Refirb for Alloys...

[POPEYE]

let us know how it goes

Will do mate, I dont think a before and after pic will work as they look ok in the pic before i start, its only when you get close up you can see the laquer is stained, like water marks, plus the centers are more or less OK and i dont want to mess with that red, so i'm just doing the rim,
I aggree Shab, Vince is one of the most helpfull guys you could wish to meet,
He certainly helped me with a bowel movement problem!!!
One of em did it again today, i let the air out but it must have got hot on the bench by the window and built up some pressure, it went off in my face as i was scrubbing the c*ap off, Dam things will kill me before i get em on the truck,

[deegz]

I love helping people.




If only I could get paid for it!

you could "help" people and get paid bushwacker....its called prostitution

[joker??]

Will do mate, I dont think a before and after pic will work as they look ok in the pic before i start, its only when you get close up you can see the laquer is stained, like water marks, plus the centers are more or less OK and i dont want to mess with that red, so i'm just doing the rim,
I aggree Shab, Vince is one of the most helpfull guys you could wish to meet,
He certainly helped me with a bowel movement problem!!!
One of em did it again today, i let the air out but it must have got hot on the bench by the window and built up some pressure, it went off in my face as i was scrubbing the c*ap off, Dam things will kill me before i get em on the truck,

if they do kill you could you leave me them in your wheel ???





i know its spelt will

[MattF]

One of em did it again today, i let the air out but it must have got hot on the bench by the window and built up some pressure, it went off in my face as i was scrubbing the c*ap off, Dam things will kill me before i get em on the truck,

[BUSHWHACKER]

you could "help" people and get paid bushwacker....its called prostitution

Won't that sting a bit??!!

[MattF]

Won't that sting a bit??!!

Another rim/ring moment?

[BUSHWHACKER]

[POPEYE]

They do a cream for that! or you could try sovol autosol
I'll put you down for the wheels in my will Dave, of course you know the whole
family come with em

[fatfires]

if they do kill you could you leave me them in your wheel ???





i know its spelt will

Who's Will?

[Vultch]

promises of cheap chrome plating..

My tyre man has not gotten back to me yet... I did some legwork on my own and rang one of the companies he told me about ( yell.com search for electroplating).
This company does not do wheels anymore.. they still chrome plate metal bits thou...

I'm still chasing the second company.

[POPEYE]

Hey Vultch, I know a lot of companys wont touch wheels! god knows why,
My first job when i left school was at a metal finishers in ports, in the polishing shop and way back then they would'nt do wheels! they would do bl00dy great american car bumpers though and it took two blokes to hold em on the polishing mop, dont make sense!!
Mines not going at all well either, The nitromors paint stripper wont touch the laquer in fact it's not laquer, It's very similar to the finish on domestic alloy extrusion stuff like shower rails etc, I'm pretty sure it's put on electrically and it's a real ba$tard to get off, only way i've found is wet&dry paper, i tried a small aera (which has commited me to doing the whole lot) and it comes off with some rubbing so nothing for it but to get it off with 360 and work my way up (or down) grades to 1200 and then compound and finally autosol,
This is going to be sodding hard work, gonna try and get some small polishing mops for the dremmel

[joker??]

Hey Vultch, I know a lot of companys wont touch wheels! god knows why,
My first job when i left school was at a metal finishers in ports, in the polishing shop and way back then they would'nt do wheels! they would do bl00dy great american car bumpers though and it took two blokes to hold em on the polishing mop, dont make sense!!
Mines not going at all well either, The nitromors paint stripper wont touch the laquer in fact it's not laquer, It's very similar to the finish on domestic alloy extrusion stuff like shower rails etc, I'm pretty sure it's put on electrically and it's a real ba$tard to get off, only way i've found is wet&dry paper, i tried a small aera (which has commited me to doing the whole lot) and it comes off with some rubbing so nothing for it but to get it off with 360 and work my way up (or down) grades to 1200 and then compound and finally autosol,
This is going to be sodding hard work, gonna try and get some small polishing mops for the dremmel

i dont want them ian !!!!




not till you clean them up
sounds like its going to be a labour of love:laugh4 rather you than me

[Vultch]

Oh God.. i thought there would be a nice easy solution... I have drenched them in one of the commerical alloy wheel cleaning products..all that did was remove the brake dust/crud allowing the faded finish to show through in all its glory...

[BUSHWHACKER]

Hey Vultch, I know a lot of companys wont touch wheels! god knows why,
My first job when i left school was at a metal finishers in ports, in the polishing shop and way back then they would'nt do wheels! they would do bl00dy great american car bumpers though and it took two blokes to hold em on the polishing mop, dont make sense!!
Mines not going at all well either, The nitromors paint stripper wont touch the laquer in fact it's not laquer, It's very similar to the finish on domestic alloy extrusion stuff like shower rails etc, I'm pretty sure it's put on electrically and it's a real ba$tard to get off, only way i've found is wet&dry paper, i tried a small aera (which has commited me to doing the whole lot) and it comes off with some rubbing so nothing for it but to get it off with 360 and work my way up (or down) grades to 1200 and then compound and finally autosol,
This is going to be sodding hard work, gonna try and get some small polishing mops for the dremmel

It may be clear powdercoat, very hard to shift! Try fine steel wool.