Humbug
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 posted on 27/3/08 at 01:22 PM |
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Wheel lacquer bubbling - repairable?
I've got the opportunity to buy 4 wheels like this one with decent part worn tyres. They look OK over most of the wheel finish except for some
fairly major bubbling on the inside of the rims/spokes. Given the rest of the metal is OK, how feasible would it be to rub down the bubbles, silver
spray the patches if necessary and put a bit of lacquer on top? (PS, looking for a locost approach  )
a) easy peasy and would look OK-ish, at least from a distance
b) easy but crap finish
c) forget it and get the whole wheel redone
Thoughts please, chaps
Cheers,
Simon
 
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02GF74
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| posted on 27/3/08 at 01:31 PM |
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is it just paint/laquer flaking off or has the sruface of the alloy pitted too, as it wuld if not protected?
anythjing can be done given enough time an money - just depends on how much timemoney you want to spend nad how good a finish you want, the better the
finish the more time and money you need to spend.
you may have fun matching the silver colour - you'd be surprised how many variations of silver there are.
if the spokes were not flakey, you could have painted the inner rim a different colour altogether.
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 27/3/08 at 01:39 PM |
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sand it down and use first an etch primer than a high build filler primer. Let each thick coat dry in the house (too cold for paint right now) for a
day. Then use wet and dry to make it smooth, just lots of time really
Fame is when your old car is plastered all over the internet
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Mark Allanson
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| posted on 27/3/08 at 01:41 PM |
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It has happened because there is a sharp edge at the back of the spokes, round this off, clean out all the corrosion, stopper up, etch prime (buy an
aerosol from a bodyshop factors - its easier). Use 1K polyester basecoat and top with 1K clearcoat. All the above can be bought in aerosols if you
don't have a compressor.
If you can keep you head, whilst all others around you are losing theirs, you are not fully aware of the situation
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mangogrooveworkshop
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| posted on 27/3/08 at 07:38 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Dragon-Performance-Eu
quote:
Originally posted by Mr Whippy
(too cold for paint right now)
Eh its a toasty 32c @ 17:00 here, you dont need an oven just a metal booth and spray in the afternoon...... 
Can you switch the heating back on in the UK please its cold....
Back to the wheels have you not got a wheel renovator near you....prices can be very low in the smaller places
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