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Wheel nuts of course! With the wheels all refurbed and looking sweet, the wheel nuts look a bit mank by comparison. Anyone done it?

I've cleaned the corrosion off old wheel nuts & sprayed them before, isn't hammerite a bit gloopy to use on them?
Rob

just spray them black if it bothers you, but the paint will get chipped off soon anyway.

Hammerite is too thick IMHO. I just wire brushed mine on the grinder, sprayed brake cleaner on to degrease, and put them all in a line in the Black & Decker Workmate!

Sprayed the heads with a couple of coats of metal protecting paint from Screwfix, 10 months on, they look fine and haven't flaked/chipped, and I've prob had the wheels off a dozen times.

Mike

Ducklakeview wrote:Hammerite is too thick IMHO. I just wire brushed mine on the grinder, sprayed brake cleaner on to degrease, and put them in the Black & Decker Workmate!......Sprayed with a couple of coats of metal protecting paint from Screwfix, 10 months on, they look fine and haven't flaked/chipped.....

Mike

The title created an image that I couldn't shift, it's just got worse

Ewazix wrote:

Ducklakeview wrote:Hammerite is too thick IMHO. I just wire brushed mine on the grinder, sprayed brake cleaner on to degrease, and put them in the Black & Decker Workmate!......Sprayed with a couple of coats of metal protecting paint from Screwfix, 10 months on, they look fine and haven't flaked/chipped.....

Mike

The title created an image that I couldn't shift, it's just got worse

+1

Like any painting prep is the key. Once all loose paints or rust has been brushed off I found the easiest way to spray was get a bit of polystyrene and sink the threads into it leaving only the heads showing.

I also store my spare painted set this way in the garage.

It does make a difference once you have got your wheels sorted.

Thanks guys, apologies to Perry and Ewazix!

To stop corrosion once clean, I wipe them (and other areas) over with ACF-50 - it's an anti-corrosion liquid that was made for aircraft, I was told about it by a biker friend

Quickly googled a review http://www.mslmagazine.co.uk/tested-acf ... on-review/

You should spray your bolts not your nuts...unless you're a converted stud.

PerryGunn wrote:To stop corrosion once clean, I wipe them (and other areas) over with ACF-50 - it's an anti-corrosion liquid that was made for aircraft, I was told about it by a biker friend

Quickly googled a review http://www.mslmagazine.co.uk/tested-acf ... on-review/

And also great at cleaning the engine bay up as well its great stuff

You can buy rubber caps off ebay that just pop on top of your nuts. Comes in different colours.

Thread title of the week.

andy.c wrote:

PerryGunn wrote:To stop corrosion once clean, I wipe them (and other areas) over with ACF-50 - it's an anti-corrosion liquid that was made for aircraft, I was told about it by a biker friend

Quickly googled a review http://www.mslmagazine.co.uk/tested-acf ... on-review/

And also great at cleaning the engine bay up as well its great stuff

I'd keep it away from any rubber parts

andy.c wrote:

PerryGunn wrote:To stop corrosion once clean, I wipe them (and other areas) over with ACF-50 - it's an anti-corrosion liquid that was made for aircraft, I was told about it by a biker friend

Quickly googled a review http://www.mslmagazine.co.uk/tested-acf ... on-review/

And also great at cleaning the engine bay up as well its great stuff

I'd keep it away from any rubber parts