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    Fred Elliot, i say Fred Elliot! Mawbster's Avatar
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    I fooking hate people with ,mad skillz like this.

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    To be honest, anyone could do this with the correct materials.

    It's not even expensive to do.

    4 wheels=

    2 cans of lacquer £17
    1 can of grey primer £5
    1 1/2 cans of colour. £10

    So £32 for a set with paint left over if you scuff one.

    Just make sure you buy the right paints and you'll be laughing.

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    I think you must do an extensive how to.

    Including what to buy and where from!!

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    How do you handle curb marks / scratches around the rim? PS fancy doing my 4 wheels?
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    1hour wheel refurbish.

    You don't need to sand the wheel all the way back to metal, either sand the damage out of fill it and sand it smooth, then clean and prime it.

    Curb marks are usually only cosmetic, so filling and smoothing is fine.

    Tacking - it's a tack cloth, It's used between coats to pick up any dust or contaminants that may have fallen onto the wheel.

    When spraying, start and finish each squirt(??) away from the wheel, never stop spraying halfway through the wheel (hence overspray on the masked tyre).

    I used high coat grey primer and Simoniz wheel silver.

    Cheap easy repair really

    Primer
    Silver
    Lacquer

    Depending on the wheel, one of each could do 4 wheels.

    If you buy the lacquer on eBay, use these guys
    http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item...d=360392780983

    Buy 2 cans to save on p&p

    The primer and colour are from eurocarparts,
    You should be able to find promo codes to save a few quid.

    Quote Originally Posted by Mr Hans View Post
    How do you handle curb marks / scratches around the rim? PS fancy doing my 4 wheels?
    As above, I'm happy to help.

    As long as I don't need to spend hours on end prepping, I'm happy to chuck some paint about.
    Last edited by sicskate; 18th May 2014 at 21:55.

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    Cant believe how nice its turned out, especially goin wet on wet like that.... laaavly work!

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    Each coat was dry to touch between coats

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    Awesome, nice work.

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