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Been Refurbing Wheels

5K views 122 replies 31 participants last post by  sultanhq 
#1 ·
Hey people, thought I'd share my effort with you lot ;) :D

This is similar to what the alloy looked like before



After repairing the kurbing, it was primed ;)



Now fully painted and lacquer'd



Only 4 more to go ;) and didn't cost me £40 a wheel lmao lmao
 
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#16 ·
Ben_Copeland said:
lmfao .... Ummmmm it's going to take me about a week to do mine lol ... got to do them one at a time... cos i do one... then do a swap with another off the car lol

I'll see how mine go... before I take orders lmao lmao lmao
Seriously m8, look like a pro refurb!

U should think about it, could earn urself afew xtra quid!;)
 
#22 ·
Ben:

I wanna see the alloy once u've chemical metal'd it but before u sprayed primer on em :)

When u spray the primer...did u have to rub down the rest of the alloy wheel or just spray the primer and then spray silver on and thats that? :confused:

looks good but i wanna see ^^^ ;)
 
#23 · (Edited)
Not got any pics of the chemical metal going on, forgot to take a pic lol

You'll have to literally scrub the surface clean to get any dirt/brake dust out of the kurbing, cos the chemical metal may not bound very well if it's got durt under it.

You have to rub down the whole alloy, to key the surface and the get any dirt/brake dust of properly. But don't have to rub down to metal.

Basically, you want to get the alloy's surface looking like you want it to look like when the paint is on, and it's all finished. Cos if you spray over a kurb mark or blemish, you will see it when the paint is on.
 
#25 ·
Not got any pics of the chemical metal going on
I'll take a pic of one of mine that I've yet to spray up.

So looked like you followed my chemical metal idea from da emails then Ben.

Works well don't it...far more durable than filler also.

They look tops

:)
 
#26 ·
Coppen said:
far more durable than filler also.



:)
looks like i've made a boo boo then.

i filed the rough edges down with a file on the edge of the rim.

but for the deep nicks on the spokes i use stone chip filler,:(
 
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