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--></style></head><body lang=EN-AU link=blue vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Perhaps zinc sprayed? I had my MG TD chassis zinc sprayed when I rebuilt it back in the 1970s</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Cheers</p><p class=MsoNormal>Peter</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Sent from <a href="https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986">Mail</a> for Windows 10</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal style='border:none;padding:0cm'><b>From: </b><a href="mailto:michael.salter@gmail.com">Michael Salter</a><br><b>Sent: </b>Monday, 12 November 2018 4:50 AM<br><b>To: </b><a href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net">healeys@autox.team.net</a><br><b>Subject: </b>[Healeys] Ikea coating</p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Here's a tough one.</p><div><p class=MsoNormal>We have some steel racks purchased from Ikea.</p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>These racks have an unusual, very tough aluminium colour coating on them that appears to be a type of plating. It isn't powder coating as it is very thin unlike paint.</p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I think it would be ideal for wire wheels but cannot seem to find out what it is.</p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Interestingly I noticed the same coating on some bicycle handlebars today. </p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Does anyone have any idea what it is?</p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal>M</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>