Refurbing alloys

[Mikester]

Metal primer obv, maybe white for silver wheels. Depends how much you want to spend, you could get it from a place like halfords, or spend a little more and go to a paint shop, but as your not matching it to anything, halfords paint would be fine. Not sure if spray can laquer would be good enough, you might want that done proffesionally.... :/

[admc6]

The only matching that i will be doing is to have them all look the same. But thats ok as i'm going to do all of them! lol.

What about a filler for when i take off the corrosion?

[Mikester]

The only matching that i will be doing is to have them all look the same. But thats ok as i'm going to do all of them! lol.

What about a filler for when i take off the corrosion?

Just any metal filler, take your time with it, also for the outta rims. fill it and smooth it.

[boneybradley]

use p38 filler.. its easy to mix and sand

[Mikester]

use p38 filler.. its easy to mix and sand

Dont go overboard and get the huge tub athough its tempting, i did this, and ended up with 99% left over 

[admc6]

I will have a look at that then. Where do you get it from?

So...Is it...

-Give the wheels a good wash and scrub as much grease off as possible

-Use nitromors to get all the old dirt and lacquer off

-Sand down the corroded areas using first a harsh ish sandpaper then a fine one

-Use p38 filler to bring the area sanded back to the correct level

-Sand the filler down gently making all the edges smooth

-Use a metal primer over the whole wheel to get a nice even look

-Get a silver spray to give it a final coat

-Use a lacquer to seel everything and finish it all off

Does this sound about right?

[Mikester]

Thats prefect, BUT when you sand it, use a fine one anyway, wet and dry to you wet the paper, dont use anything to course even to start with, as you will make youself more work.

But yeah, you pretty much got it. The only other thing is, take your time, even if its takes weeks. Because if you mess up the spraying, you have to start again really.

When you spray with cans, spray from miles back, and let it build up coats, so you might get patchy paint work, but it builds up, just to avoid any running, will look bettter in the long run 

[admc6]

Excellent, Its nice to know i understand what i need to do.

I dont mind how long it takes as i'm on a very slim budget at the moment.

I will post some pictures when I eventually finish for you to see

[Mikester]

Excellent, Its nice to know i understand what i need to do.

I dont mind how long it takes as i'm on a very slim budget at the moment.

I will post some pictures when I eventually finish for you to see

Do a step by step, could be useful for other people, with pics n stuff 

[saul79]

i use steel metal to fill holes on alloys -its like clay and when you kneed it together and leave it its rock hard.good for filling holes/kerbing. i dont use filler because it cracks.