lunsford titanium

[kaiser]

keep in mind that stainless really likes to back out on you. they are too slick and will work themselves free.

at the end of the day nothing beats black oxide steel, tougher then most and slightly grippy.

[DMAT]

These arent going onto a runner. Its a show car, otherwise id just buy the much cheaper steel ones.

[DMAT]

Thought id give an update on this.

Got the titanium set. Everything appears to be there albiet im not sure if I got the #8 screws. There are about 15 different types of screws of varying length. My only gripe is the finish is no where near what was expected. Its not polished in any such way, Not blackish like hardened steel but no where near the finish of stainless steel.

[kink]

That is normal. There is no finish to ti. It is bare natural material. Lovely it its own subtle way. If you want bling then it is not the material of choice.

[tommy2c]

Unless you get it anodized

[DMAT]

Unless you get it anodized

yea....I was really wanting a polished silver look. I'll figure something out probably.

[kink]

Maybe you should go for stainless steel or anodised alloy. Then sell your ti bits to me for a discount

Ti is not anodised because it does not need a protective surface as it does not corrode. Anodising gets scratched off anyway.

[tommy2c]

It can be though. Done a lot in the medical device industry. Pretty much all the titanium medical devices we manufacture for customers have an anodizing requirement

[jwscab]

yeah, titanium is still a reactive metal, so it will still oxidize. medical and military applications do have special coatings, ie, anodized or other coatings to protect and sometime help with dissimilar metal problems.

you can polish the bare titanium though, it will come up and shine nicely, but nowhere near chrome. Ti has it's own luster.

[kink]

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Edit: ok learned something new.

I have seen coloured ti. Back in the 1990s it was fashionable to have MTBs fitted with shocking purple ti screws. But of course it is pointless with ti as it does not need protecting, unlike aluminium. The beauty of ti is that if you scratch it you can buff it out and it leaves no marks at all. But whatever makes you happy!

[kaiser]

don't forget ti doesn't really annodize well, it kind of wipes off.