I have used a new paint. It is chrome finish when done. Looks just about perfect. It is sold online at: http://www.paintforcars.com/ Just click the link on the page for Chrome paint. It is a little expensive. You can chrome a lot of stuff with the kit though. You can even chrome wood!! Karl 1960 Imperial -----Original Message----- From: mailing-list-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mailing-list-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Rob P Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2006 9:05 AM To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: IML: 60 Imperial reflectors That's cheating. That XJ Jag isn't painted, it's polished aluminum. There are some decent "chrome" type paints, but nothing too good. There is a guy with some kind of plating that chromes fiberglas that looks real good (have the link someplace) but it probably costs more than getting the pot metal replaced. >From: Kenyon Wills <imperialist1960@xxxxxxxxx> >Reply-To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >Subject: Re: IML: 60 Imperial reflectors >Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2006 08:37:54 -0700 (PDT) > >Did you have a case of beer under your arm when you >walked in the door? > >Was the machinist an older man - at or past retirement >age? This is a project for someone with some smarts, >patience, and experience. > >Don't let that bad experience get you down. Keep >looking is my advice. I'm personally very leery of >pot-metal repair. You might be ahead buying a >drilling tool, grinding out the pits yourself, and >then learning how to melt brass into the divots and >grind it down. > >Thats "all" they do. Pain in the behind, if you ask >me. - Especially for an item that need only pass >casual scrutiny. > > >One other suggestion: Use a wheel to grind the >surfaces flat/smooth. Perhaps on a Dremel tool or >something. >Fill voids with body filler, and go to an automotive >paint place. They have paints that are "almost" >indistinguishable from chrome. You can use your >sand-blasted piece for this one. > >http://img26.exs.cx/img26/8163/jaguar-xj0367.jpg > >So much of what determines success in life is who you >have helping you. Most places within 100 KM of you >won't be worth talking to. You have to search. > > >Either way, best of luck in your mission - let us know >how things turn out and how painful the solution was? > >--- Rob van der Es <r.vdes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > You are right about that Kenyon, the problem however > > is that machinists > > are often to busy (at least in my area) to have time > > to reproduce this > > disc. > > > > I have tried several but they were all to busy to > > even look at it.. > > And one shop ruined even my original disc when they > > sandblasted it! > > > > That is why I ordered another one from Lowell, and I > > am now trying to find > > me a decent shop that can handle potmetal so that > > this one won't be > > destroyed!! > > > > Robert > > > > > > Op Wo, 2 augustus, 2006 7:05 am, schreef Kenyon > > Wills: > > > I think that the topic here is the disc that goes > > > under the emblem in the center of a flightsweep > > decklid. > > > > > > If so: Why pay $500,000 to have that reflector > > > repaired? > > > > > > Seems to me that you could have a talented > > machinist > > > reprduce a new one out of a steel blank and have > > it turn out PERFECT and > > > ready to be plated. > > > > > > I have not looked at mine lately, but those pot > > metal > > > folks charge a fortune, and there's no assurance > > that your restored > > > potmetal won't sprout more dimples in the future. > > > > > > > > > -Kenyon > > > > > > > > > --- Henry Hopkins <hhrp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > > > >> Are you talking about the chrome pieces that > > >> surround a red plastic reflector on the tips of > > the rear fins??? If so, > > >> when you get the chrome piece fixed, George > > Laurie > > >> Georgelaurie@xxxxxxxxxxx > > >> makes reproduction reflectors that are superb. > > >> > > >> If you are not talking about those pieces, excuse > > me > > >> for the intrusion. > > >> > > >> Henry Hopkins, 60 cvt. > > >> ----- Original Message ----- > > >> From: "Regis Bodnar" <arbie104@xxxxxxxxxxx> > > >> To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > >> Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2006 7:05 PM > > >> Subject: RE: IML: Looking for a potmetal repair > > shop > > >> in the New York area > > >> > > >> > > >>> Paul's Chrome in Evans City, PA can repair it > > and > > >>> > > >> re-plate it...they are > > >>> not cheap, but guarantee everything for life and > > >> use show quality > > >>> chrome. > > >>> > > >>> -----Original Message----- > > >>> From: mailing-list-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > >>> [mailto:mailing-list-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On > > >>> > > >> Behalf Of Rob van der Es > > >> > > >>> Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2006 2:03 PM > > >>> To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > >>> Subject: IML: Looking for a potmetal repair shop > > >>> > > >> in the New York area > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> Hi fellow imperialists! > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> I am trying to restore a trunklid reflector for > > my > > >>> > > >> 1960 Imperial, my > > >> > > >>> fried and fellow IML member Charles Rex (who > > also > > >> ownes a 1960 Imp) has > > >>> obtained a reflector from Lowell but this one is > > >> heavily pitted. > > >>> > > >>> This became visible after removing the old > > chrome > > >>> > > >> plating. > > >>> What I am looking for now is a shop that can > > >>> > > >> repair the pinnholes and > > >>> some craters in the potmetal. After the repair > > it > > >> can be copper plated > > >>> and rechromed by any plating company, but the > > >> problem is that not many > > >>> know how to repair pot metal.. > > >>> > > >>> Does anyone know a good repair shop in the New > > >>> > > >> York area that can handle > > >> > > >>> potmetal (zamac) ? > > >>> > > >>> Thanks in advance, > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> Robert van der Es > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> ----------------- http://www.imperialclub.com > > >>> > > >> ----------------- This > > >> > > >>> message was sent to you by the Imperial Mailing > > >> List. Please > > >> > > >>> reply to mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and your > > >> response will be > > >>> shared with everyone. 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