Joe Tripp wrote:
Joe,
I rescued a set of aluminum Chrysler wheels from a junkyeard a few
years
ago. They were in similar shape, so I stripped the whole thing using a stiff
wire
wheel mounted to a hand drill, which took about a day per wheel. I masked the
aluminum and sprayed the rest of the painted area. I sanded the aluminum
again, then
had them sprayed with polyurethane a few times. They are still in very fine
shape,
three years later. I also stripped the clearcoat from another set of aluminum
wheels
and left them bare. About once a year I had to wire brush or sand the rims to
keep
the aluminum shiny. Hope this helps. Oh yeah, these wheels stood up to a
collective
5 Pennsylvanis winters without any noticable side effects...Good luck!
--
Michael S. Lishego
St. Andrews Presbyterian College
Elementary Education Major,
English Minor, Class of 1999
R.A. of Winston-Salem Hall
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