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Re: Mag polishing

To: Dave Scarlett <Dave_Scarlett@excite.com>
Subject: Re: Mag polishing
From: John Hardy <hardwire@electract.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 04 Dec 2001 17:43:35 +0000
Dave 

>From experience with motorsport components in mag my advice is to clean
them up. (bead blast) and get them chromated. This gives a crackle black
finish which is quite attractive and protects against corrosion. It is
also the ONLY way to etch prime mag.

Take it or leave it. It's just my experience

JH

Dave Scarlett wrote:
> 
> I had some mags professionally polished a couple of years ago. At first they
> 
> were great looking much like polished aluminum. However, the shop cautioned
> me that they would quickly dull and corrode if not buffed on a frequent
> basis. Also,  clear coating was a bad idea as the metal would off gas and
> cloud the finnish from underneath. Well I buffed for a while but now theyre
> 
> as they were, dull with surface corrosion. I had asked a friend on the metal
> 
> polishing list if there is a solution but no answer. Ill just paint them
> this year as powder coating might look nice but could hide any stress cracks
> 
> from the start.

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