Thanks for the replies guys, will try out a few of the suggestions. Got some Swarfega could have done with spreading some of that on, doesn’t really clean up brake dust from your hands very well though! it’s been a few days now so the paint might have caked on. Have looked at tyre dressing as a last resort, so might go for some Tetrosyl tyre paint found on fleabay.
DiscoKandy said:
Did you follow some sort of guide or tutorial on resparying your wheels?
My alloys are in a state (flakey paint, bubbling) and need stripping and respraying, i've tried finding a decent guide, but can't get hold of one.
Its all in the preparation. Get the wheels real clean, if you do fancy stripping them then use some nitromers and go down to the bare metal. If you do this you will need etch primer to go on top as then colour of choice:
1. Clean wheels /Strip
2. Sand lightly with some different grades of wet n’ dry 80 to 400 should be a good range.
3. Make sure area is totally dust free, good idea now to clean with white spirit.
4. Apply masking tape round the rim making sure it’s stuck on properly unlike mine! I used some 50mm masking tape so didn’t need to use any newspaper as it covered the whole sidewall anyway.
5. I had a couple of chips in my alloys so used some Isopon P38 and filled it in then sanded it down to level the area.
6. Apply 2/3 coats of primer allowing a good amount of drying time between each coat.
7. I then used some Simoniz alloy wheel silver paint, which was a pretty good match anyway, Vauxhall star silver is a nice colour too. I applied 3 coats of that.
8. Once that is dried applied some clear lacquer, quite a few coats, about 6 on mine! Gives it a durable finish, wait a couple of days before you stick them on your car as it takes time for the lacquer to fully harden.
And that’s it!
You dont want to use thinners, but wouldnt think twice about acid.....nice
