Just use a local plater- almost all do anodizing. As the others
mentioned the welds will look discolored after anodizing. I'm not
familiar with screen printing but we frequently electro-etch with
stencils before light colored anodizing. It does come out a little
blurry afterwards though. The sharpest appearance can be made with laser
etching. It's done after anodizing and looks best on darker color
anodizing. Here's some examples from a service we've used-
http://www.northeastlaser.com/marking_photos_ind.html
Here is a good source of info on the anodizing types and process-
http://assist.daps.dla.mil/docimages...8/77/8625F.PD6
Tom

Jim C Roberts wrote:

Greetings all,

I have a guy wanting me to custom build some parts for his show
truck. These parts will be aluminium, mostly flat or at worst will
have to have some mounting studs welded on or a little bit of roll put
into them. No bending, so I believe 6061 will fit the bill here,
correct?
Now for the big question, what all can be done with anodizing? Not
talking about a home brew kit, I will need to farm this out just
wondering who can do what? I have checked out a few web sites that
seemed to promise a whole lot, I believe one even mentioned screen
printing the anodize on. Seems a bit far fetched, anyone seen/heard
of this?

As usual, thanks in advance for any and all help in this matter,
feel free to e-mail me directly or post to the NG with
answers/criticism.

Jim C Roberts