Started to Strip Wheels to be Polished
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Those wheels are looking pretty good already TampaBlack99. Are you going to polish the whole wheel or paint some of it? It would look pretty good with the spokes painted black and the rest polished, or maybe just painting the outside of the spoke and everything else polished. Good luck on your project, but it's looking pretty good so far.
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The WHOLE wheel is going to be polished.
No clearcoat. We have another set we are going
to do a combination of polishing and powdercoating.
We will polish the outside and have the inside of the rims
powdercoated to the color of the truck they will go on.
Does anybody now if the brake housing can be polished
and what it is made of. Thanks
The Swede I think has polished 99 rims.
No clearcoat. We have another set we are going
to do a combination of polishing and powdercoating.
We will polish the outside and have the inside of the rims
powdercoated to the color of the truck they will go on.
Does anybody now if the brake housing can be polished
and what it is made of. Thanks
The Swede I think has polished 99 rims.
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Strip first. Aluminum stripper is different then regular paint stripper. Some strippers will have a nasty chemical reaction with aluminum.
Start sanding with about 400 grit wet dry, then work you way up to 1000-1500 grit, then use any aluminum polish like mothers. Then clear coat to protect the finish, because it will oxidize if you don't.
Start sanding with about 400 grit wet dry, then work you way up to 1000-1500 grit, then use any aluminum polish like mothers. Then clear coat to protect the finish, because it will oxidize if you don't.
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1) any stripper will work (mine was $18 from Lowes)
2) Air grinder used to knock down large flat areas and inside of wheels
3) Eastwood Greaseless compounds on Buffs (80, 120, 220, 320)
4) Wet sand flat areas smooth
5) Tripoli on small 3" Buffs
6) White Rough on Buffs for final brightness
Optional clearcoating, But I would not as most tends to yellow.
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2) Air grinder used to knock down large flat areas and inside of wheels
3) Eastwood Greaseless compounds on Buffs (80, 120, 220, 320)
4) Wet sand flat areas smooth
5) Tripoli on small 3" Buffs
6) White Rough on Buffs for final brightness
Optional clearcoating, But I would not as most tends to yellow.
Good Day!
Last edited by TampaBlack99; Dec 20, 2002 at 09:50 AM.
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I have thought about doing this to my 01 wheels for a while now but what are you going to do about the center caps. You can't polish them and crome ones might not match. Maybe BAbolt might make some
It should look great.
It should look great.
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Originally posted by J.D. Blackwell
I have been scuffing my 20" reps down to be repainted. All I been using is some 320 grit. That's all, but I am repainting them, not polishing them. If someone wants to repaint there wheels, just scuff them down a little for the paint to stick. It has been taking me about an 1 1/2 hours per 20" wheel.
I have been scuffing my 20" reps down to be repainted. All I been using is some 320 grit. That's all, but I am repainting them, not polishing them. If someone wants to repaint there wheels, just scuff them down a little for the paint to stick. It has been taking me about an 1 1/2 hours per 20" wheel.
What silver paint are you using on the wheels? I was thinking of trying a re-paint on a spare wheel I have. Thanks.