Light gathering surfaces enrich colors and add depth. Tube bending Soft tubing may need fine sand as a filler to support tightly curved forms. Ti Balls Solid grade 5 titanium balls.
Heat coloring Titanium can be heat colored with a small torch or kiln.
Ore reserves are found in Canada, Brazil, Nigeria, Zaire and Russia. Niobium is so slow to work harden annealing is not necessary for most applications. Findings can be fusion welded with Sparkie welders. Highly formable, very colorable via anodizing, this is the most popular of the reactive metals. Our niobium is custom processed for us, annealed and straightened.