In a message dated 99-09-02 11:44:07 EDT, you write:
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Does anyone have experience painting aluminum wheels? I'm now stripping off
a finish that someone did, but didn't stick (chipped off in chunks, and
where
it didn't flake off, it wrinkled badly). Should I use standard primer? Can
I/should I use metal prep before the primer? Any advice gladly accepted.
Thanks,
Myles H. Kitchen >>
Myles,
When I got it that wreck in the oil at turn six at Sears Point last September
and spun and got hit by the Elva, I too had an aluminum wheel to paint. My
wheel was a Minilite. The damage was cosmitic and a little body filler fixed
the Boo-Boo. I feathered the existing paint, lacquer primed the repair,
skuffed the remaining shiny paint to dull with super-fine and shot the wheel
with catalized enamel. The result was as good as the factory finish on the
other 4 Minilites. The secret to any paint job is to get the surface as
clean as you possibly can and then get it 10x more clean.
Rod Schweiger
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