If I had a camera, I'd take a piece of our aluminum sheet metal with the anno finish, and show you the difference, or lack of.

My educated opinion is backed by 7 years of working with metal as a welder/fabricator, and about 12 years of paintballing, where EVERYTHING is anodized, and just about everyone strips/re-anno's their equipment. Its anodized for sure, I'll say that 100%, the surface finish on the part is where I'm not 100% certain.

You want technical? Aim for a 10-16 Ra finish before anodizing, but you don't havea finish comparator, so you're probalby SOL there. You'll have to talk to the anodizer about what you have in mind for the actual anodizing. The anodized finish will vary depending on which grade of aluminum you're using, and how long it sits in the tank, so theres a lot of variables. I'd expect a professional anodizing shop to have samples.. check into that.

 

I just checked it is actually anodized and powdercoated unobtanium.

 

Ha.

I love useless information.

I know more factual stuff that will never apply to anything, but can't do anything beyond basic math. With exception to some Trig. I was always good at trig...

 

im 99% sure its brushed anodized aluminum.

i work for a company called bang & olufsen that some of you may have heard of. we sell very high-end home audio systems, but we also make optional audio systems for the S8, R8, S5, etc.

anyway, one of the main things we do is make speaker cabinets in anodized aluminum. because the company is so good at it, B&O has been used as a supplier for many audi trim pieces. B&O also makes brake calipers for lamborghini.

all of this stuff is anodized aluminum (its aluminum that gets chemically hardened to be like steel) with a machine-brushed finish.

 

No, you are mistaken. Unobtanium is what Ironman made his suit out of.

 

Thanks for this info. You seem to have provided the most believable scenario as to what the deal may be with the TT trim pieces.

For what it's worth the aluminum I'm using is 6061-T651 aluminum.

If there are any additional posts/info you feel may help, I appreciate it!