Alloy refurb.
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I might also have them shot blasted any thoughts on either methord.
I'm thinking of refurbing the Snowflakes myself probably painting them in white & gunmetal or perhaps white/ polished alloy.
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a company in Bamber Bridge who did mine last year.
Number is available if need it. They give you -10% for being a car club member and can operate a courier service too.
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Dano I've asked a place at Warrington for a price
Just thought I'd have a go myself maybe not a good idea I know.
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I think they use aluminium oxide as the media.
If theres curbing then they need putting straight plus any lumps missing wlelding etc.
So really fella depends on how bad they are.
You could find a blaster and get them to blast them and get them powder coated instead of painted?
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Also breaking a Mk4 GT TDi (LP3G Red) AHF code
I also have a 79 Escort it only has a couple of sticky pages!!
I also have a 79 Escort it only has a couple of sticky pages!!
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Had a few hrs this evening with the Nitro Mors coated the wheel 3 times then scraped /wire brushed etc takes a fair bit of time approx 1hr per coat on the Snowflakes.
Probably need a forth coat the only awkward bit is getting between the smaller gaps, luckily no kerbing etc on all 5 wheels.
Going to persevere for a bit (only because the local blasters are movng factories this next week)
Bignickc.
what primers etc did you use ? I'm thinking of matt white and grey with lacquer top coat I think the wheels could be hard to mask for a polished alloy/white finish.
The soda blaster looks good wonder how good on a painted surface?
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1983 Cabby Gti All White Edition
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Daniel060979 said
Tempted myself to have a bash at the soda blasting, might have a try on the weekend.
Good luck finding the baking soda could only find little tins at the supemarkets
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Took 6 coats of Nitro Mors to finally get to bare metal gave the wheel a good wire brushing & a rub down with panel wipe.
Applied a coat of etching to get the alloy ready for priming then 3 coats of primer hopefully I'll get the top coats on in the morning.
All being well I'll put a couple of picies on over the weekend.
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Photos taken in sequence of work carried out so far could do with a few opinions please before I do them all.
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Another trick is caustic soda, they use it in door stripping etc.
Needs to be on heat though for top results. So you need a tank big enough to take the wheel or at least half at a time. Warning caustic soda can burn you seriously…
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