We got the first of the aluminium prototypes polished, and while the finish was initially really good, it scratched too easily. We thought brushing the aluminium would help, but there was the same problem.
Anodising was a possibility and give some nice colour options, like on a drinks bottle or climbing carabiner. Once again however, it is not really robust enough. Hard anodising is tougher but you loose the colour options. - It just tends to be a drab grey / brown or black.
Then we found about a process called Diamondyze, offered in the UK by Camcoat's Poyton facility. There are some more details of the process in this Techline brouchure.
Here is a photograph of some samples Camcoat sent us.
Now all we have to do is decide on the colour.
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