I would suggest leaving them 'in the raw' the way that GM did - the first ones lasted 53 years, and prolly looked fine until they got abused too much - the constant flexing and sliding of the leaves against each other will make short work of anything else

Bill


Moved over to the Passing Lane

"When we tug a single thing in nature, we find it attached to the rest of the world" ~ John Muir
"When we tug a single thing on an old truck, we find it falls off" ~ me
Some TF series details & TF heater pics