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Old 05-20-2022, 11:16 AM #16
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Pretty rough. Do they salt the roads that much in Nebraska? I resurfaced a set of free rims that were in worse shape once, three years ago and they still look like new. Beads were leaking so I took the tires off and did that area as well. Many years ago I stripped another set using a wire wheel, probably steel, and it galled up the aluminum, so if you're going that route it'd probably come out better if you can find a brass wheel or a sanding mop. Some chemical strippers react with aluminum but are another possibility for the painted areas. Last time I used a sandblaster and glass beads, and finished with a three part Limco paint (urethane, hardener and reducer). Made a short video, mostly about the support method but there were some before, during and after shots. Took quite a while, a day to blast and a day to prime and paint twice (including dry time between coats) and around $100 in materials if I recall, although probably much more these days

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Fair price. Are those chrome though? Kinda looks like it. I just bought a set of painted alloys over the winter to replace another set of chrome rims, because the NH salt was making the chrome flake up badly and look terrible after 5 or 6 winters here. From what I read, stripping chrome is even worse than stripping paint because it can't be cleanly blasted since it's harder than the substrate, so they need to be stripped in acid which creates a toxic acid-chrome soup, then sandblasted. Chrome ones look nice and would probably have held up better if I was better about rinsing the salt off them, but once they start to go, they're done.
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Pretty rough. Do they salt the roads that much in Nebraska? I resurfaced a set of free rims that were in worse shape once, three years ago and they still look like new. Beads were leaking so I took the tires off and did that area as well. Many years ago I stripped another set using a wire wheel, probably steel, and it galled up the aluminum, so if you're going that route it'd probably come out better if you can find a brass wheel or a sanding mop. Some chemical strippers react with aluminum but are another possibility for the painted areas. Last time I used a sandblaster and glass beads, and finished with a three part Limco paint (urethane, hardener and reducer). Made a short video, mostly about the support method but there were some before, during and after shots. Took quite a while, a day to blast and a day to prime and paint twice (including dry time between coats) and around $100 in materials if I recall, although probably much more these days



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Fair price. Are those chrome though? Kinda looks like it. I just bought a set of painted alloys over the winter to replace another set of chrome rims, because the NH salt was making the chrome flake up badly and look terrible after 5 or 6 winters here. From what I read, stripping chrome is even worse than stripping paint because it can't be cleanly blasted since it's harder than the substrate, so they need to be stripped in acid which creates a toxic acid-chrome soup, then sandblasted. Chrome ones look nice and would probably have held up better if I was better about rinsing the salt off them, but once they start to go, they're done.
Aye, we get a lot more freezing rain than snow. And when we do get snow it's usually on top of a layer of ice.
Thanks for the reply, It's very helpful, I'll take note once I get around to working on the wheels.


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Those aren't too bad. As stated above is just a coating. If there are actual large pieces of metal missing then junk all of them and replace. If they just look like the picture then sand and paint. I did one of mine last year and it looks fine, even got some spray paint that's almost a perfect match. I did spend an hour and a half sanding and scraping before I painted though.

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I have those wheels on my '03 and they still look pretty good, but you have to clean them often, in the spring after winter road salt, wash and wax, keep the brake dust off monthly or so, backside too, brake dust eats aluminum rims. I've had to sand and repaint the backsides on all of them as previous owner wasn't that concerned and touch up a few spots on outside as well.
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