anodizing aluminum

[Garry]

anyone out there know someone real good on bringing my 64 cuda aluminum pcs back to life ? that is an art, it is so thin.

 

[805moparkid]

well we have guys in mesa that do a great job... just so you know the peice needs to be polished first and then anodized...

 

[Rocky_JS]

I thought the anodizing need to be stripped off before polishing and then re-anodized to protect it?

 

[Garry]

hey mopar kid got a link to mesa, or did you leave one and I don't see it.

 

[inkjunkie]

Joe Savino did mine, looks great....

 

[805moparkid]

hey mopar kid got a link to mesa, or did you leave one and I don't see it.

i can ask the boss the name of the place and try to get you the info...

and yes when you polish the peice i believe it takes the original coating off, as well as makes a uniform finish for the new coating to lay on... if there is any pitting that is not removed from polishing there will be grey/black spots

 

[my68barracuda]

just got the grill from the 83 D-150 fixed up,, the folks doing the polish job recommended having the anodizing removed befor polish,,or the $ for the polish job goes up because it takes more time...

the folks at Industrial Anodizing here in Indy stripped the anodizing for free, if I brought it back for anodizing after polish.

this is a big piece of aluminum so the polish was a bit pricy, but it looks better than new, Industrial Anodizing did the re anodize job for 90.00

Williamson Polish and Plating also in Indy did the polish work, nice folks who did great work..The anodizing removal and re anodize was next day service, the polish work was much longer, they had the grill for almost 5 weeks, but they had told me that up front.

the grill looks super..

by doing the leg work myself I got the 83 D-150 grill like new for less than 1/2 of what I was quoted by one of those trim restoration companies that frequent the mopar shows....

to find someone more local to you google,, anodizing , aluminum polishing, plating... metal treating...that is how I found these two shops , then I took the part to them for a look see and quote. I had looked at several shops....

 

[SSVDP]

Also you could consider just painting it with "aluminum" paint, for some this is an easy and affordable fix.

 

[toolmanmike]

Leanna did a great job on someones grill here. I saw the photos the other day. I'll post a link if I can find it. tmm

 

[toolmanmike]

That was easy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
http://www.forabodiesonly.com/mopar/showthread.php?t=200710&highlight=leanna+grill

tmm

 

[CudaChick1968]

Thanks for the mention Mike, but I don't do anodizing here (just remove it when I have to :-D). HOWEVER, I can get powders that resemble anodizing in not just the factory looking silver but a few colors as well. That grille, hood trim and headlight bezels linked up there were all done in Super Chrome powder.

It might not be truly a factory restoration, but it's a serious replication that will last without the "kid glove handling" required of anodizing.