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Anodized instrument panel

Bsquared

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Partly due to COVID related finances I downsized the panel on my 14A project to minimalist VFR. I was stressing about how to complete the panel but I am super happy with the solution I came up with. I had a local machine shop water jet cut it (he didn’t charge me) and then I had it anodized Type 2 Gray (the anodize shop did not charge me either). I did pay an engraving company $100 to lasermark the labels. You can see the results below. I would recommend this over painting any day.
 

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Looks great.
The down side to anodizing is that all of the processes are effected by fading over time from UV exposure. It varies by process used but all seem to do it to some degree.
 
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