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MG Midget and Sprite Technical - Windscreen frame refurbishment

Has anyone out there tried to restore a midget windscreen frame? I was just wondering if the aluminium frame could be rubbed down, polished and then lacquered - has anyone had good results? - thanks - Neal
N Broadbent

there's a specialist that sells concours standard refurbished screens so it is do-able but I've no idea exactly how they do it...
David (davidDOTsmithAT stonesDOTcom)

The windscreen frame on my MGB has been rubbed down and polished. No laquer, just a coat of wax when the car is polished. Still nice and shiny and better looking than most after nine years or so. The enclosed cut out from a larger picture is not very good, but may give you an impression.

Personally I find polished aluminium much more attractive than the factory finish, so I will do the same thing to the windscreen and door mouldings on my Midget Mk 1. You can remove the factory coating with liberal quantities of oven cleaner.


Tore


Tore

I had mine polished. The guy who did it said the anodised layer will come off but when polished you only have to rub it with a yellow kitchen wipe (you know what type I mean) and its shiny again and yes he's right.

Bas
Bas Timmermans

Neal. I did my mk3 Sprite screen frame two years ago as the annodised parts ie. the horizontals were looking a bit rough. I did it with wet and dry paper, getting ever finer as I went along. The uprights are quite easy to do but the annodised bits were quite tough. I finished them off with Autoglym metal polish and I was very pleased with the outcome. Be careful not to scratch the glass with the rubbing down paper and you should be ok.
Bernie.
b higginson

thanks for all your help guys - i'll be stripping my frame down this weekend!! - and I'll get polishing
N Broadbent


I've polished up my door cappings, used one of these on an angle grinder:

http://www.moleroda.com/acatalog/info_1141.html

I found it absolutely brilliant. Abrasive enough to do it's job, but not so abrasive that you end up struggling not to cut the workpiece in half.
Leaves a good finish that you can then polish up with metal polish of some sort. I was pleased with the results, and will be using it again next time some of my aluminium needs brightening up.
MarkH1

that looks like a good piece of kit - did you use the 400 grit Mark?
N Broadbent

This thread was discussed between 28/09/2009 and 30/09/2009

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