VenomX Posted November 28, 2007 Share Posted November 28, 2007 Found this on web search and thought it might be useful for some folks. "I needed to refurb one of my alloy wheels (I need to refurb them all actually) and have 1 spare one so started with that... I got instructions from a friend and this is the first refurb of an alloy wheel I've ever done... Before: http://img406.imageshack.us/img406/5913/alloywheelrefurb1iz3.jpg Although the pics a bit naff, the wheel has: Lots of kerbing, scratches, dents, bubbles in the paint etc. First step: Sand all down with 80, fill dents, scratches, kerbing etc (with david's isopon filler from motorworld), sand 80, then 240: http://img406.imageshack.us/img406/4579/alloywheelrefurb2sandedxs2.jpg ** clean wheel like mad! ** (sugar soap spray is good at removing dirt and grime, or clean in the bath, but be careful not to mark / knacker your bath!) Second step: Spray with hi-build primer: (1 light, 10min wait, 1 heavy coat, 10 min wait, 1 heavy coat - same process for all spraying: primer, paint, lacquer) http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/8132/alloywheelrefurb3primedgm6.jpg Allow to dry over night Third step: Sand wet (with some washing up liquid) 1000 wet n dry, then you can spray with silver spray paint: http://img517.imageshack.us/img517/1949/alloywheelrefurb4sprayefl3.jpg http://img517.imageshack.us/img517/1949/alloywheelrefurb4sprayefl3.1ce02fbd90.jpg Allow to dry (30+ minutes) Forth step: spray with lacquer. http://img517.imageshack.us/img517/9876/alloywheelrefurb5lacquefb3.jpg http://img517.imageshack.us/img517/9876/alloywheelrefurb5lacquefb3.fb0ad503e5.jpg Lessons learnt: - Always test sprays on something else prior to wheel - I had a bad can of lacquer that didn't spray - it just dripped on the paint and melted it away, meaning I had to re-sand / re-spray that area again leaving some small wobbly bits as can be seen in the last pic (I could have resanded down and re-filled but was impatient and didn't want to take it back down to the primer stage). - If you get small hairs in - don't try removing it when wet! This will bodge surrounding area and you'll need to respray / resand / refill area potentially taking it back to primer stage. Apparently it's easier to remove when dry (obviously I learnt the hard way)" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Todd Posted November 28, 2007 Share Posted November 28, 2007 Makes it sound so easy Nice write up though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
p111ddy Posted November 28, 2007 Share Posted November 28, 2007 Yeah nice write up mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl_S Posted November 29, 2007 Share Posted November 29, 2007 very useful. I can see it's for an enthusiast and not a car lazy man like moi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dash Rendar Posted November 29, 2007 Share Posted November 29, 2007 Great post, thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evanshaw Posted November 30, 2007 Share Posted November 30, 2007 Nice write up mate and a really good job there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MRX Posted November 30, 2007 Share Posted November 30, 2007 Good post. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miko_supra Posted December 7, 2007 Share Posted December 7, 2007 nice one. going to give this a go on the girlfriends wheels that she's destroyed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fargo Posted December 7, 2007 Share Posted December 7, 2007 halfrauds do a kit for 20 odd quid, consists of some wetndry, a clear gel/filler compound, and some silver/alloy coloured spray, same principle as above. Although not much help for polished/machined alloys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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