wheels refurb

1. 02furio Regular Poster Joined: Jan 2010 Birmingham Posts: 331 Saxo furio MG ZR 1.8 120 Astra vxr had mx5 dr

   #1 19th July 2011, 20:38

   hi i used to be a member on here (when i had a saxo) but i have been looking into refurbing my alloys on my new car, i have done alloys before as i done my saxo ones, following a thread on here...
   anyway my question is when i am typing in alloy colours saxperience keeps coming up, i am spraying my alloys bmw sparkling graphite and the person on here tht refurbed theirs got the alloys REALLY shiny as when i done mine they was nice but not that glossy...
   thanks for any help! also what gloss or clear lacquer did anyone use
2. rick_VTR Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Jun 2011 Abermule, Mid Wales. Posts: 2763 Corsa Rally Car & Fiesta ST

   #2 19th July 2011, 20:45

   the only question i see here is what gloss or clear lacquer did anyone use? lol
   
   i used halfords stuff, but wish i didnt use there lacquer, its pants. its chiped off abit already, and they were left 3 weeks to harden before tyres fitted etc. will be re-doing in a few months probs.
3. 02furio Regular Poster Joined: Jan 2010 Birmingham Posts: 331 Saxo furio MG ZR 1.8 120 Astra vxr had mx5 dr

   #3 19th July 2011, 20:50

   ye tht is prob the main question but i was thinking did any do like a special sanding in between coats or did someone maybe lacquer between the actual colour coats i.e
   primer, primer, colour, colour, lacquer, colour, lacquer, lacquer?
   
   or am i being stupid now lol
4. LEWIS1234 Infrequent Poster Joined: Oct 2010 guisborough Posts: 120 saxo vtr mk2 black

   #4 19th July 2011, 20:56

   arosol laquer is shit anyway, if you want am doing propley your better of geting them done professanly
5. DanTvts Established Member Joined: Mar 2011 Torbay Posts: 1285 Mauritius Vts, 206 Gti 180

   #5 19th July 2011, 21:03

   The thing is, supposedly you're supposed to leave 15 mins between coats, but ive found the only way to get a real deep shine is once you've put the final coat of paint on, use a heat gun or hairdryer to heat the whole area up so the paint becomes tacky, then put the laquer on, heat slightly, another coat of laquer etc etc, i usually leave them for a couple days at least after to harden, always worked for me but i do spend quite a while on prep. hope this helps.
6. 02furio Regular Poster Joined: Jan 2010 Birmingham Posts: 331 Saxo furio MG ZR 1.8 120 Astra vxr had mx5 dr

   #6 19th July 2011, 21:05

   thanks for the help i will try and use like heat to warm the wheel before spraying the lacquer, would this work better with the actual paint i have chosen...bmw sparkling graphite?
7. Bedford126 Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Jul 2010 Morley, Leeds Posts: 8469 Civic ep3 type r powered by TDI NORTH

   #7 19th July 2011, 21:11

   
   
   any chance its this pic?
   
   if so there mine and it was a 2k sikkens clear coat i used. But if you dont have spray equipment the best clear coat is u-pol clear coatits u-v protected so they wont fade over time.
   
   http://www.thecustompaintshop.com/in...product_id=995