refinish wheels
mrfirebird
03-07-2005, 12:16 PM
anyone here refinished there aluminum wheels?
if so ,what did you use to take off old clear coating and how did they come out.
if so ,what did you use to take off old clear coating and how did they come out.
swalt
03-07-2005, 02:23 PM
anyone here refinished there aluminum wheels?
if so ,what did you use to take off old clear coating and how did they come out.
Use a high quality paint stripper. You can pick some stuff up at Home Depot (circa 1841) or something like that. It goes on as a gel, eats the paint and then you rinse it off. Be ready for some elbow work and I would suggest having a compressor with a die grinder and stripping discs to remove (grind down) the factory machining lines and help with the initial polishing. I did the rims on my wife's grand am and they looked amazing. A lot of grinding, sanding and wet sanding and polishing though. I did the faces that were easily accessible and the spots that were on the inside I painted with aluminum rim paint and then clear coated.
http://files.automotiveforums.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=/500/116754grandamresized.jpg
if so ,what did you use to take off old clear coating and how did they come out.
Use a high quality paint stripper. You can pick some stuff up at Home Depot (circa 1841) or something like that. It goes on as a gel, eats the paint and then you rinse it off. Be ready for some elbow work and I would suggest having a compressor with a die grinder and stripping discs to remove (grind down) the factory machining lines and help with the initial polishing. I did the rims on my wife's grand am and they looked amazing. A lot of grinding, sanding and wet sanding and polishing though. I did the faces that were easily accessible and the spots that were on the inside I painted with aluminum rim paint and then clear coated.
http://files.automotiveforums.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=/500/116754grandamresized.jpg
BlazerLT
03-07-2005, 03:08 PM
I would use google, lots of refinishing tips.
mrfirebird
03-07-2005, 08:52 PM
looks great swalt, i figure there is alot of polishing,thanks for the reply
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