Anybody ever refinish their rear deck lid louvers?

What did you have done, re anodize, paint?
Doug

 

I will post a pic in a bit.

I had conversation with a guy from Bob Smith coachworks in TX.
he said re-anodizing is fraught with peril, or maybe he just doesn't want to get involved,

Said you must have the right aluminum frame (to hold the louver assy) for the process, if you screw up the stripping, you won't get a good nice replate, you can burn holes in the thin louvers if the acid conc isn't exactly right, time in bath isn't right, etc., etc.

He said he used some people in the Houston area with very mixed results, some good results, some throw it in the trash results and said there are no good choices.

If YOU know of anyplace that can do it, correctly, don't be shy about posting who it is.

The damage to my two louvers is at the very bottom of the louver next to the mesh, if worse comes to worse, the louvers can be taken off, the burrs they made carefully removed with a proper abrasive after straightening a small bend on one of the louvers,and touched up carefully with a very fine airbrush and matte black paint, you probably wouldn't see the repair unless you were looking for the repair.

But it still wouldn't be as original.

Thanks,
Doug

 

The one pic is out of focus 'cuz the camera focused on the top of the louver, the shiny fuzzy spot on the bottom of the first louver pic is the damage. The bright rough edge on the second pic is more visible.
Doug
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Thats what i did, extra fine machinist file after taping off the area around the damage to prevent further damage, smoothed it out, and a Q-tip dipped in a small bit of SEM Trim Black that was sprayed into the bottom of the cup. You can only see it if you look for it. .

Anodizing hasn't gotten hard, it seems to be the stripping of the old anodizing that is the issue.

Doug