[Healeys] Finish for Aluminum Cockpit Surround

[gradea1 at charter.net]

The concours correct method is anodizing (a matte finish-not
polished). However the plater cannot guarantee that all the blems will
go away. I spent hours polishing mine on a wheel with varying grits
and got "most' of the scratches out. You can only go so far and then
the metal gets thin and the scratches are still there. I had some real
deep ones around the door ends. Achieved 90% success-not good enough
to concours.
This guy has lots of them at auction if you wanted to practice first.
Pick the best ones. Hank

	-----------------------------------------From: "Michael Salter via
Healeys" 
To: "Harold Manifold"
Cc: "Healey List"
Sent: Saturday November 5 2022 3:00:23AM
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Finish for Aluminum Cockpit Surround

 Powder coating works well BUT I have found that it doesn't wear well
with marks and discolouration occurring particularly on the driver's
door after a while. Have also heard that suntan lotion discolours the
finish very quickly.  
 M  
 On Fri., Nov. 4, 2022, 8:52 p.m. Harold Manifold,  wrote:
  Hello, 
 What is the recommended finish for the aluminum cockpit surround? The
original anodizing wasn't in good shape and has been stripped and the
aluminum has lots of scratches and nicks from over the years. These
are the finishes I was considering: Bare polished aluminum
Re-anodizing Powder coating the same colour as anodizing 
 I was leaning towards powder coating as it may be the best at hiding
nicks and scratches. 
 Thanks... Harold 
  _______________________________________________
 Support Team.Net  [1]http://www.team.net/donate.html [2]
 Suggested annual donation $12.75

 Archive:  [3]http://www.team.net/pipermail/healeys [4] 
[5]http://autox.team.net/archive/healeys [6]

Healeys at autox.team.net
 [7]http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/healeys [8]

 Unsubscribe/Manage: 
[9]http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/healeys/michaelsalter@gmail.com
[10]

  

Links:
------
[1] http://www.team.net/donate.html
[2] http://www.team.net/donate.html
[3] http://www.team.net/pipermail/healeys
[4] http://www.team.net/pipermail/healeys
[5] http://autox.team.net/archive/healeys
[6] http://autox.team.net/archive/healeys
[7] http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/healeys
[8] http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/healeys
[9]
http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/healeys/michaelsalter@gmail.com
[10]
http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/healeys/michaelsalter@gmail.com

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://autox.team.net/pipermail/healeys/attachments/20221105/47384d20/attachment.htm>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: surround scratched.JPG
Type: image/jpeg
Size: 224953 bytes
Desc: not available
URL: <http://autox.team.net/pipermail/healeys/attachments/20221105/47384d20/attachment.jpe>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: 100 surounds NLE.jpg
Type: image/jpeg
Size: 75369 bytes
Desc: not available
URL: <http://autox.team.net/pipermail/healeys/attachments/20221105/47384d20/attachment.jpg>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: 100 surrounds.jpg
Type: image/jpeg
Size: 80149 bytes
Desc: not available
URL: <http://autox.team.net/pipermail/healeys/attachments/20221105/47384d20/attachment-0001.jpg>