Having worked in manufacturing for year s Alodine, or Chromate conversion coating, or Conversion Coating, comes in varying shades of yellowish gold colors, sometimes a very light and some very dark. I would recommend a through cleaning of the Aluminium before you try converting it. Heck if you clean it, you might clean it’s soul before your Conversion, and in will be a more consistent light golden yellow color, but probably not.
BDA wrote:Has anyone had trouble with Oratex / glue peeling off of Aluminum??
Lars told me to MAKE SURE TO "ALODINE" or "convert" before gluing.
Well that's something else that I am not very good at - different shades of tan means different levels of conversion I assume - so how much is enough?