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Printed From: Tippmann Paintball
Category: Paintball Equipment
Forum Name: Upgrades and Customizing
Forum Description: Trick it out!
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Topic: question
Posted By: llama
Subject: question
Date Posted: 07 October 2004 at 6:45pm
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im pondering over what to do with the exterior of my tippy. i was thinking during school what it would look like if u polished the outside of ur gun and made it like a mirror? but it might rust. so if any one has seen the new doritos(chips) the bag color looks like a realy cool color for a 98c. and was also wonderin if u could put a clearcoat over the polished thingy and maybe/hopefully keep it from rustin thanks ive gota go eat so *edit* the color of the chip bag is kind of a shiny charcole color |
j/k my mom makes good food
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Posted By: sugarfree
Date Posted: 07 October 2004 at 6:47pm
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Welcome to the forum. You could polish your gun, and I dont think it will rust. Ask enos about it, he has a polished pro-carbine and it looks great. ------------- Signatures are **edited** |
Posted By: triggerhappy1
Date Posted: 07 October 2004 at 7:22pm
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polishishing it wont make it mirror shiny, it dosent look that good too. the reciver halves are aluminum which will never rust.
to make it mirror shiny, you could try powdercoating in chrome. but im not sure if it would stick. ------------- 
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Posted By: Bigomondis104
Date Posted: 07 October 2004 at 7:25pm
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ya anodizing a tippmann wont work cuz it is made of aluminum and the other guns i guess r made of stainless steel. the problem is that the anodize wont penitrate the pore of the metal and wont stick. but you could always spray paint it. its up to u. ------------- 98 custom e-bolt low pressure kit dye drop forward 68ci 3000psi glass fiber tank halo b 10" custom products barrel double finger trigger vertical feed |
Posted By: ncbbh88
Date Posted: 07 October 2004 at 7:43pm
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call me stupid but i thought anodizing was meant for aluminum guns like cockers and mags and such? ------------- http://img203.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img203&image=kerrypyle0nt.jpg"> 
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Posted By: POON
Date Posted: 07 October 2004 at 8:30pm
| The stock black paint on a 98c is a powdercoat, therfore, you should get a chrome powdercoat, also, you CAN polish your 98 and make it look like a mirror, go to model98.net, and look around there is instructions on how to make it like a mirror, also, jin the forum, its sweet. |
Posted By: SnakeEyes
Date Posted: 07 October 2004 at 11:41pm
Ummmmmmm, where did you get your facts from? Anodizing is designed for aluminums, and is the prefered surface finish for aluminum. I have never dealt with anodizing a cast aluminum or seen it such as on a Tippmann, but I have had many machined parts anodized for my job and it's about the best surface finish you can get. Very durable, resists corrosion very well and doesn't break down easily. ------------- Which falls faster, a lead ball or your IQ after reading some of these posts? http://www.pennstatepaintball.com" rel="nofollow - PSU Paintball |
Bigomondis104 wrote:Posted By: SnakeEyes
Date Posted: 07 October 2004 at 11:45pm
Chrome isn't powdercoat. Chrome is a chemical mixture of a chromium ion suspended in a solution that is electroplated onto a surface by switching out surface atoms of a material for the chromium. Powder coating uses an ionized "paint" that is then baked on to for a clean, hard, smooth surface. *EDIT* Upon researching the topic, I actually found out that someone developed a "chrome powder coat" I am not sure if it's still the same sway of atom ions, but it appears to be just as viable a solution to traditional chroming. Cool. ------------- Which falls faster, a lead ball or your IQ after reading some of these posts? http://www.pennstatepaintball.com" rel="nofollow - PSU Paintball |
Posted By: evil_fingers
Date Posted: 08 October 2004 at 3:23am
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You can chrome plate the exterior of any marker and it wouldnt hinder the performance at all....but, its gonna cost you big bucks, if thats what yer asking about. ------------- Do not steal....the government hates competition! 
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Posted By: llama
Date Posted: 10 October 2004 at 10:43am
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k thanks and a 98 is made out of like 5or 6 different metals thats y u cant weld on a tippy cause some of the metals will melt and the rest will just crumble. i dont no about anoing cause i dont no how it work P.S. im gona polish down the part on the rear grip so wear if it doesnt look like i want it to it wont matter cause ill have my grips over it |
Posted By: Boydster
Date Posted: 10 October 2004 at 12:09pm
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I've seen a Tippmann that has been stripped of it's paint and it does NOT look good. Please scratch that idea. If you do anything, paint it or anodize it if this turns out to be possible. ------------- Video: http://pbvids.gamesxposed.com/files1/RTP.1116548567.wmv - My Automag RT Pro ::: http://boydsters-pics.mypicgallery.com/ - My Gallery ::: |
Posted By: SnakeEyes
Date Posted: 10 October 2004 at 12:22pm
Huh? The body is only one type of metal, and that is cast aluminum, which you can definitely weld if you take care. I know, I have done it many times before. ------------- Which falls faster, a lead ball or your IQ after reading some of these posts? http://www.pennstatepaintball.com" rel="nofollow - PSU Paintball |
Posted By: llama
Date Posted: 10 October 2004 at 12:25pm
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well maybe they didnt polish it. im not just stripping the powder coat im polishing it ill post pics when im done |
Posted By: Boydster
Date Posted: 10 October 2004 at 5:50pm
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Oh, ok. Go for it then. ------------- Video: http://pbvids.gamesxposed.com/files1/RTP.1116548567.wmv - My Automag RT Pro ::: http://boydsters-pics.mypicgallery.com/ - My Gallery ::: |
Posted By: maroon out
Date Posted: 10 October 2004 at 6:01pm
Cast aluminum = Allow of aluminum, magnesium, zinc, tin, and various other metals. And since tin has a melting point of 230* C, zinc has a melting point of 430* C, megnesium has a melting point of 650* C, and aluminum has a melting point of 660 *C, I don't see how you could possibly weld it. ------------- Watch your thoughts they become words Watch your words they become actions Watch your actions they become habits Watch your habits they become character Watch your character it becomes your destin |
Posted By: SnakeEyes
Date Posted: 10 October 2004 at 6:52pm
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What do you think 6061 or 7075 Aluminum is? It's just a different combination of Aluminum, Tin, Bronze, etc. There is no such thing as pure aluminum being used in production parts such as paintball guns or anywhere else. It's too soft, and doesn't have any wear or fatigue properties. All Aluminum is an alloy, just like Steel and most every other metal used in production.
If Aluminum isn't weldable, then how did I create my vert feed, or how did Milkman make his Warp Feed attachment, or Mike Barch have his vert feed? You can weld it, and you can easily weld it if you know what you are doing. ------------- Which falls faster, a lead ball or your IQ after reading some of these posts? http://www.pennstatepaintball.com" rel="nofollow - PSU Paintball |
Posted By: slacker guy
Date Posted: 10 October 2004 at 8:15pm
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well if u play woods ball shiny is not a good idea try a flat camo
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Posted By: maroon out
Date Posted: 10 October 2004 at 8:35pm
How do you weld an alloy that has that big of a difference in melting tempatures? I don't see how it would work. ------------- Watch your thoughts they become words Watch your words they become actions Watch your actions they become habits Watch your habits they become character Watch your character it becomes your destin |
Posted By: SnakeEyes
Date Posted: 10 October 2004 at 8:54pm
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Well do you agree that aluminum can be welded? Haven't you seen it before?
The reason why you can weld an alloy with so many varying melting temperatures is because there is no distinct line between where each element ends and the next begins. When you alloy a metal, things occur on molecular levels that change the metal. When you alloy tin, copper, nickle, etc into pure aluminum the molecular structure changes. The metal no longer behaves like pure aluminum, it acts as a whole. When you weld it, some of those lower melting point metals will vaporize out of the weld pool and be replaced by what ever filler aluminum is present. That is the short answer to an infinitely long question. There is a ton more going on in there that I either don't care to go into or don't remember enough of from my material science classes to put in here. But aluminum is entirely weldable, otherwise we wouldn't have torpedoes, automobiles, space shuttles, high performance bicycles, motorcycles, etc etc etc. ------------- Which falls faster, a lead ball or your IQ after reading some of these posts? http://www.pennstatepaintball.com" rel="nofollow - PSU Paintball |
Posted By: maroon out
Date Posted: 10 October 2004 at 9:18pm
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So basically, an alloy will have its own melting temperature as a whole, instead of all the metals melting at different temperatures? ------------- Watch your thoughts they become words Watch your words they become actions Watch your actions they become habits Watch your habits they become character Watch your character it becomes your destin |
Posted By: Boydster
Date Posted: 10 October 2004 at 9:23pm
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Yep. If what SnakeEyes is saying is true, that's correct. ------------- Video: http://pbvids.gamesxposed.com/files1/RTP.1116548567.wmv - My Automag RT Pro ::: http://boydsters-pics.mypicgallery.com/ - My Gallery ::: |
Posted By: SnakeEyes
Date Posted: 10 October 2004 at 9:25pm
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For the most part, yes. Same as how Steel which is an alloy of iron melts at a different temp than iron, the differnt alloys of aluminum will melt at slightly different temperatures. What you must keep in mind is that alloying content of Aluminum is on the range of .01 to 1% normally. It is a very tiny portion of the actual metal stock.
Check this website here for more exact alloy percentages. http://www.comalco.com/freedom.aspx?pid=524 - http://www.comalco.com/freedom.aspx?pid=524 And keep in mind, all those 0.15 and 0.40 are actual percentages meaning that 0.15 mean that out of the whole total weight of an alloy 0.15% of the weight is attributed to that one element. ------------- Which falls faster, a lead ball or your IQ after reading some of these posts? http://www.pennstatepaintball.com" rel="nofollow - PSU Paintball |
Posted By: ncbbh88
Date Posted: 21 October 2004 at 6:22pm
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couldent have said it betterPosted By: 1manteam98
Date Posted: 21 October 2004 at 7:40pm
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i think u should try to use a clear coat over the polish job
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