Anodizing hood handle

[George Kehler]

Does anyone know who can anodizing for my 1955 hood handle ?? And reasonably?? Thanks. George K

[Spencer Harris]

Hi George,
I'm not sure if your car has a blunt nose or pointy nose handle or when they started anodizing the handles. A good chrome shop can buff these out and with a little Happich Simichrome they pop like chrome. These from my '55 #53449.

[Mike Wilson]

I've had bumper and rocker decos polished and anodized by Custom Metal Finishing in Gardena, California.

Mike

[Martin Benade]

Did they come out beautiful? I have heard it is very difficult to anodize old parts and have it work well.

[Mike Wilson]

They came out very nice. I had them do a few sets. They have someone they can send the parts out to have the scratches, etc. removed and the parts polished before anodizing. I also had very good results by first having one of my chrome shops polish the parts then having them anodized.

Mike

[Peter Silten]

I have restored a number of aluminum parts, including a hood handle, decos, etc., using just sand paper, 3M pads and various polishes. The hood handle had a number of nasty scratches and gouges. When I was done sanding and polishing the handle it looked good as new. No anodizing was necessary. Also, I have been told that the anodizing that is available today does not have the same look as the anodizing that was available many years ago.

[Spencer Harris]

I have restored a number of aluminum parts, including a hood handle, decos, etc., using just sand paper, 3M pads and various polishes. The hood handle had a number of nasty scratches and gouges. When I was done sanding and polishing the handle it looked good as new. No anodizing was necessary. Also, I have been told that the anodizing that is available today does not have the same look as the anodizing that was available many years ago.

To Peter's point: