Powder coated wheel smart repair?
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axelleveau
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I am planning on touching-up a rim I recently had to de-buckle and that also has some rash, will probbaly be more DIY than SMART so will keep an eye on that thread... Or feedback if I end up going for it before you 
axelleveau said:I am planning on touching-up a rim I recently had to de-buckle and that also has some rash, will probbaly be more DIY than SMART so will keep an eye on that thread... Or feedback if I end up going for it before you
Good luck!Reading into it a bit, I may try wet-sanding back with fine grit paper and trying to polish out. Adding paint I think is risky due to the solvents.
axelleveau
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inkey$ said:
Reading into it a bit, I may try wet-sanding back with fine grit paper and trying to polish out. Adding paint I think is risky due to the solvents.
In your case it seems like a valid option
In mine I'll have to locally sand all the loose lacquer and scratches, and then do some paint and lacquer blending, if it succeeds it'll save me money or if it fails I'll learn, have fun and end up paying anyway
Okay - Im not going to try this after all. Feels too risky given the pristine nature of the powder coated finish and I really don't want to make matters worse.
Luckily the guy I bought them from isnt happy with the courier either and is going to redo the alloy for me FOC, so although it means waiting a little longer to put on the car, they’ll all be lovely at the end of it all.
Luckily the guy I bought them from isnt happy with the courier either and is going to redo the alloy for me FOC, so although it means waiting a little longer to put on the car, they’ll all be lovely at the end of it all.
inkey$ said:axelleveau said:I am planning on touching-up a rim I recently had to de-buckle and that also has some rash, will probbaly be more DIY than SMART so will keep an eye on that thread... Or feedback if I end up going for it before you
Reading into it a bit, I may try wet-sanding back with fine grit paper and trying to polish out. Adding paint I think is risky due to the solvents.
I would give that a go I think you will get a pretty good half way between without a respray
You’ve not met my sausage fingers and shortsightedness, have you Tom.tomscott said:inkey$ said:axelleveau said:I am planning on touching-up a rim I recently had to de-buckle and that also has some rash, will probbaly be more DIY than SMART so will keep an eye on that thread... Or feedback if I end up going for it before you
Reading into it a bit, I may try wet-sanding back with fine grit paper and trying to polish out. Adding paint I think is risky due to the solvents.
I would give that a go I think you will get a pretty good half way between without a respray
inkey$ said:You’ve not met my sausage fingers and shortsightedness, have you Tom.tomscott said:inkey$ said:
Reading into it a bit, I may try wet-sanding back with fine grit paper and trying to polish out. Adding paint I think is risky due to the solvents.
I would give that a go I think you will get a pretty good half way between without a respray
Haha well from what ive seen with your other projects has been so good that I have plenty of faith
You’re too kind! Must have been low res imagery :lol:tomscott said:inkey$ said:You’ve not met my sausage fingers and shortsightedness, have you Tom.tomscott said:I would give that a go I think you will get a pretty good half way between without a respray
Haha well from what ive seen with your other projects has been so good that I have plenty of faith