Two part question here,
I want to make my orgs robots have what the youth call ‘drip’.
(Edit: I have seen previous threads but most are about having a professional do it)
I would defiantly agree with how you mentioned previous threads with having professionals do anodizing. I haven’t done any anodizing of vex parts but I looked into it a few months ago and the steps it would take to do it yourself is high and time consuming.
For painting its another topic, we painted some aluminium a few years back and to this day it’s still working well (we use it as a business card holder). How I paint any type of metal at least, is with a Rust-Oleum spray paint on a surface that was scuffed up with Scotch Brite,
Yeah, I’ve taught chemical work in the past so it wouldn’t be too new for me but apparently acid is “not safe to touch”.
Yes my robot is pink : ) Originally i wanted the entire robot pink but i think i like having pink accents better, so standoffs rubber bands and other random little parts are pink, you can see my robot on instagram if you want (@/36830k). I simply spray painted the metal and sealed it with a mod podge spray. The plastic parts- gears, wheels, sprockets- we dyed black since we obviously cant dye them a lighter color lol.
oh- i used krylon fusion spray paint and ritdye for synthetics.