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Titanium solid colour

I am new to anodizing, and using 20% sulfuric acid with water; I got light blue which is not solid, it's very transparent. What should I do for make it solid? Can anybody help me in it .

Waseem Akram
student - India
2007

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20 percent sulfuric acid sounds unnnecessarily strong and dangerous, Waseem. Milder things like coca-cola or TSP (trisodium phosphate ⇦ on eBay or Amazon [affil link] ) can be used for safer, easier, better results. The color comes from a very thin interference coating, so don't expect deep, highly saturated, solid colors. But I have read that it is possible to apply a coating that is thicker by applying more voltage and going all the way through the spectrum until you come back to blue at two wavelengths rather than one. Good luck.

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2007

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