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gez bay
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5th Oct 09 at 17:21   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Whats the average price for having wheels sand blasted?

thinking of having mine done.
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£15 a wheel here.
gez bay
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worth doing before painting wheels?
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No

It pitts the wheels. all it does is take the paint off, doesnt remove any marks on the wheels
gez bay
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its doing my head in rubbing back the wheels with sand paper, i have to get all the paint off too because where ever it is its reacting with the new paint.
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It keys them up for primer as well does it not? If you didn't blast them you'd need to rub them down I'd think.

edit: way ahead of me gez

[Edited on 05-10-2009 by alan-g-w]
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gez bay
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after sand blasting cant you use like a high build primer which the new paint will stick too

[Edited on 05-10-2009 by gez bay]
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5th Oct 09 at 17:31   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Took me an age to sand mine back. The top coating was chipped on mine so I had to sand it all off

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gez bay
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yeah mine are killing me. i have to sand off al the old paint too because its reacting with the new primer and paint
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5th Oct 09 at 17:32   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
yep but its not worth it on just whels too much rubbing down unless your powder coating them, find somewhere to dip them for you, quite a few companys come up in google under acid dipping

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gez bay
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for got about acid dipping. wont leave pitts in the wheel either. whats the average price for acid dipping? cheers tom
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whats plastic media blasted ?
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plastic media is similar to walnut shells i believe, doesn't leave it pitted like sand/shot, but more expensive, last time i looked acid dipping then painting was £90 a wheel including tyre removal and refitting, so probably £30 a wheel but not totally sure

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gez bay
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i thought shot blasting was what damages the wheels by leaving liitle dents in the wheels
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5th Oct 09 at 17:41   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I'd also like to know this. Going to do the bike wheels as they are looking a right state.
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why are you trying to sand them by hand ??? why dont you do what i normally do get some nitormours and paste it on wait till the paint bubled then get some brass brushes what fit a drill and jut blast it off with that took me 10mins a wheel to strip mine easy anough
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wouldn't it scratch like hell using brass on a drill?
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Plastic Media Blasting is what you need, not many companies use it. Its what my mate uses at his blasting business and finish is almost perfect.

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na dident for me the wire brass brushes they worked briliant iv used them on 2 sets of wheels now and both of them turned out great takes it right back to the alloy , just pour some nitromours in a cup and get a paint brush and just paste it on but plz use eye protection and gloves because this hit hurts if it goes in ya eyes lol i no iv done it lol
gez bay
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cheers for the help.

will do
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ive just hade 4 cav slabs done for a 10nner a wheel
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If using nitromors cover the wheels with bin bags as it keeps the vapours in and makes it work a lot better
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sand blasting is quite aggressive but something like, glass or plastic beed blasting or aluminium oxide is really good and leavs a smooth finnish.

other than that take the tyres off and nito the buggers and take all the paint off

 
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