im reporting this offtopic post. LMAO! Powder coating can be done on ANY metal that is cleaned and prepped like you would for paint. The powder is actually finely ground particles of platic. It gets sprayed on and adheres to the piece you are working with via static electricity, much like dust on your tv screen. Then it gets baked in an oven or under massive heat lamps to fuse all the particles together. Powder coating is scratch and corrosion resistant. Powders also come in metallics, candies, chrome like finishes, pretty much any and every color.

Anodizing like I said in the first page controllably corrodes the surface of aluminum creating aluminum oxide which is MUCH HARDER than aluminum itself. The aluminum oxide can be dyed any color for appearance purposes and the layer of corrosion can be adjusted for color intake or hardness. As you notice in my pics, the anodized parts are 'translucent' instead of a solid color allowing you to see any imperfections in the metal (bad part and why metal prepping is so crucial), but it also allows you to see the grain and milling of the pieces (which looks cool IMO). Two totally different looks. ANODIZING is for ALUMINUM ONLY. BTW, you can make anodized aluminum look polished (the gold kick start lever) or flat (no pics of that) by either polishing the piece before hand or applying different finishes to it like 'brushing'.