depronman
A2OC Donor
I have over the weekend refurbished a set of 16" SE alloys and centre caps
Firstly pushed the tyres of the rims beads, but left tyres on the rim.
Sanded all the scuffs and marks out of the rims, primed with etch primer, then 4 coats of 2 pack high build primer, left to dry overnight and a good wet sanding with 1000 grit wet or dry used wet.
Final application of stopper in the few remaining marks and one more coat of high build primer, final wet sanding with 1000 grit.
Then applied 2 coats of 2 pack 'gun metal grey', this is a satin finish and does not require lacquer
The rear of the alloys were also rub down and etch primed and given a coat of high build 2 pack primer, then a couple of coats of gun metal grey, final gun metal grey top coat was then applied to the front face of the alloys
I use a Badger airbrush to apply all of the primers and top coats, I find this great for wheels as it allows you to apply the paint into all of the nooks and crevasses
The centre caps were mounted in my lathe via a 4 jaw chuck and the lacquer and corrosion removed from the outer ring using a scrapper aka wood turning
This quickly removed all of the old lacquer and a small amount of the aluminium until the corrosion was removed, then a polish up using a few grades of scotchbrite and finishing with 1000 and then finally 2000 grit wet'ed with metal polish. having the centre cap spinning at 1300rpm certainly made the job a lot easier, only took about 10 mins per centre cap
The polished caps were then given three coats of 2 pack lacquer
The finished product (wheels and centre caps) looks very good and are likely to be my winter set assuming I get on with the 17" alloys that I have bought from A2steve
Total cost was zero as I already had the gun metal grey top coat (from a previous A2 15" wheel refurb, 1lt of 2 pack does a LOT of wheels) and the lacquer and primer was left over from the pumper and skirt repaint
Cheers all,
Firstly pushed the tyres of the rims beads, but left tyres on the rim.
Sanded all the scuffs and marks out of the rims, primed with etch primer, then 4 coats of 2 pack high build primer, left to dry overnight and a good wet sanding with 1000 grit wet or dry used wet.
Final application of stopper in the few remaining marks and one more coat of high build primer, final wet sanding with 1000 grit.
Then applied 2 coats of 2 pack 'gun metal grey', this is a satin finish and does not require lacquer
The rear of the alloys were also rub down and etch primed and given a coat of high build 2 pack primer, then a couple of coats of gun metal grey, final gun metal grey top coat was then applied to the front face of the alloys
I use a Badger airbrush to apply all of the primers and top coats, I find this great for wheels as it allows you to apply the paint into all of the nooks and crevasses
The centre caps were mounted in my lathe via a 4 jaw chuck and the lacquer and corrosion removed from the outer ring using a scrapper aka wood turning
This quickly removed all of the old lacquer and a small amount of the aluminium until the corrosion was removed, then a polish up using a few grades of scotchbrite and finishing with 1000 and then finally 2000 grit wet'ed with metal polish. having the centre cap spinning at 1300rpm certainly made the job a lot easier, only took about 10 mins per centre cap
The polished caps were then given three coats of 2 pack lacquer
The finished product (wheels and centre caps) looks very good and are likely to be my winter set assuming I get on with the 17" alloys that I have bought from A2steve
Total cost was zero as I already had the gun metal grey top coat (from a previous A2 15" wheel refurb, 1lt of 2 pack does a LOT of wheels) and the lacquer and primer was left over from the pumper and skirt repaint
Cheers all,
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