I recently bought an aluminum guage bezel off ebay..It basically has holes where any lights or guages are....

I think this would be too flashy for my KR...I am working on making them the color of the leather in the seats and steering wheel....

I thought about the tan interior color but there would be no contrast....

Whatcha think???\

Steve

 

No Takers ? ? ?

 

We used to use stuff called "alodine" to oxidize aluminum on aircraft. depending on how long you leave it on it goes from a light gold to a deep brown with copper color in between, it's used as a corrosion preventative as it leaves an oxidized coating on the metal.

G

 

Where can i obtain this stuff.....

Steve

 

These might get you started...

Back in the day when I was doing aircraft corrosion control we would use a flap brush to remove corrosion spots then Alodine the area prior to repainting as a corrosion preventative. If you left the alodine on the bare aluminum too long you would get a dark brown finish vs a gold finish.

I was always curious as to a project (aluminum PC case?) using this method vs. anodizing...

G


http://www.eaa1000.av.org/technicl/c...on/alodine.htm

http://www.rci-products.com/ALUMINUMFINISHES.html

http://www.hobbyplating.com/iradite.htm

http://www.pilkingtonmetalfinishing.com/alodine.htm

http://www.geocrawler.com/archives/3...97/4/0/400662/

http://www.uspaint.com/7374.html

http://64.225.100.203/ShopSite/Alodine1201.htm

 

Thanks for all the help...I will try and let you all know....

Steve