[Healeys] Valve Cover badge

[Randy Hicks]

Michael, I had 2 badges for my 9 fin calve covers sone in the UK by:

Pamela David Enamels
http://badgecraft.co.uk

Excellent work, but can take a while if busy. Curt is correct, it is not cloisonné, but red enamel.

I can send photos if you want. They made a mold from one of mine so they reproduce from scratch.

Randy Hicks


> On Jul 1, 2024, at 2:32 PM, Curtis Arndt <cnaarndt at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Michael,
> 
> First of all, the original badge was not chrome plated, it was nickel plated only over the base metal which is copper. 
> 
> Secondly, the badge is NOT Cloisonne, it is red enamel.
> 
> My original badge was restored by Karla Maxwell of Maxwell Enamels in Vista, CA. Karla is a personal friend, lives 5 miles from me and is in high demand from Pebble Beach restorers. She is also not inexpensive.
> Maxwell Enamels | Emblem Restoration <https://maxwellenamels.com/>
> 
> Let me see if I can contact her to see if your badge can be re-plated without damaging the red enamel.
> 
> As an alternative, Jim Smalley found an artisan in England who was making perfect reproductions of these badges for the same price I paid Karla to restore my original [$500 USD]; however, my copper base required laser welding to fill in several gouges which upped the price.
> 
> The fifth attached photo of three badges are these reproductions.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Curtis
> 
> On Mon, Jul 1, 2024 at 9:57 AM Michael Oritt <michael.oritt at gmail.com <mailto:michael.oritt at gmail.com>> wrote:
> Please see the two attached pics showing first, how the badge on my early aftermet finned valve cover should look and second, how mine appears.  The cloisonne is in good condition but the chrome plating is gone.
> 
> Can the badge be replated without destroying the cloisonne and if so does anyone have a recommendation for where I might get this work done?
> 
> Best--Michael Oritt
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