Anodized Coatings Removal - nope -

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Date: Tue,  8 Mar 2005 12:16:40 -0500
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Subject: Re: Spirit Aluminum Bumpers

They are anodized. You need to get the coating removed then they 
can
be buffed till they look lik chrome and kept polished or anodized
again. Search the web. I'm not sure of costs or if there is a low 
buck
way short of sanding to remove the coating. I sanded it off the face
of the grill bars on my 69 Rambler and buffed it it looks like
polished billett. I just have to go over it once and a while to keep
the shine up. Mark Price mprice@xxxxxxxxxx Morgantown, WV 

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Anodizing is a very hard coating - applied by immersing
the part in Tanks & the surface area 'skins' hard.

It is not inexpensive for the general off the street person
to get done - at least not here in New York.

I had some parts from my MC done - and then later
attempted to remove a section of the coating.

Only way to remove is to grind down to bare metal -
which changes everything.

I'm not certain which bumpers you have - but 
with AMC - there must be the same part in
plain - unanodized form off another car.


             Brien.
         NEW YORK
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