1961 Series II 88 Powdercoating 16 wheels

[Arrington]

The gold color is just the bare aluminum. Thought about striping the little paint left to bare metal and leaving it for a while. Till I decide if I am going to blow it apart.

[albersj51]

is the gold coloration of your panels the aluminum primer/coating rover used?? Ive seen glimpses of that color on mine in places. Looks nice like that. .

I believe that gold sheen is from the alodine they used on the aluminum to promote paint adhesion

[busboy]

The alodine is used for corrosion prevention and usually done in a bath but small spot areas can be done with a brush or rag then washed off with water. Alodine is most commonly used in aircraft manufacturing and a surface that has been worked say counter sunk rivet holes would be alodined before the rivets are installed. I first started my career in aircraft manufacturing and always had a small amount of alodine and a brush on the bench. As the body panels on our Landovers are aluminum it makes sense for them to be alodined as it provides very good corrosion resistance.