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<blockquote data-quote="blkGT500nCA" data-source="post: 10902188" data-attributes="member: 74752"><p>Your biggest problem is going to be the peeling chrome. I own a powder coating business and we charge extra for damaged chrome, if we'll even touch them. The problem is that you can sand blast off the damaged stuff but when you heat the wheel up afterwards in the oven it'll start to peel again. (this happens more often on aluminum. Steel wheels aren't usually so bad.)</p><p></p><p>The solution is to blast the wheel clean, then heat it up in the oven to 400 then apply a "red oxide primer" while the part is still hot. Once the wheel has cooled you can hit whatever spots may have peeled with a da sander. Then depending on what the customer wants to spend you can either do some more primers to smooth things put, or move on to the color coat.</p><p></p><p>These were aluminum Mercedes wheels and the chrome was peeling BAD!</p><p><a href="http://img848.imageshack.us/i/img0261a.jpg/" target="_blank"><img src="http://img848.imageshack.us/img848/1645/img0261a.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p><a href="http://img42.imageshack.us/i/img0260hr.jpg/" target="_blank"><img src="http://img42.imageshack.us/img42/9245/img0260hr.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p>Blasted, and blasted, and blasted. Then Heated them up to 400* and shot the RO primer hot. Which tends to orange peel. </p><p><a href="http://img819.imageshack.us/i/img0264cn.jpg/" target="_blank"><img src="http://img819.imageshack.us/img819/4065/img0264cn.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p>Let the wheels cool then shot them with another type of primer to smooth them out. </p><p><a href="http://img5.imageshack.us/i/img0267cl.jpg/" target="_blank"><img src="http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/7023/img0267cl.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p><a href="http://img860.imageshack.us/i/img0273q.jpg/" target="_blank"><img src="http://img860.imageshack.us/img860/8278/img0273q.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p>Cleaned the wheels up and shot them with "Black Magic". <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /> </p><p><a href="http://img852.imageshack.us/i/dsc6943.jpg/" target="_blank"><img src="http://img852.imageshack.us/img852/6346/dsc6943.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p><a href="http://img850.imageshack.us/i/dsc6948.jpg/" target="_blank"><img src="http://img850.imageshack.us/img850/2773/dsc6948.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="blkGT500nCA, post: 10902188, member: 74752"] Your biggest problem is going to be the peeling chrome. I own a powder coating business and we charge extra for damaged chrome, if we'll even touch them. The problem is that you can sand blast off the damaged stuff but when you heat the wheel up afterwards in the oven it'll start to peel again. (this happens more often on aluminum. Steel wheels aren't usually so bad.) The solution is to blast the wheel clean, then heat it up in the oven to 400 then apply a "red oxide primer" while the part is still hot. Once the wheel has cooled you can hit whatever spots may have peeled with a da sander. Then depending on what the customer wants to spend you can either do some more primers to smooth things put, or move on to the color coat. These were aluminum Mercedes wheels and the chrome was peeling BAD! [url=http://img848.imageshack.us/i/img0261a.jpg/][img]http://img848.imageshack.us/img848/1645/img0261a.jpg[/img][/url] [url=http://img42.imageshack.us/i/img0260hr.jpg/][img]http://img42.imageshack.us/img42/9245/img0260hr.jpg[/img][/url] Blasted, and blasted, and blasted. Then Heated them up to 400* and shot the RO primer hot. Which tends to orange peel. [url=http://img819.imageshack.us/i/img0264cn.jpg/][img]http://img819.imageshack.us/img819/4065/img0264cn.jpg[/img][/url] Let the wheels cool then shot them with another type of primer to smooth them out. [url=http://img5.imageshack.us/i/img0267cl.jpg/][img]http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/7023/img0267cl.jpg[/img][/url] [url=http://img860.imageshack.us/i/img0273q.jpg/][img]http://img860.imageshack.us/img860/8278/img0273q.jpg[/img][/url] Cleaned the wheels up and shot them with "Black Magic". :D [url=http://img852.imageshack.us/i/dsc6943.jpg/][img]http://img852.imageshack.us/img852/6346/dsc6943.jpg[/img][/url] [url=http://img850.imageshack.us/i/dsc6948.jpg/][img]http://img850.imageshack.us/img850/2773/dsc6948.jpg[/img][/url] [/QUOTE]
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