Polished...??  Pictures please.😁

Craig wrote:

Medogsfat wrote:

I left it open to the atmosphere and it quickly started to tarnish which was a shame

 

To prevent this all you need is a coat of clear lacquer. Any car spares place should have some.

 

Craig🙂

 

I know Craig but the problem is the durability of these lacquers, I suspect the coating would quickly become a bit tired & lose the high gloss finish. I think chrome/nickel plating would be soooo much better in the long run.

Chris.

Chris.

Medogsfat wrote:

I know Craig but the problem is the durability of these lacquers, I suspect the coating would quickly become a bit tired & lose the high gloss finish. I think chrome/nickel plating would be soooo much better in the long run.

Chris.

Chris.

Think I need to have a chat with plating shop at work tomorrow🤔 They have a simulated chrome finish, that requires a mirror finish underneath. They also have a brass which is the same. There are a few others they do too.

Craig🙂

Well as promised some pictures for you. Here is the one I powder coated white.

Picture of just the white part.....

The assembled remote.....

Craig🙂

White is suprisingly difficult to photograph so you can really assess the result, but seems like that one would look really nice in person, Craig!

I'll seriously consider making one myself as the regular BL 1000 looks really boring to me nowadays.

Looks great Craig, what about the rest? It would be a challenge to try a complete different color other then black, grey or white. What about dark blue, red or yellow in glossy.😐  

I am sure b&o use to publicise the fact these controls were made of some sort of zinc alloy or similar. Not sure that helps though!

Looks good Craig. Were you not tempted to do the bottom plate too?

Leslie wrote:

Looks great Craig, what about the rest? It would be a challenge to try a complete different color other then black, grey or white. What about dark blue, red or yellow in glossy.😐  

Well I did try a Green one as I had to do some jobs in that Colour. It had a bit of an accident in the oven though. So I need to strip it, and try again. At least I now know how to jig them up.

Craig🙂

Step1 wrote:

I am sure b&o use to publicise the fact these controls were made of some sort of zinc alloy or similar. Not sure that helps though!

The body is (at least that should advice to not drop it in HCl 😁 ). But the top plate is definitely aluminum in Beo4, not quite sure of the BL1000.