Damon,

thanks for the info on the Varathane. I actually have an old can of it
on the shelf in the barn. Will try it out.

Alistair

On 11-Mar-05, at 10:18 PM, Damon Campbell wrote:

> I stripped a set of aluminum bicycle cranks (went from
> a blah grey paint to the natural aluminum finish).  To
> keep them from oxidizing, i just used a can of
> Varathane, which as far as i can tell is a sort of
> spray on plastic.  Still there 10 years later (except
> for the part your shoe rubs...).
>
> Just a suggestion,
> -Damon