<VV> milky stain

[Rick Norris]

Eastwood has a chemical that will remove anodizing.
Aluminum is easy to buff to a bright shine. Eastwood also has clear coatings 
especially for this too.

Rick Norris
#36 Sunoco Corvair
www.corvairalley.com

>
>
> Hi John,
>
> The milky appearance is something that occurs on trim that has been 
> anodized.
>
> The solution involves locating a service that will deanodize the trim. 
> This involves dipping the trim into a tank containing the mixture that 
> will remove the anodizing in less than a minute. Afterwards the trim can 
> be polished to a mirror finish a brilliant as you want it to be. This now 
> leaves it where it can be scratched and over time will need to be polished 
> occasional.
>
> Spraying with clear paint will protect it but will reduce the shine. The 
> perfect solution is have the trim anodized again after the polishing to 
> desired shine. I have had this done on three different occasion in the 
> city I live in (Nashville TN) and each time I have had to hunt for a new 
> company to do it since the previously used co. had gone out of business.
>
>
>
> A tip that help me find someone to deanodize was from a plating company 
> that performed polishing as a service as well as plating.
>
>
>
> The last company did a lot of work for the Peterbilt assembly plant.
>
>
>
> Good luck in finding a source.
>
>
>
> Wayne Stutts
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "John Kepler" <jekepler at amplex.net>
> To: airvair at earthlink.net, "Virtual Vairs" <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2009 5:23:18 PM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central
> Subject: Re: <VV> milky stain
>
>
> All,
>
> I have a problem. I've salvaged some really excellent chrome (aluminum)
> trim off a car, and they're almost perfect, except for a milky stain on
> them. It looks like some chemical was dribbled over them. Simichrome
> doesn't even touch it, and mineral sprits, tar remover, and even 
> brake/carb
> cleaner only makes the stain disappear temporarily (until the chemical
> dries off). Anyone know how I could get rid of this stain?
>
> Based on your description, the trim is etched (by something acidic), not
> stained. You can try buffing with rouge or some other very fine abrasive, 
> or
> maybe even clear-coating will smooth it out.
>
> John
>
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