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Bruce said:
Josh, I don't think I have ever seen a sparkly lid of any color like that black one that you have. I have seen many hundreds of those old Genesis lids. IMO, they are very rare to the point I wonder if they are not a custom job.
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That definitely could be the case. I've tried to research others with no luck.
Seems to be the characteristic of what Mica is though so I'm curious to see what a Mica lids looks like.
 
You could very well be right on that Josh. I hope you find the answer. I would like to know for sure if there is some special metal flake type lid out there as well. In the past I had always assumed the "Mica" black was simply an off black shade but your theory is intriguing.
 
Josh,
I have the lid shroud in my stash. I am not sure what I want to do with it, for I put a Green lid on my Silver B as I am sure you already know. If I come across another black lid, I will be sure to post them side by side to see if the color difference will present itself.
 
Here is a pic of the Mica Green lid and a pic of my Gray lid. My Gray lid seems to fit the criteria of Mica. In that case Bruce I think you may be right that my 1985 metallic black may be custom or very limited run.
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That could be Josh. Like what I understand about the "Burnt Orange" lid, they were only put on the first year Genesis 1 grills (1985). Maybe yours was a first year color that they ultimately abandoned after that first year for what every reason.
 
Bruce said:
That could be Josh. Like what I understand about the "Burnt Orange" lid, they were only put on the first year Genesis 1 grills (1985). Maybe yours was a first year color that they ultimately abandoned after that first year for what every reason.
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That seems to make the most sense. Thanks Bruce. Like a lot of those early lids it has held up well especially for being black.
 
The sparkle of the one Josh has is pretty dramatic. I have/had one that had sparkle as well. His sparkle reminds me of glass flake which was a custom paint that literally had flakes of glass in it (not fun to spray out btw). But I wonder with the nature of what porcelain coating is, if it couldn’t have just naturally occurred during the process. Glass dust in the air settling on a lid prior to the final gloss coat.

I don’t know a lot of how it’s done but I do see that being possible. Similarly to how the red heads have tiny black specks.
 
Cody Bratton said:
The sparkle of the one Josh has is pretty dramatic. I have/had one that had sparkle as well. His sparkle reminds me of glass flake which was a custom paint that literally had flakes of glass in it (not fun to spray out btw). But I wonder with the nature of what porcelain coating is, if it couldn’t have just naturally occurred during the process. Glass dust in the air settling on a lid prior to the final gloss coat.

I don’t know a lot of how it’s done but I do see that being possible. Similarly to how the red heads have tiny black specks.
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If you research Mica and how it is used. It is commonly infused with glass to provide sparkle. If you understand how these lids are made it's a lot like glass and most likely they added Mica flakes to the porcelain enamel glass like finish.

Back when they made these lids foe wasn't really a thing. If they called it a Mica lid it more than likely actually had Mica in the finish if I had to guess.

I also have a couple black lids that are bad. I mean they have the spots. This is something totally different.

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If anyone else has a lid like this one on my unrestored 1985 Genesis 2 please let me know.
 
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Yeah. I remember what yours looked like. It’s pretty awesome! I’m just theorizing what could’ve caused it if not intentional. Frankly could’ve been guys like you and me screwing around in the production floor.

What I’m saying is that the overspray becomes airborne glass dust. If there are lids awaiting the final clear coating, that airbiorne dust could settle onto the plain black. Then once they heated the lid, it could imbed prior to the clear being applied. Thus resulting in a super sparkly happy accident.
 
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