Completly knackered 18 wheel home refurb NEW painted pics p3

[Rialas]

Oh boy that's one job I would never have the patience for. Good on you though.

Breakfast in the morning. Lunch at lunch time. Dinner at dinner time. Simple. And a "cup" of tea at night.

[Carol M]

Oh boy that's one job I would never have the patience for. Good on you though.

Breakfast in the morning. Lunch at lunch time. Dinner at dinner time. Simple. And a "cup" of tea at night.

You are so wrong my friend.

[Rialas]

[Sim_Simma]

Nah then, if tha's from Yorkshire tea is a meal!

Yeah I use 2k paints but the hulk wheels are candy. Basically paint silver first, the green is a tint so you still get the flake from the silver, then 2k clear on top. Wanted to do these candy blue but my dad will probably have them so gloss black it is!

[Toe-side]

2 pack paints give a very deep gloss and gives a really tough finish, ideal for wheels really. Nasty stuff though.
Black gloss is really in vogue at present.

[Sim_Simma]

2 pack paints give a very deep gloss and gives a really tough finish, ideal for wheels really. Nasty stuff though.
Black gloss is really in vogue at present.

Exactly better than powder coating imo, the black wheels I did were done is straight 2k gloss black wheras these will be clesr over base. Still flat black though metallics take the depth out of black, and from experience the wheels rarely catch the light to see the metallics properly anyway so this will be better I think.

[Sim_Simma]

Pics might be a bit muddled up here. Etch primer on bare metal then a few good coats of 2k primer.

[El Taco]

Take the tyres off the rims and stop spraying your rattle cans on the decking

[Sim_Simma]

Take the tyres off the rims and stop spraying your rattle cans on the decking

Trolololololololololololaa ho ho ho ho hoooo

1. Beads are broken
2. Rattle can etch primer everything else 2k from the gun
3. Decking can b******s

[El Taco]

Take the tyres off the rims and stop spraying your rattle cans on the decking

Trolololololololololololaa ho ho ho ho hoooo

1. Beads are broken
2. Rattle can etch primer everything else 2k from the gun
3. Decking can b******s

A good argument well put.

[Sim_Simma]

Ttt

[Sim_Simma]

Got the wheels all rubbed down and atm 2 are painted. Pics include primer being rubbed down, flat black basecoat being applied then 2 coats of max meyer 2k clear. Some pics are after one coat.

[mr wilks]

Looking good mate but how much much are you at on paint,s/sand papers & masking tape ? Not to mention the time spent

[Sim_Simma]

Looking good mate but how much much are you at on paint,s/sand papers & masking tape ? Not to mention the time spent

Well I used less than one roll of 2 inch 3m masking tape which cost 2 quid. I actually used my dads jag paint he had left from his bumper (he doesn't know I robbed it yet) probably used 100ml of paint and 100ml of thinner for the 2 wheels inside and out. Sanding discs I have boxes of 100 that cost 15 quid each and have probably used about 10. Only used one sheet of wet n dry on all 4 wheels. used about 350ml of primer which costs about 15 - 20 for a 5 litre kit. Used about 250 ml of 2k clear which i buy in 7.5 litre kits for 66.
All in all I've probably spent 8 hours working on them if you tally it all together. Being dragging my heals tbh and doing bits here and there but for one gloss black powder coat looks crap really as the finish is poor unless they paint them after but if they did they'd charge a lot more. And also i can't afford to be paying other people to do something I can do myself and will probably do a better job lol.

[Sim_Simma]

But yeah if you buy in bulk like I do it really doesn't cost too much at all. You use much less than you would with cans and is cheaper!