[Healeys] Restoring Lucas L594 Lens

[i erbs]

I have two red behive lenses and the red is in fact peeling off.

Ira Erbs
1959 AH 100-6
1967 MGB
Milwaukie, OR

On Sat, Feb 5, 2022, 3:12 PM Perry Small via Healeys <healeys at autox.team.net>
wrote:

> Harold
> After seeing Marks response I reread your email. The Lucas red lens were
> made of red glass not coated. True, the red color varies.
> Photo attached.
> Perry
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> Harold,
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> Your comment about the colour ‘peeling off’ puzzles me.
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> I agree that the red beehive lens does come in a small variety of shades –
> some quite dark – but mine are all red glass right through.  *No red
> coating*.
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> Mark
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> Ardmore
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> NZ
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> *From:* Harold Manifold <manifold at telus.net>
> *Sent:* Saturday, 5 February 2022 2:49 PM
> *To:* Ken Fleming via Healeys <healeys at autox.team.net>
> *Subject:* [Healeys] Restoring Lucas L594 Lens
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> Hello,
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> I have 4 red original glass Lucas L594 Red Beehive tail light lens.
> Unfortunately no two match. The colour is either different, faded or
> starting to peel off.
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> Has anyone has good success stripping the old red and then recoating with
> a new red?
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> I know you can buy new but these are original and I would like to reuse
> them. Any tips or suggestions are appreciated. What type of coating is
> recommended.
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> Thanks….. Harold
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> Sent from my iPhone
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