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<p>"... <b> just buy a quality one from Moss or other vendors"</b></p>
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.<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 10/22/2018 7:11 AM, Curtis Arndt
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<div dir="ltr">Steve and Fellow Listers,
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<div>There are two great vendors in the US.</div>
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<div>Maxwell Enamels, Vista, CA...</div>
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<div><a
href="http://www.maxwellenamels.com/Home_Page.html"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">http://www.maxwellenamels.com/Home_Page.html</a> </div>
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<div>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).</div>
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<div><b>She is expensive, and for most badges just buy
a quality one from Moss or other vendors.</b></div>
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<div>Moss Motors has a very nice one for $134.00,
$239.99 for MKII badges and $249.99 for MKIII
badges... Less on sale. </div>
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<div>Expect to pay $250-$350 plus to have your
original restored.</div>
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<div><a
href="https://mossmotors.com/badge-austin-healey-wings?assoc=6725"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">https://mossmotors.com/badge-austin-healey-wings?assoc=6725</a></div>
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<div><a
href="https://mossmotors.com/badge-austin-healey-mk-ii?assoc=7568"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">https://mossmotors.com/badge-austin-healey-mk-ii?assoc=7568</a><br>
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<div><a
href="https://mossmotors.com/badge-austin-healey-mk-iii?assoc=7569"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">https://mossmotors.com/badge-austin-healey-mk-iii?assoc=7569</a><br>
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<div>The other vendor is Emblemagic in Grand River,
OH...</div>
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<div><a href="http://emblemagic.com/" target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">http://emblemagic.com/</a><br>
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<div>Ray Geschke is the owner, and also very
knowledgeable.</div>
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<div>Cheers,</div>
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<div>Curt</div>
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<div dir="ltr">On Mon, Oct 22, 2018 at 3:49 AM BJ8Healeys <<a
href="mailto:sbyers@ec.rr.com" target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">sbyers@ec.rr.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans
MS";color:#002060">There still seems to be some
confusion between the <u>type of construction</u> of
the badge and the <u>material</u> that is in the
colored part.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans
MS";color:#002060">Cloisonné and champlevé are
jewelers' terms that refer to how the badge is
constructed, while the red material is either
"vitreous enamel" or paint.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans
MS";color:#002060"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans
MS";color:#002060">From the Merriam-Webster
dictionary:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans
MS";color:#002060">Definition of <i>cloisonné (adjective)</i></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans
MS";color:#002060">: </span></b><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans
MS";color:#002060">of, relating to, or being a
style of enamel decoration in which the enamel is
applied and fired in <u>raised</u> cells (as of
soldered wires) on a usually metal background —
compare <a
href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/champlev%C3%A9"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">champlevé</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans
MS";color:#002060">Definition of <i>champlevé
(adjective) </i></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans
MS";color:#002060">: </span></b><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans
MS";color:#002060">of, relating to, or being a
style of enamel decoration in which the enamel is
applied and fired in cells <u>depressed</u> (as by
incising) into a metal background — compare <a
href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cloisonn%C3%A9"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">cloisonné</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans
MS";color:#002060"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans
MS";color:#002060">Definition of <i>vitreous
enamel (noun) </i></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans
MS";color:#002060">: </span></b><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans
MS";color:#002060">a fired-on opaque glassy
coating on steel or other metals </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans
MS";color:#002060">— called also porcelain enamel
</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans
MS";color:#002060"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans
MS";color:#002060">Based on these definitions,
the BJ7/BJ8 badge <u>construction</u> is champlevé,
while the red <u>material</u> is vitreous enamel or
paint. Some have claimed that their badge never had
either material but were plain chrome.</span></p>
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style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans
MS";color:#002060"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans
MS";color:#002060"> </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans
MS";color:#002060">Steve Byers</span><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#002060"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans
MS";color:#002060">HBJ8L/36666</span><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#002060"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans
MS";color:#002060">BJ8 Registry</span><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#002060"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans
MS";color:#002060">AHCA Delegate at Large</span><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#002060"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans
MS";color:#002060">Havelock, NC </span><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#002060"></span></p>
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