Anodized Lip Repair
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Originally Posted by O RLY
Buy a new wheel. Once you strip the anodized finish, you will have bare aluminum to polish. To maintain the shine, you'll need to re-polish each wheel every so often. Too much work, IMO.
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you can buy anodizing "patch" solutions,
(used to touch up contact points and such), but it wouldn't colour match.
machining anodized parts are always hard on tooling, even carbide, (aluminum oxide is basically what grinding wheels are made of).
powder coat may be a good option, but to correct the statement that you'd have just bare aluminum, there's always a thin layer of oxide that forms, and with polishing, a burnished finish will eventually form and resist fairly well.
(used to touch up contact points and such), but it wouldn't colour match.
machining anodized parts are always hard on tooling, even carbide, (aluminum oxide is basically what grinding wheels are made of).
powder coat may be a good option, but to correct the statement that you'd have just bare aluminum, there's always a thin layer of oxide that forms, and with polishing, a burnished finish will eventually form and resist fairly well.
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Originally Posted by pjames
you can buy anodizing "patch" solutions,
(used to touch up contact points and such), but it wouldn't colour match.
machining anodized parts are always hard on tooling, even carbide, (aluminum oxide is basically what grinding wheels are made of).
powder coat may be a good option, but to correct the statement that you'd have just bare aluminum, there's always a thin layer of oxide that forms, and with polishing, a burnished finish will eventually form and resist fairly well.
(used to touch up contact points and such), but it wouldn't colour match.
machining anodized parts are always hard on tooling, even carbide, (aluminum oxide is basically what grinding wheels are made of).
powder coat may be a good option, but to correct the statement that you'd have just bare aluminum, there's always a thin layer of oxide that forms, and with polishing, a burnished finish will eventually form and resist fairly well.
all wheel places I have called said there is really no way to repair.
a powder coat would look dull compared to the mirror like anodized finish. the wheel shops said the only option is to have the lips polished and just take good care of them to keep them looking shiny.
not sure if you can have the lips machined.
much thanks for your reply.
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