Southern California - Anodizing bicycle parts

Hey guys,
Does anybody know a shop in SoCal (preferably Orange County) that anodizes bicycle parts? I remember seeing a thread on this forum but I can’t find it. Thanks a million.
Jimmy

Hey guys,
Does anybody know a shop in SoCal (preferably Orange County) that anodizes bicycle parts? I remember seeing a thread on this forum but I can’t find it. Thanks a million.
Jimmy

Most any plating shop should be able to do it for you if you bring them the parts.

Just run a yahoo or google search and call them. That's what I did in 1996 when I wanted to do a deep blue color on a bunch of parts. Don't forget it costs about the same for one part as it does for a handful, but I think a shop I found charged us $100 flat for a single dip, which covered 4 rims, 2 headset cups, 2 sets of cranks, and 2 seatposts. The guy also said there was room for more but that's all we wanted.

btw a yahoo search for anodizing orange CA yielded this as well as others
http://www.finishing.com/Shops/accuanodizing.shtml

Isn't VMC the manager at Olympic Powdercoating? If they don't do it he might have a contact.

Isn't VMC the manager at Olympic Powdercoating? If they don't do it he might have a contact.

Not anymore...but he probably has contacts!

Thanks guys! Who is VMC? Hope he checks the forum from time to time. Thanks for the link, Urbanknight. I don't think this was the shop mentioned back then but if nothing else comes up, I'll check it out.

Thanks guys! Who is VMC? Hope he checks the forum from time to time. Thanks for the link, Urbanknight. I don't think this was the shop mentioned back then but if nothing else comes up, I'll check it out.
He's a member but I don't see him online very much. PM both him and tprevost.

Thanks Frank! I did PM him. Are we still up for Palomar on July 28-th? I guess it's kind of early to make a plan.

Olympic Powdercoating did my Fuji frame. They are GREAT !!! Turnaround time is awesome and customer service is great. Pricing was the best also. If you pics of the final product let me know.
John

Thanks Frank! I did PM him. Are we still up for Palomar on July 28-th? I guess it's kind of early to make a plan.I'm ready. Did it yesterday with jschen and Chucklehead. It was warm from Harrah's to the fork but cool and shady from then on. Descending into the valley was like entering an oven.

Olympic Powdercoating did my Fuji frame. They are GREAT !!! Turnaround time is awesome and customer service is great. Pricing was the best also. If you pics of the final product let me know.
John
Thanks a million John! I think I found them. They are based in Santa Ana.

I've used J&M Anodizing in Burbank: 818-842-5149 about a million times for work on wrought machine parts
mostly alloys 6061 and 6063

Keep in mind that anodize is only about .0005 - .001" thick (max) so it'll show any flaws on the base metal.
Also keep in mind that the parts must be non-ferrous. Meaning no iron, like pressed in bearing races and so forth. If the parts have any steel components the plater won't touch them.

If you're re-anodizing old parts you need to remove the old anodic layer. Any shop can do this for you by pickling in acid (or you can remove it mechanically by glass bead, grit blast and polishing).
Then get the parts back and glass bead or polish or whatever you're gonna do to them.

Then return to the plater and specify "anodize per mil-a-8625 type II class 2" then specify the color.
If you don't want color, just clear, specify "anodize per mil-a-8625 type II class 1". Class 2 means dyed some color, class 1 means no dye.

Also indicate any areas that must be free of racking marks and dye voids. That means any place you can see in the assembled condition.

Thanks a lot Cassave! Greatly appreciated.

most places charge by the lot size, don't forget to ask for sample parts they've done in the past to see their work.