARNED something....:twothumbs

Groundhog66 said:

HEY, I was right.....I LEARNED something....:twothumbs

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I think we both did...:thumbsup:

If anyone is willing to sponsor a run...I'm in =)

Check Surface Solutions (www.tincoat.net) and Ionbond (ionbond.com). Done business with both of them. I do believe the former has a minimum order of $25 whereas the latter is $200 minimum. However, I also believe Ionbond offers a wider variety of coatings. Get a hold of them and ask away. Good luck.

chago said:

Check Surface Solutions (www.tincoat.net) and Ionbond (ionbond.com). Done business with both of them. I do believe the former has a minimum order of $25 whereas the latter is $200 minimum. However, I also believe Ionbond offers a wider variety of coatings. Get a hold of them and ask away. Good luck.

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I'll have to check them out and see what can be put together... maybe just a small order, but if enough people are interested, who knows. I'll check with them on monday and report back... if anyone is interested that is...

jcompton, I think I recall seeing that table in modamag's thread. I also recall he made the point that although a coating may be hard, it is very thin, so although it is a good protection against scratches, it cannot protect against knocks and dents. The Ti coatings are therefore likely to be better for Ti objects than for Al ones, as Ti is a harder metal to start with.
I have Ti lights with TiN and TiCN coatings. The TiN and TiCN will easily scratch just about anything else they come into contact with. TiCN is a blue-grey color, TiN is like brass (not shiny like gold). I believe AlTiN is even harder, and a darker color than TiCN.

Member erckgillis does all kinds of custom plating. I just spoke to him yesterday, and he can do one-offs of anything.

PM him, I'm sure he can help.

DM51 said:

jcompton, I think I recall seeing that table in modamag's thread.

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That's exactly where it came from :thumbsup:

I also recall he made the point that although a coating may be hard, it is very thin, so although it is a good protection against scratches, it cannot protect against knocks and dents. The Ti coatings are therefore likely to be better for Ti objects than for Al ones, as Ti is a harder metal to start with.

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Exactly, that's why I posted the chart, to give a visual of what platings can be used on Ti and which can be used on Al.

I have Ti lights with TiN and TiCN coatings. The TiN and TiCN will easily scratch just about anything else they come into contact with. TiCN is a blue-grey color, TiN is like brass (not shiny like gold). I believe AlTiN is even harder, and a darker color than TiCN.

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I have a Ti PD-S Mizer with the AlTiN and it is indeed darker, almost black, and definitely harder (according to modamag it is second only to the "C" aka "Diamond" plating).

Aircraft800 said:

Member erckgillis does all kinds of custom plating. I just spoke to him yesterday, and he can do one-offs of anything.

PM him, I'm sure he can help.

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If I recall he is not setup for TiN or AltiN which I am interested in having done.

jcompton said:

If I recall he is not setup for TiN or AltiN which I am interested in having done.

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I would suggest you try to get a look at a TiN-coated light before you commit to it. It isn't really very shiny, and you can't polish it up as it is too hard. If you expect a finish like gold, you will be disappointed. Just my opinion FWIW.

TiCN is very nice though. It looks very businesslike - a sort of gunmetal color. I like it a lot. I have yet to see anything in AlTiN, but there have been very favorable reports of it.