Has anyone glass beaded the finned covers for a 69Z? I have an old pair and was considering doing so in order to make them look like the original (non-polished) style-

If you have an original (non-polished) pair that have simply aged and need to be improved, glass-beading them at LOW PRESSURE (10-15 psi) can sometimes "bring them back", but the best solution is to send them to Jerry MacNeish (www.z28camaro.com) to be re-skinned.

If they're the polished service replacements, I'm not aware of a proven method to re-create the original surface texture.

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That's what I figured. They are polished service replacements that have aged. Thanks for the confirmation, and yes, Jerry would be best for original reskins!

Jerry can reskin polished covers...he took a set of those and made me a set that looks original...at least on the outside. They have the drippers on the inside.

If polished and want the old appearance try citric acid teaspoon in cup warm water...
Good for old carb bodies etc
All gunge cleaned off 1st

Ive restored several sets of "dull" VCs myself.

http://www.camaros.net/forums/showthread.php?t=120865

http://www.camaros.org/forum/index.php?topic=2916.0;all

i have found that blasting them with plastic media does a real good job of cleaning covers. no pitting in aluminum leaves a clean dull surface.