Alloy Wheels Refurbish

[aronw2004 4 1 Cars]

Hi everyone,

 

Going to sort my wheels next. Iv allready got them ready for painting. Iv sanded them and sandblasted them. My question is, what undercoat should i use and also top coat. My planis to spray them infront of the spaceheater.

[Kezzer30 40 1 Cars]

Dont spray them too close to the heater lad as the can be to harsh on drying paint and mess up all your hard work , epoxy primer if your spraying bear metal and then normal primer etc

[Kezzer30 40 1 Cars]

Should of asked , you using cans or a proper compressor and gun?

[aronw2004 4 1 Cars]

compressor and gun.

 

Anyone know the original paint code / colourof 1.9 alloys?

[jamie_1992 66 1 Cars]

i used #8 adid etch primer and seems fine

[Daviewonder 533 3 Cars]

compressor and gun.

 

Anyone know the original paint code / colourof 1.9 alloys?

 

EVE rings a bell.

[Daviewonder 533 3 Cars]

Just found this-

It's:

gray "EVE" until 93

and

gray "ETJ" after 93

Edited April 7, 2013 by Daviewonder

[toddydal 1]

gas space heaters are no good for spray painting because they produce so much condensation,i use infra red heaters for drying paint in my garage at home

[Kezzer30 40 1 Cars]

gas space heaters are no good for spray painting because they produce so much condensation,i use infra red heaters for drying paint in my garage at home

 

How are the infrared heaters on electric lad, as i just let mine air dry using no heat at all but have considered getting a heater but was worried it would be high cost , also bang on with the space warmer at mate used once in a small garage when he painted someones golf door all the paint bubbled and kicked out some fumes and smoke and basically he had to full redo it

[toddydal 1]

I have two and they don't seem to bad on electric as I only use for 1/2 hour at a time max depending what I need dried

[aronw2004 4 1 Cars]

Thanks. i think ill use the heater to warm them up as the garage is quite cold and ill use some electric heaters to aid the drying. would a fan heater do?

[toddydal 1]

yes fan heaters are fine i also use one to take the chill out of the garage before painting,roll on summer time.heres a golf im doing at home been on it a few weekends now but not far off finished

http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh277/toddydal/golf_zps80b82b3d.jpg

[CaptainP 2]

U-POL Acid #8 Etch Primer worked well for me on the 2 sets that I've done. I used Ford Moondust silver which is very similar to the original colour.

[toddydal 1]

I put epoxy primer on everthing,best etch primer and rust inhibitor all in one plus its water proof so you can leave it.a While as it won't soak in moisture like normal primer

[aronw2004 4 1 Cars]

Love the pics of the escort toddy. Needed some work doing. Fantastic Job.

[aronw2004 4 1 Cars]

Half way through the alloys. Will use sandblaster for the rest.

 

[ORB 227 1 Cars]

If you have access to a blaster, why not start with that??

[Ian205 3 1 Cars]

as far as i know paint code is RAL9007.. this is what i got off this site i think,,

mine should be back from being refurbed this week cant wait

[aronw2004 4 1 Cars]

lol, coz i ran out of sand, and cant get more till friday.