wheel restoration
06-26-2012, 06:49 PM
#27
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Location: YUMA, AZ
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I'm all for DIY. I do everything myself as well.. like I said I'm biased to powder cuz that's what I do. I've got a bunch of stuff in the wrks engine wise then ima do my stock six spokes.. hope u find some that wrks good and ur happy with the results!
06-26-2012, 07:24 PM
#28
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Location: under my s12, s130, yo mama bed...
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id love to here about these cheap sandblasting places... one guy i had do a set charged me 200bucks, saying that he couldnt get into the crevases of the wheel, didnt even look like he hit them at all... had another "friend" say hed do 15's for 75 a peice blasted...
maybe i was just getting screwed?
sandpaper is as diy as it gets
maybe i was just getting screwed?
sandpaper is as diy as it gets
07-19-2012, 08:46 AM
#31
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Location: Kansas
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Well I've bein haveing good luck if you have Mexicans at you desposal with scratch pads to help you scrub the weel down then you will do fine! Me and my friends scrubbed it down with awsome a degreeser and the goo stuff and it came out pretty good I'm not finished yet but I will be uploading pictures shortly
07-20-2012, 08:58 AM
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Location: NH, formerly CT
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Looks pretty good. Did you end up using the aircraft remover? IME that stuff is awesome, it's actually designed to be used with aluminum and not damage the metal but destroy anything else that's painted on (or any coating really). The factory clear coat on my rims is chipping off in a few places and I want to remove it so I can polish the lips and paint the rest to match the body color. I'm curious how it worked on the coating and whether it got the wheels down to bare aluminum or not so they can be polished. I have the same iron cross wheels and honestly I'd rather have the 6 spoke wheels but since I can't buy any at this time I'm going to work with these ones the best I can.
07-22-2012, 02:08 PM
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I know we're to get some if you are local and yeah I used the aircraft remover and it took off all the old paint and pretty sure the clear coat but I'm going to post a like of what I seen on YouTube it might help. And if you use the spray can like me you have you get heavy coats
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