Wurth paint... defective??

[trent]

Wurth silver paint USED to be excellent- not sure but I heard that they changed the formula to make it more environmentally friendly.

But, if it's the same stuff they sold 3-4 years ago, then I have to disagree with Trent. I used it on several sets of BMW alloys and they all turned out great- and those I still have in my posession still look great today.


Trent, what don't you like about Wurth silver paint????????

Bret.

I don't like the big silver metallic chips!!!!!!!

[hoveringuy]

I don't like the big silver metallic chips!!!!!!!

Don't know what you mean.... I compared it to the back of my center caps which I consider to be original, unmolested BBS silver. It is *very* close in all aspects.

Hoveringuy

[trent]

Read this thread...

http://www.s14.net/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=23447

[FredK]

The metallic flakes are bigger in the Griot's paint than the stock metal flake, as Trent said. It's fine if you painted all four wheels, but it might look weird if you painted anything less than the full set of wheels.

I am in that boat, because I painted 2 out of 4 Double Spoke II wheels. I'll just buy two more DSIIs in good cosmetic condition, because the stock paint will be more durable than stuff that comes out of a spray can.

[Dave]

The Duplicolor has a bigger flake in it, but it seems (to me) to have that shadowing effect Trent talked about in the linked thread.

If I were worried about it, I'd repaint the other three wheels in my set with it as well, but they are just for the track. So I just painted the one where I fixed the gashes in it.

[hoveringuy]

That's a good read. I think I read the info on Acura silver somewhere else and it was my first choice, but the only shop I found in the DC area that mixes into spray cans wanted a 12 can minimum.

One day I will invest in an HVLP sprayer!

Hoveringuy

[trent]

The Duplicolor has a bigger flake in it, but it seems (to me) to have that shadowing effect Trent talked about in the linked thread.

If I were worried about it, I'd repaint the other three wheels in my set with it as well, but they are just for the track. So I just painted the one where I fixed the gashes in it.

The duplicolor is an odd silver...its too dark, so it looks really dark in shadows.

[FredK]

Oh yeah, for people that refer to this thread in the future: Duplicolor clear is incompatible with Griot's paint. I found out when the clear started looking all hazy and yellow when I laid down some Duplicolor clear over Wurth. I ran out of clear and I didn't want to wait another few days for a can of paint to get to my house, so I tried Duplicolor.

Fortunately, I now have an air compressor, so once I get a detail gun I should be ready to paint wheels with "real" paint.

[trent]

It is so nice using a real gun and real paint. Fuck I hate spray cans.

[hoveringuy]

I sprayed the clear today

To update, I sprayed the Griot's clear today.

It went on very nicely and lay as flat as anything I've ever sprayed (from a piss can). To Trent's credit, the clear did reveal the metal flake effect that I hadn't seen before. The silver basecoat looked more homogenous before I cleared it and now I can see the metal flakes.

It's not disco-gaudy sparkly, only slightly sparkly, but certainly more-so than the original BBS silver.

Having tried the Duplicolor I would still highly recommend the Griot's products. The color is extremely close, the slight sparkling is fine and the paint is very good quality. As in anything that involves painting 95% of good results stem from prep work.

Hoveringuy