<VV> Powdercoating Magnesium (No direct Corvair)

[Bill Elliott]

I'm no expert on Ferraris or magnesium, but my guess would be "yes".

I did talk to a powdercoating guy today at Carlilse. His take was "sure" they can powercoat them...but when I mentioned they were finished in an old "chrome 
salt" (I thought), he asked me to describe them. He then said the chrome salt finish was still protecting them and that he would not strip it off... that I was better 
off just painting over it if I didn't like how it looked....

Bill Elliott

On Fri, 1 Oct 2004 13:41:30 -0400, Sadek Charles H DLVA wrote:

>Are the Ferrari racing wheels of the 60s that are "gold" (1) made of
>magnesium?  And have that gold-colored finish; (2) are they finished in what
>is called "Chrome salt"?