Going to be treating my powerfeed body black

[aNtHrAx32]

My friend does a lot of vintage auto racing (member of CVAR, Corinthian Vintage Auto Racing, and his family owns the 1970 LeMans winning Porsche 917!!! I'll post pics after I actually take my camera to his house), and they make a lot of their replacement parts themselves. What I find interesting is that they use a chemical treatment to actually make their steel parts black (flat, powdercoat-looking black, like the teflon coating). Next time I go to his ranch, which is where they keep all their equipment and their garage, etc., we're gonna give my 'Mag body a bath to make it black (after stripping the paint off). I have a few questions:[list=1] Is there anything I should be careful about when doing this? (are there any areas that need to be masked?)
What is this process called? I could just ask him, but he doesn't get back in town until tonight...
Finally, would anyone be interested in having their Automag body (or any other STEEL body) treated too? I'd post my results first so you don't have to be a guinea pig :D[/list=1]Well, please give me some feedback on this. If it does happen to work, it is almost COMPLETELY scratch-resistant, as it does chemically alter the metal to a certain depth, and due to this chemical alteration, it is a permanent change (I guess like anodization). This'll be awesome :)

[Halliday]

I would simply be careful of making it a thin coat. I have heard of powdercoating that was applied too thick and then the body would not fit in the rail right.

I am TOTALLY interested in having my Mag black. I was just on the verge of polishing it to a chrome-look. I'd rather have black.

[aNtHrAx32]

lol, sweet. Actually, this is NOT a powdercoat, or a paint of any kind. The process is somewhat similar to anodization, which simply turns the metal black chemically, making it no thicker than it was, no thinner. I'm looking into it more as we speak by looking at parts he has done this to just to be sure it won't affect threading, or that piece inside the body that retains the bolt. If it would happen to affect them, those two areas of the body will be protected. And again, I'll sacrifice my 'Mag body for the sake of aesthetics so you don't have to :D

[Halliday]

I can wait. It's my only marker right now, so waiting till Nov/Dec is fine with me.

[aNtHrAx32]

lol... It truly is a good thing to say "Better safe than sorry." :) I'll quite possibly be going to his ranch tomorrow (he needs to do some massive repair to his Genie), so we can see about doing it then. If for some reason it doesn't work out the way we planned, I'll end up having an excuse to buy a black Micromag conversion :D

[mamasboy99]

oooo, could he do mine yellow?