[Rachelsdad]

Hi, all...

My '63 Bonneville has two specific pairs of gold anodized crests which include painted areas:

Door panel interior
Rear quarter exterior

My current exterior crests need to be re-anodized, as they have faded badly over the years. However, I do have another pair from a parts car which are in surprisingly good shape. All they really needed was some polishing. As per usual, I used Wenol (red tube/box) on them. This had the desired effect on the anodized finish, however, the white border was mostly removed by the polish (not surprising).

In the past, when I have painted aluminum (8-lugs, for example), I've used Alumiprep to etch the aluminum, applied a good primer, and coated with acrylic enamel. I'm wondering if there is a better (or more modern) way to repaint these particular moldings. Also, I can't imagine how I'd get Alumiprep around the tiny lines where I need to paint on the exterior pieces - not to mention the even thinner lines on the door panel crests.

For the first time in 60 years, I actually masked off the door panel crests this evening and polished them. They look much better (the cloth was just black), but again, as expected, the white paint is almost gone. (And who knew there even was white paint on the interior crests?)

TIA