[Healeys] Ikea coating

[Peter & Veronica]

...try a spot of phosphoric acid – if it’s zinc it’ll react

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From: Michael Salter
Sent: Wednesday, 14 November 2018 3:00 PM
To: Alan Seigrist
Cc: Healey list
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Ikea coating

I'm out of town for a few days but,  as I recall, the coating that I am referring to cannot be cut or peeled off with a blade. 
When I try to cut it off it is impossible to penetrate,  very like chrome or cadmium plating. I  can fairly easily file through it but when I do it does not seem to peel off at all.
When I get home I will try applying some heat to see how it reacts.

M

On Tue, Nov 13, 2018, 10:31 PM Alan Seigrist <healey.nut at gmail.com wrote:
could it be a two pack epoxy?

On Mon, Nov 12, 2018 at 2:42 AM Michael Salter <michael.salter at gmail.com> wrote:
Here's a tough one.
We have some steel racks purchased from Ikea.
These racks have an unusual, very tough aluminium colour coating on them that appears to be a type of plating. It isn't powder coating as it is very thin unlike paint.
I think it would be ideal for wire wheels but cannot seem to find out what it is.
Interestingly I noticed the same coating on some bicycle handlebars today. 
Does anyone have any idea what it is?
M
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