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Old 10-22-2011, 06:48 PM
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Originally Posted by Silverback51 View Post
The Kirkham I looked at had the brushed body finish. One of the things I considered was having it painted with a translucent blue. That way you would still see the brushed aluminum body work under the paint.

Don't know if anyone has ever done that or not.
Don't know if that would work as alloy needs some specialized primers for proper paint adhesion and that would negate the aluminum showing through a translucent (candy) color.
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