I took my newly acquired grill and light trim to a anodizing house and had them strip off the anodizing. It only took 20 minutes and cost me 30 bucks.
Lloyd
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Hi All,
I took my newly acquired grill and light trim to a anodizing house and had them strip off the anodizing. It only took 20 minutes and cost me 30 bucks.
Lloyd
I took my newly acquired grill and light trim to a anodizing house and had them strip off the anodizing. It only took 20 minutes and cost me 30 bucks.
Lloyd
WHAT!!!!
No such thing around here!! Darn
No such thing around here!! Darn
Could be stricter regulations on this type of thing up your way Randy,,, but the place that stripped and re-anodized my 74's grill was listed in the phone book under "plating".
Hi Lloyd,
What's the address and phone number of the place?
Vic
What's the address and phone number of the place?
Vic
QUOTE (Vic @ Nov 8 2008, 01:56 PM) 
Hi Lloyd,
What's the address and phone number of the place?
Vic
What's the address and phone number of the place?
Vic
They are called Custom metal finishing
17804 Western Ave
Gardena Ca 90248
310- 532-5075
Vic,
They charged me 45 bucks just got the Bill, sorry bout the mis quote .They are a vendor of mine so I am on net 30.
Call them and ask for Lilly she is usually there all the time,tell her you know me, Lloyd from Lloyd Machine.I have been doing biz with them for 25 + years
Good luck let me know how it goes
Lloyd
Lloyd,
Thanks,
Vic
Thanks,
Vic
Vic & anyone else doing or wanting this stuff done, I just recieved my January Hot Rod Mag and starting on page 68 in the 101 Tech Tips they have a new item to address this anodizing issue.
Ron
Ron
I am going to have to check into this in my area. I need my headlight trims redone... Thanks for posting.
Spoti
Spoti
I'm totally going to sound like a retard here, but does removing the anodizing make it look like new or like chrome or what. That place is super close so I'll have to check it out!
Anyone...
Helloooooo?
Helloooooo?
Hey Jay,
Removing the Anodizing just exposes the aluminum. The Anodizing just seals the aluminum so it does not oxidize and it gives it slight shinny look. If you polish the aluminum, it would be shinier then the anodizing. But without a coating, it would slowly dull over time. I figure you can polish the aluminum and clear coat it or Chrome it.
Vic
Removing the Anodizing just exposes the aluminum. The Anodizing just seals the aluminum so it does not oxidize and it gives it slight shinny look. If you polish the aluminum, it would be shinier then the anodizing. But without a coating, it would slowly dull over time. I figure you can polish the aluminum and clear coat it or Chrome it.
Vic
check out my grille polishing/waxing thread
Gotcha Thanks guy's!
QUOTE (Vic @ Aug 10 2009, 10:51 PM)
Hey Jay,
Removing the Anodizing just exposes the aluminum. The Anodizing just seals the aluminum so it does not oxidize and it gives it slight shinny look. If you polish the aluminum, it would be shinier then the anodizing. But without a coating, it would slowly dull over time. I figure you can polish the aluminum and clear coat it or Chrome it.
Vic
Removing the Anodizing just exposes the aluminum. The Anodizing just seals the aluminum so it does not oxidize and it gives it slight shinny look. If you polish the aluminum, it would be shinier then the anodizing. But without a coating, it would slowly dull over time. I figure you can polish the aluminum and clear coat it or Chrome it.
Vic
You can't chrome aluminum, Vic, but you CAN anodize it.
What?!
When am I ever going to get another chance to be able to correct Vic? When?!
QUOTE (JKLNHYD @ Aug 13 2009, 02:44 PM)
You can't chrome aluminum....
Yes you can!
Yup,, you sure can. I don't know if the process of chroming has changed,, or the type of aluminum being used nowadays has changed,, but they are chroming aluminum now.
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