Gareth T
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Registered: 14th Feb 06
Location: newcastle
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can anybody tell me how to go about spraying my wheels ?? guna spray them black sometime when I can get hold of steelies to put on while spraying my alloys
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mav
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Registered: 19th Jun 01
Location: Scotland
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Mask them up and then different grades of sand paper.
followed by primer then sand again etc until good finish.
paint then laquer
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Corsalad87
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Registered: 17th Jan 04
Location: Trimdon Vill near Durham
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help zone and mod advice section
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Gareth T
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Registered: 14th Feb 06
Location: newcastle
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cheers mav appreciate it alot wil get sum laquer, black paint cans, do i need primer at all ? get some of that also
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abdus
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Registered: 23rd Feb 06
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yes, you need primer
[Edited on 29-07-2006 by abdus]
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Ste
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Registered: 5th Mar 03
Location: Taif, Saudi Arabia
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if you sand down to bare alloy you will need etch primer or afetr a few months the paint will fall off as the alloy corrodes. best to get them shotblasted then repair any dings in outer rim with body filler then spray with etch primer, followed by colour. build up gradually in a few coats not all at once. then laquer
I would rather lose by a mile because i built my own car, than win by an inch because someone else built it for me.
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ed
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Registered: 10th Sep 03
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So long as the paint on them is good you can key the paint up with some 400 grit wet and dry. Then mask. Then wipe down with some spirit wipe. Then put about 2 to 3 coats of primer down. Wait for that to dry. Then sand down the primer with 800 grit. If there are any runs then you can rub them out with some 400 then 800 over that. Then put a few layers of colour down and allow that to dry. Final stange is the laquer. Spray on a few coats of that. Allow to dry for around 24 hours. Sand out any runs with some 2000 grit on a block and flat out the rest of the laquer with some fast glaze of G3, though G3 will be hard work to do by hand.
Or you can just pay somone £35 a wheel to powder coat them. That's what I'd do because you aren't going to get a very good finish with rattle cans.
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JoeyB
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Registered: 19th Jun 03
Location: Fareham HANTS, Drives: Astra Coupe Turbo
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Theres an excellent howto/step by step thread on Migweb
The thread is all about him doing his wheels and on the last page is the guide
Click here
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