Painting, polishing, repairing wheels

[Bimmerfanatik]

no the stuff im painting black is only the inside lip. right now its yellow. turns out the wurth paint is a lacquer so that should work well with the primer. I tested it and with only a few minutes of drying time its much more durable then the other primers i tried

Pics of the current status?

[nickmp0wer]

this is what they look like now after bead blasting and lip polishing

[Bimmerfanatik]

HOLY crap Nick! Post a before pic - right now!

[Digitalwave]

Have fun keeping the lips that shiny :)

[nickmp0wer]

Ok, still working on these, a little. today i sanded some of them with 150grit paper. i didnt inbetween the spokes, is it really nessary?

[Eurospec]

Did you bead blast them yourself? What's the process like?

[nando]

Have fun keeping the lips that shiny :)

the lips on 15" weaves are easy to clean, I don't see why they would be hard to keep polished.

anyway they look fucking GREAT! I want to see them finished, makes me wish I had gone that way instead of painting them.

[nickmp0wer]

so i guess tmr i will sand every bit that is going to be painted then mask and paint them

[permit]

I just discovered a product called "PEAK" that is a polisher for every type of metal. I found it at a marine store; not sure if its in Kragen, and other places like that. I used it on my wheels, and now my lips are like mirrors, it would definitely keep those polished lips shiny.

[Digitalwave]

the lips on 15" weaves are easy to clean, I don't see why they would be hard to keep polished.

anyway they look fucking GREAT! I want to see them finished, makes me wish I had gone that way instead of painting them.

It'll just take extra care to keep an unprotected polished lip that shiny. It'll get dull between polishings.

[nickmp0wer]

primer is on, the finish looks a little rough, and it says the primer can be sanded, but im not sure if im gunna do it

[Bimmerfanatik]

Nick these seriously look great. Maybe I'll send you some wheels to refinish for me ;)

[Digitalwave]

primer is on, the finish looks a little rough, and it says the primer can be sanded, but im not sure if im gunna do it

You should, or the basecoat and clear aren't going to look good either.

[nickmp0wer]

guess i might do it then. ALthough when the clear is applied it like makes the gold paint into liquid again to smooth it out. I might need to order some more of the gold actaully

[Digitalwave]

It doesn't actually make the gold wet again, but I know what you mean. Anyways, every coat needs to be smooth before you apply the next or the finish is going to look crappy like it does now.