I know everyone says to use aircraft stripper. I have used it 4 times and used a wire wheel each time. I cant get all of primer off. The black paint comes right off. There a easier way to strip them? I have 15 in snow flake wheels. The wire wheel is a little harsh on them. So I need to clean them up and polish them afterwards. I have no clue how to make them looks purdy again.
If you have access to a sandblaster, that will do the job.
I used stripper and a wire wheel on my k1's to get the black paint,primer and original silver finish off. I now have a friend with a sandblasting cabinet but at the time I didn't.
I took them from this:
To this:
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If you have access to a sandblaster, that will do the job.
I used stripper and a wire wheel on my k1's to get the black paint,primer and original silver finish off. I now have a friend with a sandblasting cabinet but at the time I didn't.
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How did you get it polished? My wheels look dull after getting the paint off.
How did you get it polished? My wheels look dull after getting the paint off.
Oh trust me, these didn't look like that after just taking the paint off. There's A LOT of time put into these and they still don't satisfy me. Expect to spend many many many hours hand sanding them. I prefer to water sand. Aluminum tends to gum the paper up quick so water helps a lot. Start with something around maybe 400-600 and work your way to 1500. Then use a powerball and some mothers.
Oh trust me, these didn't look like that after just taking the paint off. There's A LOT of time put into these and they still don't satisfy me. Expect to spend many many many hours hand sanding them. I prefer to water sand. Aluminum tends to gum the paper up quick so water helps a lot. Start with something around maybe 400-600 and work your way to 1500. Then use a powerball and some mothers.
I cheated..... I used a rotozip (have a dimmer switch to adjust speed) and a wire wheel. It ate it off fast and left it shiny BUT its not uniform. Would I just wet sand or what to get it looking good?
First off, the original finish on the snowflake wheels is a MACHINED face with silver windows. You can not duplicate this unless you take it to a professional wheel refinisher who first repaints the wheel silver and then puts the wheel on a CNC lathe. The computer programmed machine cuts the face to give it a polished low luster look.
You can try to do this yourself by painting the wheel and then use a palm sander to cut the face and then polish it with metal polish. It won't look exactly the same but at least you'd be saving a couple hundred dollars.
First off, the original finish on the snowflake wheels is a MACHINED face with silver windows. You can not duplicate this unless you take it to a professional wheel refinisher who first repaints the wheel silver and then puts the wheel on a CNC lathe. The computer programmed machine cuts the face to give it a polished low luster look.
You can try to do this yourself by painting the wheel and then use a palm sander to cut the face and then polish it with metal polish. It won't look exactly the same but at least you'd be saving a couple hundred dollars.
I took off most of the machined face off. I just want the shine to look even.
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Thanks. I would like to smooth them out. Looks way better than it did. I guss 20,000 rpms and a fine wire wheel will clean up about anything. I wore a pair of glasses of course so I didnt get wire in my eye since the wheels arent supposed to go over 4500 rpms.
honestly, take them to someone with a sandblaster. You may have completely ruined those wheels, depending on how rough of a wire wheel you used. It will cost maybe $20 per wheel max for sandblast, and you'll be able to see all the wonderful imperfections you've just caused.
Nah, them shits is hot....Randomn scuff marks, gowging, and non srt wheels on top of that!!!! Yeah, rock them as is.
Haha. Ill sell them to you.
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honestly, take them to someone with a sandblaster. You may have completely ruined those wheels, depending on how rough of a wire wheel you used. It will cost maybe $20 per wheel max for sandblast, and you'll be able to see all the wonderful imperfections you've just caused.
Fine course I bought at walmart. Im sure they will sand smooth. I heard sand blasting would cause pits in the metal.
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