the paint is silver but it looks like somone has just used a spray can on it (my dad). and i want to remove the paint, to get to the pretty metal underneath for a polish..
how can i go about this? i dont want to have to take the wheels off because im scared ima do somthing wrong.. and my jack is screwed :|
do i just use turps and a wire brush?? if so any tips for getting into the crack that is around the whole rim?
is there somthing i can put onto the paint to melt it good?
C'Mon Damo! Take off that wheel/s! It not hard at all and you wont stuff anything up if you use the right tools like an apropriate wheel brace. You'll appreciate it when you have the wheels on a bench rather than your car! Buy a trolley jack from Super Cheap or Kmart.. they're under $30 and you'll appreciate it muchly in the long run.. worse comes to worse, swip the car jack from you're old folk's car...
I found the best way to strip the paint off ya rims is to use a circular paint stripper attatchment for the drill. THIS IS NOT THE WIRE BRUSH VARIETY! Its made of some dense synthetic webed material used to strip paint off wood... Its the Black and Decker version is a grape/maroon colour... just lay into the wheels with that... To get in to the small gaps, you may need to either buy a small light wire circular brush attatchment. Go easy with it otherwise you may stuff the surface of ya rims (probably not likely, but better safe than sorry) or you could pour some paint stripper into/onto the rim when it's lying flat and just let it sit and do its job...
True, if you reeeeally dont know what you're doing, dish it off to a pro... saves you time and money in the long run, but you dont really learn without the hands on experience... I learnt NOT to use the easy sand primer on my rims.... waaaaaaaaay too soft and easy to chip... and use oil and wax cleaner as a paint thinner, even though they have the same HazChem warning numbers etc on the side, BOY ARE DO THEY HAVE TOTALLY DIFFERENT PROPERTIES!
YEECH!
...and Robert's ya father's brother...
Craig Torrens6 times Australian, 7 times State Hillclimb Class Champion
oval TOFU wrote:True, if you reeeeally dont know what you're doing, dish it off to a pro... saves you time and money in the long run, but you dont really learn without the hands on experience...
mmmm I hope you are not trying to imply something............
I've just learnt on the other 40 odd rims I've painted !!!!
After 19 years of playing with beetles you start to realise what's worth doing yourself and what's worth paying bugger all for someone else to do !!!
hahaha! well Craig, first you try to auction me off the other post and now you're pointing fingers.... =))
:kiss
I was actually refering to me coz I stuffed up my first paint job with my aforementioned thinning of paint with stripper instead of thinners and then I used that easy sand primer with was a really crap base for paint to adhere to...
so love all round!:party
...and Robert's ya father's brother...
Craig Torrens6 times Australian, 7 times State Hillclimb Class Champion
Hmmm seems to me i'll be getting a trolley jack 🙂 and i'll look out for one of these drill attachments🙂 did u mean that the oil and wax cleaner is best for stripping the paint?
only if you want to watch your birthdays roll by.... =)
You'll have to buy proper paint stripping product... probably from Repco or Autobahn or even SuperCheep...
well.. i bought some paint stripper and i got an attachment for the drill.. i got a wire one though :|
couldnt find the other kind.. it worked fine though (on the spare wheel)
the paint stripper didnt help any.. just made a gluggy mess
i think it would be a LOT easier w/o the stripper.. just wire it off w/ the drill.. gives a kinda nice buffed look too so im happy 🙂
only problem is that i slipped a few times and kinda "sanded" the tyres.. so i'll be sure to do this job beofre getting whitewalls painted on🙂 (if ever) lol
P.S. the paint stripper burnt my arm as well :/
Craig Torrens6 times Australian, 7 times State Hillclimb Class Champion
With paint stripper (at least the stuff I've used) the point is to put it on nice and thick, let it melt the paint (the gluggy mess phase) then scrape it off with a nice sharp paint scraper. Scrape it off too soon and it doesn't work. Let the paint reset and it doesn't work as well. Get it on yourself and it's bad news you should make sure you wash it off instantly. I had a bit of paint stripper on my finger for a few seconds and not only did it hurt, I still felt it after washing it off.
When done properly it can be magic. It worked brilliantly on my bonnet, though I suppose on a wheel it might be harder if the wheel's a funny shape.
Of course if the wire brush works, then thats even better. I've found wire brush drill attachments to be highly useful especially on my rusty old VW.
Sounds like your epidermis had some fun! If you're going to keep the steel look, may I suggest checking out the POR15 range - they got some clear coat stuff that seals steel rock hard so it wont rust... You go the stock 4 bolt rims with holes in em? They would look pretty cool just steel! Use the wire brush to get the brushed steel/aluminium-look.. sweet
hey dose the same options of getting paint off work with tin ware cause im lookin at painting my fanhousing and tinware did yous guys use paint striper
daniel 🙂
i havnt done tinware before.. but the stripper is really easy to use.. just get an actual scraper to get it off with, i used a rag cos i didnt have one handy (and im stupid) after the wire brush turned out to be no good 😎
