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--></style></head><body lang=EN-AU link=blue vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>...try a spot of phosphoric acid – if it’s zinc it’ll react</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>Wednesday, 14 November 2018 3:00 PM<br><b>To: </b><a href="mailto:healey.nut@gmail.com">Alan Seigrist</a><br><b>Cc: </b><a href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net">Healey list</a><br><b>Subject: </b>Re: [Healeys] Ikea coating</p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>I'm out of town for a few days but, as I recall, the coating that I am referring to cannot be cut or peeled off with a blade. </p><div><p class=MsoNormal>When I try to cut it off it is impossible to penetrate, very like chrome or cadmium plating. I can fairly easily file through it but when I do it does not seem to peel off at all.</p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>When I get home I will try applying some heat to see how it reacts.</p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>M</p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Tue, Nov 13, 2018, 10:31 PM Alan Seigrist <<a href="mailto:healey.nut@gmail.com">healey.nut@gmail.com</a> wrote:</p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0cm'><div><p class=MsoNormal>could it be a two pack epoxy?</p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Mon, Nov 12, 2018 at 2:42 AM Michael Salter <<a href="mailto:michael.salter@gmail.com" target="_blank">michael.salter@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0cm'><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></div></div></blockquote></div></blockquote></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:9.6pt'>_______________________________________________<br>Support Team.Net <a href="http://www.team.net/donate.html" target="_blank">http://www.team.net/donate.html</a><br>Suggested annual donation $12.75<br><br>Archive: <a href="http://www.team.net/pipermail/healeys" target="_blank">http://www.team.net/pipermail/healeys</a> <a href="http://autox.team.net/archive" target="_blank">http://autox.team.net/archive</a><br><br><a href="mailto:Healeys@autox.team.net" target="_blank">Healeys@autox.team.net</a><br><a href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/healeys" target="_blank">http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/healeys</a><br><br>Unsubscribe/Manage: <a href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/healeys/healey.nut@gmail.com" target="_blank">http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/healeys/healey.nut@gmail.com</a></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>