I decided to take a week of my hard earned leave and dedicate it to refurbin my 17” Ronals which I snapped up for £100 (inc tyres) a few months ago. This is by no means a “How to” it’s a more “How I did it” thread.
So to start off I got myself some spray… now I didn’t know what sort to go for, so in the end I decided I would go budget and got these
2 Primer, 3 Paint, 2 Lacquer all 500ml.
You could go for a more expensive paint etc but I though I would give these budget ones a go because I got all of them for £18!!
Next was sand paper/Wet n dry. I initially bought a range of grits from 60 up to 1200 (get more 60-120 grits I used these most)
For the insides of the wheels I got this bad boy
It would have taken me an age to do the insides of the wheels by hand as they were heavily corroded. (Below)
So I cracked on with the sanding and after a good 1-1/2 – 2 hours on each wheel I was ready for the primer, now as you can see by the pictures I’m not looking for a ‘perfect finish’, just something decent that didn’t take me ages….
Next I had the tyres whipped off and gave it a good sanding round where the tyres sit as I think I had a couple of slow punctures from the rim (the smoother you can get it the better).
So onto the first coat of primer, I warmed the cans up in the warm water and cracked on with the first coat
Then the second coat
Then 2 coats of primer on the fronts
Now up close you can see where I’ve been a bit lazy and not flattened off the edges on some of my sanding, so out came the wet and dry… again.
Wheels are all sanded and re-primed, 2 coats in total and I JUST had enough, I’m happy with 2 coats, don’t think a 3rd would make any difference but you’ll defiantly need another can if you intend on doing 3 coats.
I set my heater up in the garage and let the primer harden for around 45 min, then I took some 1000 grit wet n dry to it just to smooth the finish a little, I didn’t go mad as it would just fetch the primer off but a general rub down didn’t do it any harm. I used lots of water, gives you a nice smooth finish. I have taken the primer back to the metal in some areas, but im sure all will be good once i get my paint on
Now for the paint.. as said I’ve got 3 tins of it so I intend to do at least 3 coats, or as many as I can until it runs out.
Update to follow once I’ve got some paint on em!
