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[stardude]

right,

earlier i took some piccies of the four alloys i havnt started refurbing:

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i then got out the trusty nitomors

and slopped it all over them.

and also remembered how much it burns when you get it on your skin!

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hehe nice and wrinkley


and with the help of my little friend i got rid of most of the paint.

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tomorrow, ill be:

buying the paint i need plus copious amounts of wet and dry.

reapplying more nitromors to remove all paint

post up pics of wheel thats ready for painting.

going over wheels with wire wheel on dremel to remove the crud from the alloy its self.

and i will post up pics of it all


adam

Edited by stardude, 22 July 2007 - 10:28 PM.

[stardude]

i think ive only gone and chosen one of the hardest alloys to refurb

[Bean]

ace! Look forward to seeing this!

How are you going to mask 'em up?

[stardude]

with great dificulty

im only gonna mask up the rim. ill paint everything else. when its dry ill get some very fine wet and dry on a block and very carefully rub off the paint on each of the 'spokes'

tis gonna take forever and ever

[stardude]

or i could spend even longer doing it this way?

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me thinks not!

[Bean]

i'd probably do it the latter, to be honest it may take longer, but you'd get a nice crisp edge

[stardude]

im not sure now

i might give both methods a go as i have 5 wheels to do.

ill c which comes out best.

just need to get some expensive cosmic wheel caps now

Edited by stardude, 22 July 2007 - 11:40 PM.

[Bean]

i dont have any wheel caps on mine!

g'luck with it!!

[stardude]

right update,

bought:

plenty of wet and dry

sanding sponges (blocks and mats)

masking tape

paint and primer





is zinc primer ok to use? i hope it is because thats what ive got!





this is one of the wheels part way through polishing.

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i started with wire wheel on dremel to remove surface crud, then used coarse wet and dry, followed by increasingly fine wet and dry. when all of the scratch marks were gone i used fine wire wool just to make the surface shine.

heres some comparison pics of how the wheels started, and how the first wheel has turned out.

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what do people think?

[stardude]

should i laquer the paint or keep it matt black?

i realy dont know

[Mincento]

should i laquer the paint or keep it matt black?

i realy dont know

looking good , defo laquer the paint, matt black on wheels gets very shabby very quickly

zinc primer is very good for use on alloys just do lots of thin coats not thick coats or it doensnt tend to adhere as well as other primers do, also as you havent got a smooth surface use Zinc, then primner filler and then the paint

BUT make sure that non of the primer edges show on the dges of the spokes like it would if you primered then painted and then blocked it down if you get what i mean

good luck

wayne

[stardude]

err, i think i may get the jist of it lol

cheers

adam

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My dad did my Cosmics with thinned down Hammerite Smooth Black and a brush, dried brilliant and saved all the masking!

Regarding centre caps, get hold of some standard Minilite ones you like, run a bead of strong super glue/ Araldite Epoxy along the edge and fit it in the middle of the wheel, I did that 2 years ago with mine and they still havent fell off and look ace!

[stardude]

i got the tyres removed yesterday, and cleaned the wheels properly.

got the first wheel ready and masked up. it took ages!

just four more to go

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adam

Edited by stardude, 27 July 2007 - 11:06 PM.

[minivanman]

to be honest I wouldnt have bothered masking them up. I didnt bother with my 100+ ones. I painted them with hammerite because trying to spray into all those awkward little bits is a nightmare. Then at the end I just used a razor to scrape off the paint that had got onto the polished faces and gaves them another polish. Looked fine.