jimjific

Hello all,

Here are a couple of shots of my headlight bezels. They are in good condition from a scratch/dent stance but they need polishing and painting.


Side view


Center pitting

I buffed out one of them and it came out ok, but the pitting bugs me, Especially since I have everything in the front grill looking new again. I thought these would be aluminum, but they seem to be steel that is chromed? I sanded a test area and it seems like there is a coating. I either stick with the pitting or sand off the coating and polish the whole bezel? Also, semi or flat for the black paint?

Also, there seems to be no love for the 67's since no one makes new ones that I know of.

Thanks,
Jim

jimjific

Here are a couple of pictures after some steel wool and buffing on a wheel. As you can see, the sides come out pretty decent, The centers have pitting.

edzolz

There are made of aluminum that is plated by a process known as "bright dip anodize" It is usually durable but after 50 some odd years, pitting and scratching occurs. To refinish them properly you need to find an aluminum anodizer that does this process. They have to be stripped of the old plating and re-anodized with the bright dip process.

Ed

jimjific

So I wonder if I can strip the coating and then polish the aluminum.

RandyS

Yes, but as suggested, they really should be stripped (dipped) professionally first, then they can be either re-anodized or polished.

sbasinger@hotmail.com

Any recommendation on who does the bright dip re-anoized?

I am located in Ohio and have a set I would like to get restored.

66-3X2 442

I highly recommend these guys


https://www.facebook.com/Pro-One-Pol...2372311155045/

edzolz

The coating has to be stripped in a tank that uses electrical discharge to reverse the anodize process. The original anodize process creates a glass like surface that is made by the electrical current changing the aluminum atoms into aluminum oxide and then dying the surface with whatever color is wanted using another process.