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Originally Posted by Ohighway
Nice! What type of finish are you planning on applying to the metal? Paint or ??
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I'm not really sure. Originally they were nickel plated, but I've never seen one that has the plating completely intact. A bit gaudy anyway. Newer Boleys appear to have hammertone silver paint, and it does look nice, but tends to wear off at heavily handled areas. Powder coating with a matt finish would probably be longer lasting, but precision surfaces would have to be really carefully protected when it is applied. That might be a problem.
I've been keeping a light coating of RIG Universal on the bare metal and might leave it at that. The machine is quite small and will be in use often--I'll just have to be sure to keep after it. Reapplication of RIG is a cinch and it's cheap.