This is great! A lot of people talk about it being possible to anodize parts yourself, but no one seems to know how. Thanks a million for finally putting it in black and white. I'll bet there will be a lot of mad scientists out there trying this on their parts. There are so many parts that don't come in the right color, and the ones that are colored are usually blue, purple, or red. With the number of colors that Rit makes, and the fact that you can mix them to get custom colors (and you can always save the dye solution for later use with the same color - just remember the length of time that you left parts in before) this opens up a lot of new ideas!

I've heard that some folks have tried 'home brewed' anodizing before and the parts didn't come out as shiny as what you get off the shelf. Does this process make them look shiny like what you can buy at the store? Or were these folks possibly doing something wrong to get a dull finish?