Black Hardware

[lyosha 50]

Is black hardware made of a black metal or just coated with something?

Can someone post the wear on the hardware after a few hundred jumps?

Is it more abrasive to the white loop on the risers?

[riggerrob 643]

Ask DJ Associates.
It looks like regular carbon steel with a durable matte black coating. The black coating is more durable than the cadmium-plating on MIL SPEC hardware.

[Remster 30]

The black coating used on the RI rig I have has lasted two years with no marks.

Remster

[Squeak 17]

Remster

The black coating used on the RI rig I have has lasted two years with no marks.

Is it a hard anodising?

You are not now, nor will you ever be, good enough to not die in this sport (Sparky)
My Life ROCKS!
How's yours doing?

[lyosha 50]

Remster

The black coating used on the RI rig I have has lasted two years with no marks.

Really? That's encouraging.

Anyone with an infinity with black hardware that's seen some action already?

[diablopilot 2]

I put a couple thousand skydives on an infinity with black hardware with no noticeable wear.

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[Skydivesg 7]

lyosha

Is black hardware made of a black metal or just coated with something?

Can someone post the wear on the hardware after a few hundred jumps?

Is it more abrasive to the white loop on the risers?

400 jumps on my Vector - still looks great - no obvious wear.

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[theplummeter 15]

lyosha

***The black coating used on the RI rig I have has lasted two years with no marks.

Really? That's encouraging.

Anyone with an infinity with black hardware that's seen some action already?

I believe that Velocity - like Rigging Innovations - uses Wichard for black hardware. Other manufacturers may use them as well.

[dpreguy 14]

I think anodizing colors is only for aluminum.
Other processes are used for ferrous metals.

[sundevil777 102]

I don't think corrosion resistant steel (aka stainless steel) is considered a ferrous metal.

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[hackish 8]

sundevil777

I don't think corrosion resistant steel (aka stainless steel) is considered a ferrous metal.

dpreguy is correct in that you cannot anodize steel or stainless. Technically if it has iron in it then it's a ferrous class of metal.

The black coating is black oxide. I think for us it would be stainless hardware that's been coated. You can't just do it on zinc coated hardware so stripping then coating is a bad deal. The black oxide application itself uses a salt not an acid so hydrogen embrittlement is not an issue.

I did some of my own anodizing and oxide coating non-parachuting parts I made/machined but I gave up a few years ago as it was a messy and difficult process. Nobody wants their parts to come out blotchy!

-Michael