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Apr 14, 2010 11:00:31 GMT
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ok I'm having some stock steels banded, question is could I polish the rims on these (they've been paintes for 10 years from factory), am I looking at nitromorse, wet and dry, autosol? how do I stop the shiny shiny rim rusting? or cant I? can I turn these:  into  (ok thats a Rota GT3 but you know what I mean)   |
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Apr 14, 2010 11:12:18 GMT
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id have thought theyd be ok if ya polished em up and then a few coats of clear laquer? werent rostyles black with polished spokes, or was it silver paint? i reckon ya should give it a go, nothing to lose , always paint em again if it goes tits up |
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Apr 14, 2010 11:20:47 GMT
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You can polish steel but as it's harder than aluminium it's that much harder to polish to a high lustre. Once polished it'll probably be difficult keeping it looking good for long even if you laquer it. It is do-able but possibly not worth all the labour. I suspect there's a good reason why you don't see a lot of polished mild steel parts!
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Davenger
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polishing steel rims,Davenger
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Apr 14, 2010 11:42:57 GMT
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id have thought theyd be ok if ya polished em up and then a few coats of clear laquer? werent rostyles black with polished spokes, or was it silver paint? I reckon ya should give it a go, nothing to lose , always paint em again if it goes tits up Rostyles were chromed, then painted. Later ones were just paint |
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Apr 14, 2010 12:52:53 GMT
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Rostyles were chromed, then painted. Later ones were just paint Yep, definitely so. My mate's Leyland Mini came with a set of '70s Rostyles and they were just black and silver paint. The old ones were black paint on chrome. |
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Apr 14, 2010 19:20:28 GMT
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well I'm far to lazy to bother with all that, plus UPS have lost a wheel anyway so no banded steels for me |
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my old mk1 on polished steelies.. un laquerd an ran in all weather.. pain in the but to maintain  |
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Apr 15, 2010 12:56:24 GMT
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It will probably corrode and loose that shine in no time at all sadly, even laquer doesnt work that well (see 'raw' bmx/mtb frames).
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Apr 15, 2010 14:01:38 GMT
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a lot of those 'raw' frames are discoloured from welding and heat treating - but as you say, a few scratches or stonechips to the laquer and it won't take long to look rough.
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Apr 15, 2010 15:45:20 GMT
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what if you blued the wheels with a little heat afterwards? i don't know why but blued steel never seems to rust that quickly
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Apr 15, 2010 15:47:22 GMT
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don't know how that would affect the strength of the wheel - incorrect heat treatments can weaken steel significantly.
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Apr 15, 2010 15:53:58 GMT
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why not just get them chrome plated???
surely thats the easiest method and saves loads of hassle???
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Apr 15, 2010 16:24:38 GMT
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why not just get them chrome plated??? surely thats the easiest method and saves loads of hassle??? Easiest method but pretty expensive unless you know someone. As has been mentioned, lacquer has trouble adhering to highly polished surfaces....well I guess most things do really! The laquer lifts, moisture gets in and it starts to look a right mess very quickly. This stuff looks like it could do the trick though, it's made by POR15 which is a good start:  www.frost.co.uk/item_detail.asp?productID=8775 |
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how quick they will rust will depend on the quality of the steel used and how well you look after the finish. the way i would go about it, would be to run the without laquer and instead use a high quality wheel wax (have a look on a detailing forum to get an idea as to which wheels waxes are best) i use megiuars metal polish on polished alloys and find its pretty good stuff. that doesnt mean to say there arent better products out there though!
a good quality steel is pretty resiliant to rusting if its been polished up, i made a few basic workshop tools out of mild when at college around ten years ago, left them in a box in my shed and when un-earthed a few months ago, there was actually very little in the way of rust, considering they had been stored in a damp environment and had never been waxed.
obviously with a car wheel, you would have to wax it often due to the harsher conditions they are exposed too.
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