Ok, I am interested. I have the same wheels as you do, and they are a bear
to keep looking decent. I would say the FT Powder Coat process is the best
method, but since I have about 5-10 years worth of tire left I doubt I will
powder coat them for some time.
Let me know how it goes, and some before and after pics would be great.
Gary
At 10:47 AM 3/13/2003 -0500, Scott Tilton wrote:
>I've got these old American Racing Silverstone Mag Wheels on my car.
>
>They really need total refurbishing . .but in the mean time I'm not against
>experimenting.
>
>So anyway . .I've got the center spokes black and the rim is polished.
>
>Polished Magnesium doesn't stay looking very good for too long.
>
>So I saw a can of clear coat wheel paint in the store and decided to
>experiment.
>
>I'll polish up the rims and then clear coat them and see how it works.
>
>Making two circular masks out of tape or cut out of paper one to mask the
>tire, the other to mask the spokes doesn't sound like fun.
>
>So I thought I could jack up a wheel . . spin it and spray some masking goo
>on it.
>The I could spin it and wipe off the polished rim section that I want to
>clear coat.
>
>Then spray the clear . .. then clean off the masking goo.
>
>Okay .. now I've floated my idea out there ..feel free to start taking shots
>at it from all directions.
>:)
>
>
>Scott Tilton
Gary Allgood
CT/3795-LO
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