Stripping alloys.

1. Claki Established Member Joined: Aug 2009 Horsham Posts: 1855 Leon Cupra 200 TDI

   #1 12th November 2009, 17:34

   Whats the best way to get paint off alloys? at the moment im using a little black&decker mouse to do it. will this damage the alloy if i use it too enthusiasticly?
   
   (lol spell check that)
2. harrytool Established Member Joined: Oct 2009 Devon Posts: 1852 golf GTI, Focus STI

   #2 12th November 2009, 17:55

   ok claki
   
   i used to run a powder coating company we used to refurb alloys all the time !
   
   we had a sand blaster so i guess if you want to do them yourself your not likely to have one of these!!!!!!
   if you put thinners on the wheel it will work but it will stink your garage out plus it may take a day or so, you will have to keep your black and decker on the wheel a while to melt the alloy!
   to be honest putting heat into the wheel is not good imo
3. Claki Established Member Joined: Aug 2009 Horsham Posts: 1855 Leon Cupra 200 TDI

   #3 12th November 2009, 18:00

   well theres not really any heat involved. its a little sander and seems to be doing an ok job so far.
4. harrytool Established Member Joined: Oct 2009 Devon Posts: 1852 golf GTI, Focus STI

   #4 12th November 2009, 18:09

   Quote:

   Originally Posted by Claki well theres not really any heat involved. its a little sander and seems to be doing an ok job so far.

   oh sander i was confused by the mouse! lol
   be ok if your not pressing to hard mate what you painting the wheel with?
   just want to be carefull as when you paint it if you see scratches after you painted it would look bad ! you can rub it down by hand with some glass paper1 i would use a primer aswell it will def help the paint to stay on the wheel mate
5. Claki Established Member Joined: Aug 2009 Horsham Posts: 1855 Leon Cupra 200 TDI

   #5 12th November 2009, 18:13

   yea...im not pressing too hard the paper im using is leaving a near perfect surface for primer. i think i will need a denser grit to finish it off not sure what to paint it with i know what ever it is, it will be gloss white.
6. harrytool Established Member Joined: Oct 2009 Devon Posts: 1852 golf GTI, Focus STI

   #6 12th November 2009, 18:18

   we would have used an acid etch primer this would eat into the wheel and leave a yellow green colour the paint then sticks to that like s**t to a blanket mate, i dont think you will get that in a can!
7. user_35312 Established Member Joined: Jun 2009 Coventry CV6 Posts: 2477 Slowda Octavia vRS SOLD - Cam'd Chip'd VTR

   #7 12th November 2009, 18:48

   bit of elbow grease
8. Claki Established Member Joined: Aug 2009 Horsham Posts: 1855 Leon Cupra 200 TDI

   #8 12th November 2009, 19:00

   Quote:

   Originally Posted by Lew_C bit of elbow grease

   every little helps
   
   So is it ok to take it to bare alloy?
9. user_35312 Established Member Joined: Jun 2009 Coventry CV6 Posts: 2477 Slowda Octavia vRS SOLD - Cam'd Chip'd VTR

   #9 12th November 2009, 19:02

   Quote:

   Originally Posted by Claki every little helps So is it ok to take it to bare alloy?

   yea man, get a bit of a rough surface, some sort of a primer and then bobs your uncle mate spray it up whatever colour you want
10. Claki Established Member Joined: Aug 2009 Horsham Posts: 1855 Leon Cupra 200 TDI

    #10 12th November 2009, 19:25

    daaaaaaaaaaaaaaammmmmmmmm this is taking soo fooooooking long. just over half way through the first. :Y: should be good when they are all finished.
11. 3cott Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Mar 2008 Rotherham Posts: 4614 Black mk2 vts

    #11 12th November 2009, 19:33

    Get some nitromors
12. miamibluebaby Established Member Joined: May 2009 Ellesmere (Shropshire) Posts: 1044 superchared 106 gti

    #12 12th November 2009, 19:37

    id take it to somewhere that can blast it only cost £5 a wheel near me to do it and gives a good even surface
13. taitypot106 Frequent Poster Joined: Jun 2009 tyne and wear Posts: 567 saxo 1.1i desire

    #13 12th November 2009, 22:45

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by 3cott Get some nitromors

    nitromors is good for the job like, put it on, leave it a bit, rub it off, top job
14. RichyBoiVTR Regular Poster Joined: Sep 2008 Posts: 324 mk2 8valve

    #14 12th November 2009, 22:55

    as said above nitromors is pretty much the best you will get for stripping the paint off.... i bought some wire wheels for my drill that helped get the paint off 10 times quicker i was stripping it right back to alloy to have them polished up like mirrors they came out amazing....
15. marcusd Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Jan 2009 warrington Posts: 7551 posi blue mk2 2003 vtr

    #15 12th November 2009, 23:06

    i used a orbital sander with not to harsh paper on slow speed did the job then ran rounbd the bits i couldn;t get to with hand n sand paper. 3/4 of mine was back to bare metal. only trouble i had was getting the primer to stick to the rims. FINE COATS are your friend
16. Claki Established Member Joined: Aug 2009 Horsham Posts: 1855 Leon Cupra 200 TDI

    #16 13th November 2009, 19:15

    cheers for the top tips where can i get nitromors from?