| Back in the 90’s I refurbished a set of 1957 DeSoto wheel covers. I found a set in Mina Arkansas. Paid $150 each. They were worth $500 each when I got done. After I took all the dents out and filled in all the hundreds of pinholes created by dogs peeing on them over the years I wanted to refinish them.
-- They used Gold anodizing in the original process. But I could not anodize because that process would destroy the stainless steel parts of the wheel covers. What we did was dip them in nickel plating, and threw some copper into the vat. That turned the nickel into a gold color that looked perfect on the wheel covers. I painted the centers gloss black leaving the Des center gold. Then applied a clear coat lacquer finish. Believe it or not. I never had to polish them they always looked new. Even after 5 years of driving and all the car shows. You might try a lacquer finish? I wanted to show pictures of the car and wheels but they are all on 35 millimeter slides. I thought I had a picture on this iPhone in the biz zillion pictures of cars I restored, but could not find it. There is one, it’s with the the Lakester I used to run in the 99’s on the salt flats I cannot find that either. Anyway that was my experience. David C Hurd via iPhone On May 27, 2021, at 4:27 PM, chuckiiikropke <chuckiiikropke@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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