No! You do NOT have to disassemble them. But you must NOT have them
chemically cleaned - sand blasted ONLY. I speak from experience!!!! Mine
were great (Austin Healey & MGB)
At 06:56 PM 7/16/2003 -0400, Aeseeyou@aol.com wrote:
>Max,
>I believe in order to Powder Coat the wire wheel correctly you'll have to
>first, disassemble the entire wheel. This means removing the spokes from
>the hub
>and the rim. then mask the threads on each spoke, then with a set of wire
>hooks the painter/prep person will degrease all of the separate parts and
>then
>hang the spokes, rim & hub on a rack where it receives a special powder
>solution
>(hence the name "Powder Coat") which then gets baked to a smooth, hard
>finish. After the parts have cooled sufficiently, they can be reassembled.
>The
>reason that you mask and block off threaded areas and machined surfaces is
>to speed
>up your reassembly time...believe me that stuff is tough to rethread or clean
>up after its been coated. Also be careful around the Degreaser solution. Its
>Toxic!
>Albert Escalante, owner-1978 MGB
>Central Coast British Car Club (Ca.)
>13th Annual All-British Day Car Show
>Featuring the Aston Martin (1914-2003)
>July 20th, 2003~Ventura Yacht Harbor
>Ventura, Cal. (http://www.ccbcc.org)
>
Regards
Barrie
Barrie Robinson
barrier@bconnex.net
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