[Healeys] BT7 Grille

Charlie Baldwin mgcharlie at comcast.net
Wed Jun 6 06:55:55 MDT 2012


John,
Here is the info I got from my friend who just went through this with a 
Mk. II BT7 grille with vertical slats:

I tried polishing mine and I got no where.  I talked to M and Z
Anodizing in Dallastown (PA) and he told me you have to strip it first.  So I
left it there and they stripped it. That made it so much easier to
polish.  I used a 220 on the fine stone chips and then a 400 and then a
600 on entire slats. Then I buffed with red scotchbrite. I got a little
more of a satin finish than the original finish.  The anodizer said that
if they were buffed to a higher degree, the finish would be that way also.
They used a silver clear type finish on mine. If the
grill is in great shape I believe he could just use a clear on it.  I
didn't take mine apart other than replacing a couple of dented slats
with some off a grill I got at Carlisle.
I saw some guys said they were chrome plated slats.  My anodizer said
they weren't, he said they are anodized.  Maybe some Healeys were chrome
I am happy with my finish, maybe concours won't be?  I didn't spend $400 and send it to CA
like some guys either. Del said LiBrandi's told him $1,400 to chrome it





On 6/5/2012 9:47 PM, john spaur wrote:
> The vertical grill slats are aluminum. How are people refinishing the 
> grille? Is buffing a good option? What is the quality of the new 
> grilles from Moss?
>
> Thanks,
> John
> BT7
> _______________________________________________

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