Yet Another "Half-baked" Concept

Collapse
X
 
  • Time
  • Show
Clear All
new posts
  • Lomarandil
    Registered User
    • May 2006
    • 438

    #46
    If that comes out the nice bronzish color some of the blacks have been.. ooh baby..

    Lo

    Comment

    • Zone Drifter
      Here and there...

      • Mar 2007
      • 541

      #47
      Well, After an hour in the oven i looked at the parts and noticed not a single hint of discoloration. The x valve, ule body and intelliframe all stayed black. I decided to give it a rest and take the parts out. One good thing though, is that baking my parts sure cleaned them up real nice! XD

      Comment

      • trevorjk
        <S>WooLooLoo</S>
        • Dec 2002
        • 4324

        #48
        Originally posted by Zone Drifter
        Well, After an hour in the oven i looked at the parts and noticed not a single hint of discoloration. The x valve, ule body and intelliframe all stayed black. I decided to give it a rest and take the parts out. One good thing though, is that baking my parts sure cleaned them up real nice! XD

        can we tell our wives/girlfriends that we now now how to cook?
        t33kyboy "So if a cat is dropped from 11 inches, it will most likely die."

        Comment

        • Rudz
          Registered User

          • Apr 2005
          • 5087

          #49
          Originally posted by Zone Drifter
          Well, After an hour in the oven i looked at the parts and noticed not a single hint of discoloration. The x valve, ule body and intelliframe all stayed black. I decided to give it a rest and take the parts out. One good thing though, is that baking my parts sure cleaned them up real nice! XD

          so basically that this does not work for agd products, because...quality? lol
          BEO MAFIA
          sigpic

          Comment

          • ProblemKinder
            Colossians 3:8
            • Aug 2006
            • 861

            #50
            Originally posted by SR_matt
            the pieces that hold back pressure dont have to be very thick at all, and if they do get weakened it wont have a catastrophic failure. a friend tried to get some cocker bodies machined from scratch that were very light and milled, the bodies came out to thin in some places and they got small tiny leaks in them nothing very dangerous.

            this process if anything might make the reservoirs be stronger since by lowering the temper of the metal they can move more before breaking

            -matt
            i agree, it may actually make the material slightly more ductile, reducing the chances of any kind of brittle fracture. not that the chances of brittle fracture are any higher than like one in a million. but whatever. i think it's safe.

            then again, i could be wrong.

            Comment

            • LegumeOfTerror
              Chris The Almighty
              • Nov 2003
              • 379

              #51
              im willing to bet some kid was trying to melt loc-tite in some threading and ended up with this. pretty neat though.
              MY MAG, Ultra Jim
              -----------------
              ULE Body
              Lvl 10
              Classic Valve
              ULT on/off valve
              DYE Xcel Barrel
              Quick Disconnect Thingies on the valve
              88ci 3000psi Fixed Nitrogen System
              Drop
              12 Volt Revy

              Comment

              • Warwitch
                Resident Skeptic

                • May 2006
                • 3176

                #52
                Originally posted by Zone Drifter
                Well, After an hour in the oven i looked at the parts and noticed not a single hint of discoloration. The x valve, ule body and intelliframe all stayed black. I decided to give it a rest and take the parts out. One good thing though, is that baking my parts sure cleaned them up real nice! XD


                Im guessing that better alum and better ano will require longer baking times. I base this theory on absolutely nothing.

                Comment

                • House of Daggers
                  Registered User
                  • Aug 2007
                  • 11

                  #53
                  I'll throw in my green Spyder some time and see how that comes out. And if it looks like crap, its just a Spyder.

                  I can only think of one thing going wrong with the barrels. It may mess with how smooth the bore is.

                  Comment

                  • Zone Drifter
                    Here and there...

                    • Mar 2007
                    • 541

                    #54
                    Originally posted by Warwitch
                    Im guessing that better alum and better ano will require longer baking times. I base this theory on absolutely nothing.
                    True story there. I don't think i'll bother with my mag stuff anymore though. I would much rather pay to get the ano and have a nice smooth finish. Baking them tends to dry out the finish, making it less smooth. (duh)

                    Originally posted by rudz
                    so basically that this does not work for agd products, because...quality? lol
                    EXACTLY what I thought when I took them out of the oven.

                    I have a black bushmaster coming in the mail that I won cheap off ebay, so I might throw that in and see what happens. I mean, if AGD stuff doesnt bake well, then I'm not going to even try. Quality counts.
                    Last edited by Zone Drifter; 12-08-2007, 10:08 AM.

                    Comment

                    • luke
                      lukescustoms.com

                      • Jan 2001
                      • 8211

                      #55
                      Originally posted by rudz
                      so basically that this does not work for agd products, because...quality? lol
                      Whos to say that all grades of aluminum react the same after they are heated...

                      Comment

                      • jade_monkey07
                        Cheater Tac one
                        • Dec 2006
                        • 984

                        #56
                        the only notable diffirence with my stock tac barrel was in the threads it turned a dark redish but that was after 3 hours
                        Originally posted by luke
                        Whos to say that all grades of aluminum react the same after they are heated...

                        Comment

                        • snoopay700
                          Serious About Men

                          • Jan 2006
                          • 3071

                          #57
                          Originally posted by Warwitch
                          Im guessing that better alum and better ano will require longer baking times. I base this theory on absolutely nothing.
                          Those are always the best theories, like my theory that it didn't change because of the use of babie blood in AGD products (why do you think the red x-valves are harder to find, those have EXTRA blood).

                          Honestly though, i don't see why anyone would do this with something they paid a lot of money for, like that ego in the pbnation thread.
                          Il n'y a point de sots si incommodes que ceux qui ont de l'esprit.

                          Comment

                          • SkinnyHare
                            Dispensing 30mm hate.
                            • Dec 2007
                            • 315

                            #58
                            i poked through that entire thread and only found a handful that looked good. im not about to turn one of my classic RTs into a burnt offering to the paintball gods. however, i did find this little gem on page 2.

                            Last edited by SkinnyHare; 02-09-2008, 07:53 PM.

                            Comment

                            • RRfireblade

                              • Jun 2002
                              • 5103

                              #59
                              Hmm , makes all your new stuff look old and worn out. Cool.

                              I'd have to say it's going to weaken the metal significantly , especially if allowed to cool 'slowly' back to room temperature.

                              I'm basing this on the fact that all types of tempering involves the opposite process. Also , Cryo treating has shown to also have significant effects of strengthening metal , particularly Alu. Again , precisely the oppose of baking.

                              Seems like it should kill the ALU quite nicely.

                              IMO.
                              Logic Paintball Forums
                              My A O Feedback Here
                              Other Feedback Here
                              If I've Been Any help
                              Please Leave Some. :)

                              Comment

                              • BAZOOKA_Boy
                                Anodizer

                                • Jun 2007
                                • 227

                                #60
                                that and the fact that it removes any colorfastness to the dyes, so as soon as you play all summer with one of your guns, it may fade from brown to pee green to clear eventually, very bad idea, aside from the fact that you are harming the actual gun itself.

                                Comment

                                Working...