Richard,
The trim rings appear to be clear anodized aluminum. You probably have a
local shop which could anodize them for you. They first need to have the
anodize coating stripped (usually with a sodium hydroxide and water
solution) by your local anodizer. Then the scratches could be taken out
with the use of abrasive means or may be removed by further etching in the
strip tank, depending how deep the scratches are and how thick the trim
rings are. Another possibility is the use of an electropolish solution
which some anodizers have on hand, however, this may not be desirable as it
will make them more shiny than stock. However you remove the scratches,
once that is done I believe the proper instructions to your local anodizer
would be as follows:
1. Etch prior to sulfuric anodize so that the surface is matte (if there is
enough material thickness to
work with).
2. These rings probably don't have much aluminum or zinc in them, but in
case they do be sure not to
anodize for too long so that they don't become darker in color than
bare aluminum.
Gary
'73
----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard Seaton" <rsh17@msn.com>
To: "Web_disscusion List" <6pack@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, January 04, 2003 8:43 AM
Subject: Wheel trim rings and dashboards?
> I'm looking for the collective wisdom on the list-
>
> 1st The aluminum trim rings- mine have a few minor scratches on them and
I
> would like to have them refinished, but I'm not sure what the coating is.
It
> looks like anodized. They could be replaced with the stainless ones, but
they
> don't look right to me. Anyone have any ideas on refinishing for the
ORIGINAL
> look. Is there a company that might be able to do this?
>
> 2nd question- I have a 1969 TR6 and the wood dash looks darker than
those
> offered by TRF (which they don't have right now). I like the darker wood,
but
> if this didn't come that way I may switch to the lighter wood. Did the
'69's
> come with darker wood than the latter 6's?
>
> 3rd- If I chose a darker wood and it originally had a lighter dash would
> that count against the car in a car show?
>
>
> Thanks all!!
>
> Richard Seaton
> RSH17@msn.com
> View My restoration @ (http://groups.msn.com/Richards69TR6Restoration)
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