[Healeys] Paint type and color

[Bob Spidell]

"... *just buy a quality one from Moss or other vendors"*

FWIW, I've bought several from different vendors--including Moss 
IIRC--and, as someone pointed out, the coloring (enamel, paint, 
whatever) doesn't last because it was applied to chrome.
**

On 10/22/2018 7:11 AM, Curtis Arndt wrote:
> Steve and Fellow Listers,
>
> There are two great vendors in the US.
>
> Maxwell Enamels, Vista, CA...
>
> http://www.maxwellenamels.com/Home_Page.html
>
> I am a friend of the owner Karla Maxwell (25 years) and she has done 
> work for me an I have done work for her (Bakelite restoration).
>
> *She is expensive, and for most badges just buy a quality one from 
> Moss or other vendors.*
>
> Moss Motors has a very nice one for $134.00, $239.99 for MKII badges 
> and $249.99 for MKIII badges... Less on sale.
>
> Expect to pay $250-$350 plus to have your original restored.
>
> https://mossmotors.com/badge-austin-healey-wings?assoc=6725
>
> https://mossmotors.com/badge-austin-healey-mk-ii?assoc=7568
>
> https://mossmotors.com/badge-austin-healey-mk-iii?assoc=7569
>
> The other vendor is Emblemagic in Grand River, OH...
>
> http://emblemagic.com/
>
> Ray Geschke is the owner, and also very knowledgeable.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Curt
>
> On Mon, Oct 22, 2018 at 3:49 AM BJ8Healeys <sbyers at ec.rr.com 
> <mailto:sbyers at ec.rr.com>> wrote:
>
>     There still seems to be some confusion between the _type of
>     construction_ of the badge and the _material_ that is in the
>     colored part.
>
>     Cloisonné and champlevé are jewelers' terms that refer to how the
>     badge is constructed, while the red material is either "vitreous
>     enamel" or paint.
>
>     From the Merriam-Webster dictionary:
>
>     *Definition of /cloisonné (adjective)/*
>
>     *: *of, relating to, or being a style of enamel decoration in
>     which the enamel is applied and fired in _raised_ cells (as of
>     soldered wires) on a usually metal background — compare champlevé
>     <https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/champlev%C3%A9>
>
>     *Definition of /champlevé (adjective) /*
>
>     *: *of, relating to, or being a style of enamel decoration in
>     which the enamel is applied and fired in cells _depressed_ (as by
>     incising) into a metal background — compare cloisonné
>     <https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cloisonn%C3%A9>
>
>     *Definition of /vitreous enamel (noun) /*
>
>     *: *a fired-on opaque glassy coating on steel or other metals
>
>     — called also porcelain enamel
>
>     Based on these definitions, the BJ7/BJ8 badge _construction_ is
>     champlevé, while the red _material_ is vitreous enamel or paint. 
>     Some have claimed that their badge never had either material but
>     were plain chrome.
>
>     Steve Byers
>
>     HBJ8L/36666
>
>     BJ8 Registry
>
>     AHCA Delegate at Large
>
>     Havelock, NC
>
>

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