I tried clear coating both polished aluminum and steel with VHT's clear coat (sold here) and was not satisfied with the results.. The atomization from the can was poor and the luster of the shine was diminished a bit on both metals.
for giggles, I tried the heat curing method outlined on the can. The aluminum part took on a yellow tinge and the steel part ended up looking similar to black chrome. (A pretty cool look, but not what I was going for) I'm not entirely sure if the part blued due to the heat, the clear discolored or a combination of both.
Both parts went back to the bead blaster, were re-sanded, repolished and given a good coat of wax..
I'm slowly setting up my PC stuff as well. I'll certainly be trying some clean PC over polished aluminum in the near future...
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