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Aug 22, 2013 12:24:35 GMT
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The white paint on my wheels has flaked off quite badly in some areas so I’d like to re paint. What would be the best method to use and the best products for this job?
Cheers
Mike
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Iain
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Aug 22, 2013 13:55:46 GMT
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Having DIY painted wheels a few times (without the patience or real skills to do it!) I'd say price up having them stripped and powdercoated locally.
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adam73bgt
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Re-painting wheelsadam73bgt
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Aug 22, 2013 17:21:36 GMT
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I've been painting some alloys recently and the method I've used is to sand the wheel to give a rough surface to spray on, I then sprayed on some grey primer from halfords, then went for a few layers of gold paint then a coat or two of lacquer. The key thing to making them look good for as long as possible is to make sure you lightly sand before applying each new coat of paint to help adhesion I've only totally finished one so far (cross spoke alloys are a right pain to sand...) but it looks like this ![](http://i.imgur.com/JGjTTSrl.jpg) The finish is pretty decent but it is easy to accidentally sand too hard between coats so I've got a couple of spots where you can see the primer
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Aug 22, 2013 17:53:49 GMT
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IMO, it's always worth using the best primer and topcoat you can lay your hands on. Just redid mine with red oxide primer (I'd highly recommend this if you're running steelies) then Eastwood argent silver and diamond coat lacquer and they came up mint with very little effort. Cost a bit but worth it as far as I'm concerned. Photos of my Rallye IIs being refinished: retrorides.proboards.com/thread/153543/1970-oldsmobile-cutlass-supremeBefore: ![](http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii287/58_440_sixpack/image_zpsbf126b98.jpg) After: ![](http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii287/58_440_sixpack/image_zps2fc9b93f.jpg) Anth.
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Good prep is the key. Take the time to flat it all down nice and smooth and use a fine scotch pad on large areas which are already smooth. I've not long painted a set for my motor and I used acrylic black and silver with a good few layers of acrylic lacquer. I've done a few sets with it over the years and it's very good. If there's any curbing or pitting, go for some chemical metal, it's brilliant for that sort of stuff. It's ok to sand back and it doesn't absorb water like filler does. Prime em and flat back with 800 or even 1000 wet n dry give them a clean with panel wipe then bang the paint on. Prep the area where your painting too - wet the floor, clean up etc as it just saves inclusions in the paint. I do all my wheels with rattle cans too. The finish is perfectly acceptable and I've done sets for friends etc and always had positive feedback.
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I've always been too tight to pay £50 a wheel to get them refurbed. If the coating of the wheels is flaking I would use paint stripper and a wire brush to remove it all. Roughen up the surface then apply etch primer. Give em a good coat of normal primer, then allow to harden over night. Quick sand again the a few coats of either PLASTIKOTE or CANBRUSH paint which gives a good strong finish without laquer. I wouldn't use normal car paint as it doesn't seem to last as long. Make sure you mask up the tires and valves well or it will look pants.
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Thanks for all the advice guys...I think i have enough to give it a go. It's really only the centres of the wheels on mine as the outsides still look fine. Such a small area shouldn't be a problem. Those gold wheels look good Adam!
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Good prep is the key. Take the time to flat it all down nice and smooth and use a fine scotch pad on large areas which are already smooth. I've not long painted a set for my motor and I used acrylic black and silver with a good few layers of acrylic lacquer. I've done a few sets with it over the years and it's very good. If there's any curbing or pitting, go for some chemical metal, it's brilliant for that sort of stuff. It's ok to sand back and it doesn't absorb water like filler does. Prime em and flat back with 800 or even 1000 wet n dry give them a clean with panel wipe then bang the paint on. Prep the area where your painting too - wet the floor, clean up etc as it just saves inclusions in the paint. I do all my wheels with rattle cans too. The finish is perfectly acceptable and I've done sets for friends etc and always had positive feedback. For some reason photos aren't showing for me. Might be because I'm looking at work.. ![:|](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/plain.png)
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Last Edit: Aug 23, 2013 7:49:35 GMT by 00mike00
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