Wheels All Painted - Phew!

[hellmett]

Well?

Do you think the 'Steel' colour suits the Blue Surf?

[sledge]

you did a nice job on them.

[Growler]

They look real good Mate

[Calos]

Nice job done.


peace
cal

[lord_flashart]

They look wicked mate.

Nice job,


Ray.

[slobodan]

What were they like before?

[T1z3R]

sorry to rock the boat but i dont think they look good at all.
the colour of the wheels themselves is not my cup of tea and they dont match the colour of the truck at all.

sorry.

[wiggy]

Each to their own really...dont know about the colour myself (like color coded), but he did a ###### good job on them in my opinion......might be after some tips as it is looking like i will be doing the same as the laquer is coming off mine pretty bad now

[hellmett]

Re

It's not really that hard to do!

My wheels were stripped and polished before but because of the weather and salt/grit etc. they were constantly needing redone.

Polished Wheels

Nitromors will strip them to bare aluminium in minutes and a good selection of wire brushes (for drill) and a good drill will key them.

Give the WHOLE wheel a good wash with detergent!

Couple of coats of ACID ETCH, couple of paint and a few of laquer!

One amazing tip I got was using INDEX CARDS (I used my son's old Match Attax, shhhh!) to push down between the rim and tyre!

No masking tape needed at all!

A couple of old towels covered the tyre!

DO THEM INSIDE!

No matter how sunny or windless you might think it is you will ALWAYS end up with bits of dust/grass/snot etc. on the wet paint/laquer!

It's Murphy's Law!

Later!

Gary

[wiggy]

Ta for the tips Gary much appreciated! will get on ebay then and look for some kits. Will get back to you if i get stuck.

Ciao for now

Rob

[hellmett]

Re

Ta for the tips Gary much appreciated! will get on ebay then and look for some kits. Will get back to you if i get stuck.

Ciao for now

Rob

What 'kits' mate?

G

[wiggy]

Nitromors-not sure if we can get this over here.....same with ACID ETCH-probably best bet to get from ebay? or see if there is a kit to do them......no halfrauds round our neck of the woods:cheesy:.

Aye to murphys law lol seems to be the thing of the day today!

Rob

[wishbone]

Nitromoors is just a chemical paint stripper - they must sell that in Italy. Etch primer must be available too. You just need the right translation..

[wiggy]

Nitromoors is just a chemical paint stripper - they must sell that in Italy. Etch primer must be available too. You just need the right translation..

Yea i know and you are right but i live out in the sticks and finding the right shop is the problem. Easier and faster off fleabay(probably cheaper too)