[Mgs] powder coating for wire wheels

[Carl French]

FWIW,
   Many people I know have had bad experiences powder coating wire wheels because of the inevitable break of surface at the spoke/nipple interface. It then leads to rust under the area that cant be refixed easily. I love powder coating but this is one part of the car I will always paint.
  Carl

Max Heim <max_heim at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
  I believe Krylon has a color called Dull Aluminum. Though I thought the
question was originally what *powdercoat* color should be specified. I
imagine that there is a standard powdercoat color of this type, as well,
though whether it is called Dull Silver, Argent, Dull Aluminum, or what, I
don't know.


--

Max Heim
'66 MGB GHN3L76149
If you're near Mountain View, CA,
it's the primer red one with chrome wires


on 2/4/08 8:17 AM, RampantNM at aol.com at RampantNM at aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 2/4/2008 9:03:49 AM Mountain Standard Time,
> mgbob at juno.com writes:
> 
> Dave,
> Ford used a color called Argent for its wheels at one time, and
> that is thought to be closest to the color of the MG wheels.
> Bob
> 
> 
> I replied facitiously the first time, but guys on the Spridget list suggest
> Krylon SIlver (Argent in French?) and a coat of matt polyurethane on top.
> The polyurethan apparently kills the "bright" silver of the paint and dulls
> it 
> to match the factory finish. Now, how that can be related to powdercoating?
> I have no idea.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Robert B. Houston
> 
> 74.5 MGBGT
> 73 MG Midget
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