How can I tell if my fuchs are anodized?

[Pat Crellin]

My fuchs have guards red with petals and lips. Before anyone says anything, I'm painting the red with Wurths black satin this weekend.

The shiny part looks pretty good and I've had good results with vaseline but want more shine. I bought P21S from our host but the tube says not to be used on anodized aluminum.

How can I tell if the anodizing has been removed?

If they are anodized, are there any recommendations other than vaseline?

Thanks

[Tidybuoy]

I'm not sure of the correct answer but I thought that the anodized fuchs where the ones that were silver looking. In that case, the recessed areas of the wheels have a milky/clear look to them and the polished areas look pure silver (or ploished aluminum).

I'm not sure of the black style wheels but on other things that I have seen that are annodized, the colored areas have a translucent look to them and look like the metal is colored verses painted. kindof like when you see a swimming pool net thats on a blue pole, the pole looks like it has blue metal verse blue paint.

I'm curious about what you are talking about regarding vaseline on annodized wheels - this is the first I've heard this. What exactly are you talking about?

Vern

[Dave at Pelican Parts]

The stock four-bolt Fuchs wheels are anodized. I believe that the milky finish is where they are anodized, but I am not certain on that.

Most anodizing is done to put a color onto the aluminum parts, which is what Tidybouy refers to in his second paragraph. I believe that the milky finish on the recessed areas of the stock Fuchs is a whitish dye in the anodizing solution, instead of a colored dye as is used in the above-mentioned parts.

Anodizing can be removed with Easy-Off oven cleaner. If you leave it on too long, it can eat all the way through the wheel. (I think that takes several days, but...) There are posts about it on this BBS; a search should turn them up.

--DD

[Pat Crellin]

You guys are right about the apperance of anodized wheels. Mine are polished as I have learned.

Tidybouy- The deal with vaseline, good for anodized or poloished, is apply a thin coat to the metal and let sit. I left mine on overnight and wiped off the next am. Just a thin coat, the more you put on, the more you have to take off. Supposedly fills the pores of the metal or anodizing to protect and polishes as you rub off. It's in my owners manual.

I'm not exactly sure how I posted on the 914 forum but thanks for the friendly info.