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Don Meredith
(donmeredith) - F

Locale: SouthEast
High Visibility Stakes on 05/21/2010 12:09:19 MDT Print View

I just got some stakes back from being ceramic coated in yellow to make them more visible. (MSR Groundhogs, MSR Needle & titanium J-stakes) I don't see the orange that you typically get very well because of a slight red/green colorblindness. I've also noticed that it comes off eventually. The ceramic should stay on very well and is more visible to me. I'm looking forward to giving them a shot in the field.

The guy that did these typically does work in the cycling industry. That's actually how I found him. I've used his coated gears and so far I'm impressed.

stakes

Don Meredith

lightpack.blogspot.com
Greg Mihalik
(greg23) - M

Locale: Colorado
Re: High Visibility Stakes on 05/21/2010 12:21:50 MDT Print View

Way Cool!

Other Colors?

Baked On?
Electro-Coated?
PFM?
Roger Caffin
(rcaffin) - BPL Staff - MLife

Locale: Wollemi & Kosciusko NPs, Europe
Re: High Visibility Stakes on 05/21/2010 16:55:36 MDT Print View

Blimey!

I wonder what the ceramic coating does as far as bonding to ice goes? Better or worse than Titanium?

Cheers

Edited by rcaffin on 05/21/2010 16:56:27 MDT.
Tony Beasley
(tbeasley) - MLife

Locale: Pigeon House Mt from the Castle
Re: Re: High Visibility Stakes on 05/21/2010 17:30:58 MDT Print View

Hi Roger,

They look like they have been coated by Titanium Nitride

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titanium_nitride

Very hard stuff, and yes it interesting how they bond to ice.

Tony

Edited by tbeasley on 05/21/2010 17:31:59 MDT.
Roger Caffin
(rcaffin) - BPL Staff - MLife

Locale: Wollemi & Kosciusko NPs, Europe
Re: Re: Re: High Visibility Stakes on 05/21/2010 21:19:41 MDT Print View

Hi Tony

> They look like they have been coated by Titanium Nitride
Yeah, could be. I do have a vacuum pump, but I think the process may a bit too much to do at home ... :-)

Cheers
Don Meredith
(donmeredith) - F

Locale: SouthEast
High Visibility Stakes on 05/21/2010 21:38:29 MDT Print View

Its definitely not Titanium Nitride. All kinds of colors are available. I chose yellow to get them to stand out, of course. The guy that did the work for me is RD at

Shawnee Trail Performance Coating

. He's a great guy and loves to experiment. I think this is very similar to the ceramic coating you see on the cookware recently... forget who's offering that. We've discussed trying to coat a pot or two but I haven't sent one off for him to coat yet. If you're curious you should shoot RD an email and chat tech with him. He loves it.

Don Meredith

lightpack.blogspot.com

Edited by donmeredith on 05/21/2010 21:40:30 MDT.