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StevieG
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Posted: 07 Dec 2018 at 16:15 |
Does anyone have any thoughts on the following, I’m about to start refurbishing the wheels on my V50II
would you: 1 Strip the rims and lacquer
2 Strip and Powder coat 3 Strip and powder and lacquer 4 Strip spray paint and lacquer Or something else I’ve missed
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rapheal
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New Wheel bearings while you are at it
if powder coating you need to make sure the coating is even otherwise you could find the wheels out of balance, although the same applies with painting I sent mine away to be done by central wheels in brum, but you need to remove wheel bearings first |
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ranton_rambler
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I did my Spada wheels myself - rub down, prime, paint, lacquer. All using Halfords rattle cans. Took ages but I was trying to avoid spending too much on it at the time. 3 years in and they still look OK.
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StevieG
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Has anyone just stripped and lacquered? I’m wondering whether that would look to crude or whether it would actually look quite nice .
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Grandadandy
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Did the wheels on my V50II myself. Wire wheeled and sanded them first (very laborious), then sprayed with rattle cans using etch primer, wheel silver & clear lacquer.
I wouldn't think that the casting is of good enough quality to just strip and lacquer - mine had quite a few casting faults in the form of pin holes, etc. Andy |
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StevieG
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I might skip the hard part and have them soft sand blasted, then prime paint and lacquer myself.
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iansoady
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I've found Tetrosyl wheel aerosol to be easy to apply and fairly robust. It also seems petrol resistant - not that that is relevant to wheels (most of the time anyway).
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Ian
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StevieG
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Thanks for that!! I’ve got the primer paint and lacquer on my eBay watch list.
I would like to know which is best, paint or powder coating?
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Chris950s
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Paint you can do yourself, you can get a very good finish if you prepare and prime well, and apply lots of coats gently rubbing down between coats using finer and finer wet and dry paper.
Powder coating is not a DIY process, the article being painted is usually shot or bead blasted first (depending on the material and condition) then it is suspended and given an electrical charge, the paint in powder form has the opposite charge and is blown over the item from a sort of spray gun it is attracted to the item and sticks to it due to the static charge. It is then put in an oven where the paint is baked on. So one you can do yourself if you are time rich and the other you will have to farm out and pay someone to do it.
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Chris and Karen - Essex
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BobV7
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It all depends on how good you are at diy and how much time you're prepared to spend on getting a finish you'd be happy with. Personally I prefer the bead blasting and powder coating solution as I'm impatient and crap at prep and painting! If you are in the Chichester area I had some excellent work done on my footrest/ silencer supports by a company on one of the trading estates, and at a very good price.
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V7 Classic Black and gold was the best. But green & black was nice too. Now blue is in!
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