Hi
I took my wheels apart to clean, polished and repaint the mesh on them. What is the best way to strip the paint of the mesh area? I think they are cast aluminum.
they ben repainted 3 times (I see 4 different colors) and I will like to take them down to the original color or down to the metal.
regards, Jose
Wheel Striping
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Re: Wheel Striping
I use a product called Blue lightning, a paint remover that is washed off with water and not toxic.
http://www.bluelightningproducts.com/
really does the trick.
Bill
http://www.bluelightningproducts.com/
really does the trick.
Bill
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> Hi
> I took my wheels apart to clean, polished and
> repaint the mesh on them. What is the best way to strip the paint of the mesh > area? I think they are cast aluminum.
> they ben repainted 3 times (I see 4
> different colors) and I will like to take them down to the original color or > down to the metal.
> regards, Jose
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Re: Wheel Striping
Jose,
if you don't have access to a bead blaster,
you'll want to use something like Jasco's Aircraft Paint Stripper.
It's normally found at any hardware/automotive or even Home Depot
type stores.
it's a gel you spread onto the wheel & let it sit...then come back w/
a putty knife and scrape off.
use latex gloves to protect your hands put the wheels in a shallow
metal tray or pan (the ones that slide under your car to catch drips
work well), and make sure to spread something down around it so you
don't ruin your garage floor. make sure to have tons of ventilation
there's a lot of fumes & the stuff is also flammable. use a soft wire
brush (like the copper type)to clean out all the grooves & crevices.
a couple applications of the stripper may be needed to eat thru all
the layers, but the nice thing is, if you run out of the fresh stuff,
you can reuse the stuff w/ paint in it to continue to strip any
remaining paint, so don't scoop it into the trash until you're all
the way done.
then wash a few times with soapy water to make sure you get all the
stripper off the wheels.
simplicity level - 1
messiness - 8 or 9
toxic - 9 or 10
also, make sure to check with whomever you have refinishing the
wheels, some paints and powdercoatings don't adhere well to
chemically stripped surfaces unless their cleaned properly & prepped.
i think the Jasco's works even better than media/bead blasting
because it doesn't affect the surface of the aluminum and is less
likely to damage the wheel.
repainting them with a high grade epoxy type automotive wheel paint
and finish with a couple coats of a good clear coat will be the best
way to refinish them (same as original finish), but it takes more
skill & is normally more pricey since the shops that do it this way
are GOOD, whereas powdercoating is more price inhibitive and has a
pretty good aray of colors available these days, but it also weighs
more and covers any fine detail because it's thicker, so you'll have
to weigh the pro's & con's.
good luck!
take some good snaps of the process along the way & of the finished
wheels. I'd like to see how they turn out.
BTW: what wheels are they? Hayashi's? Works? multi piece i'm assuming.
~AR
if you don't have access to a bead blaster,
you'll want to use something like Jasco's Aircraft Paint Stripper.
It's normally found at any hardware/automotive or even Home Depot
type stores.
it's a gel you spread onto the wheel & let it sit...then come back w/
a putty knife and scrape off.
use latex gloves to protect your hands put the wheels in a shallow
metal tray or pan (the ones that slide under your car to catch drips
work well), and make sure to spread something down around it so you
don't ruin your garage floor. make sure to have tons of ventilation
there's a lot of fumes & the stuff is also flammable. use a soft wire
brush (like the copper type)to clean out all the grooves & crevices.
a couple applications of the stripper may be needed to eat thru all
the layers, but the nice thing is, if you run out of the fresh stuff,
you can reuse the stuff w/ paint in it to continue to strip any
remaining paint, so don't scoop it into the trash until you're all
the way done.
then wash a few times with soapy water to make sure you get all the
stripper off the wheels.
simplicity level - 1
messiness - 8 or 9
toxic - 9 or 10
also, make sure to check with whomever you have refinishing the
wheels, some paints and powdercoatings don't adhere well to
chemically stripped surfaces unless their cleaned properly & prepped.
i think the Jasco's works even better than media/bead blasting
because it doesn't affect the surface of the aluminum and is less
likely to damage the wheel.
repainting them with a high grade epoxy type automotive wheel paint
and finish with a couple coats of a good clear coat will be the best
way to refinish them (same as original finish), but it takes more
skill & is normally more pricey since the shops that do it this way
are GOOD, whereas powdercoating is more price inhibitive and has a
pretty good aray of colors available these days, but it also weighs
more and covers any fine detail because it's thicker, so you'll have
to weigh the pro's & con's.
good luck!
take some good snaps of the process along the way & of the finished
wheels. I'd like to see how they turn out.
BTW: what wheels are they? Hayashi's? Works? multi piece i'm assuming.
~AR
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, My72Z600@w... wrote:
> Hi
> I took my wheels apart to clean, polished and repaint the mesh on
them. What
> is the best way to strip the paint of the mesh area? I think they
are cast
> aluminum.
> they ben repainted 3 times (I see 4 different colors) and I will
like to
> take them down to the original color or down to the metal.
> regards, Jose