biketeacherdave
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In response to a few pms iv decided to give my wheel refurb its own post with each stage. All done with rattle cans....enjoy.
![20200415_182454.jpg 20200415_182454.jpg](https://www.landyzone.co.uk/data/attachments/200/200122-eb7c1efaf76caad01693f32d5707a18e.jpg)
So my wheels were pretty bad and needed cleaning up the plan was a full rub down some primer then some new wheel silver spray paint.
![20200414_111453.jpg 20200414_111453.jpg](https://www.landyzone.co.uk/data/attachments/200/200124-5c9db94150ad25e893cffee77cd19b89.jpg)
Cleaned up ok mixture of wire brush, dremmel for the corners and rubbing down with sand paper of various grade.
Iv had to make do with what I had in the shed, garage and any other place I had bits of old sand paper laying around. Lock down nothing open no where to buy new supplies.
![20200414_133712.jpg 20200414_133712.jpg](https://www.landyzone.co.uk/data/attachments/200/200125-138ff57099cb1de4bb5eb861fa23e56a.jpg)
All the wheels got a few coats of etch primer needed to help the top coat stick to the bare metal, there was lots as the corrosion was down to the alloy in a lot of places
![20200422_155935.jpg 20200422_155935.jpg](https://www.landyzone.co.uk/data/attachments/200/200126-9c503509eb1c0f2059e3dfd06b44c9c6.jpg)
Here we have a finished wheel. I managed to get rattle cans off the bay. This was called wheel silver. I hated the colour and the finish was poor due to me not preping the wheels well enuff.
Back to the drawing board. Time to start again. Rub the wheels down once again order up some filler primer and different top coat.
![20200424_183425.jpg 20200424_183425.jpg](https://www.landyzone.co.uk/data/attachments/200/200127-18b07a1f3a78bb3d5ab3508c9524952a.jpg)
This time iv spent a lot longer on prep. Better rubbing down more coats of etch primer followed by filler primer. I love this stuff it goes on pretty good x3 coats per wheel 1 every 15 mins and left over night to dry. No wet sanding like I did on the etch primer.
![20200424_183448.jpg 20200424_183448.jpg](https://www.landyzone.co.uk/data/attachments/200/200128-00f8521c3bec666a4366004be2b9dd55.jpg)
It's all in the prep. It's now time for top coat I decided on something dark but not black as the car is Baltic blue.......took me ages but decided on Bavarian anthracite dark grey.
![20200501_110701.jpg 20200501_110701.jpg](https://www.landyzone.co.uk/data/attachments/200/200129-d794141fc349b4150ca7f451f9a7acfa.jpg)
Had todo the wheels 2 tone the inside rims have been given x3 coats of satin black.
![20200501_110623.jpg 20200501_110623.jpg](https://www.landyzone.co.uk/data/attachments/200/200130-bbea536e72e7a227589d73f8baeb8cae.jpg)
There never gonna be purfect but 100% better than they were.
Iv let the top coat dry for a few days or so time for clear coat. Got x1 wheel done late today.
![20200507_184005.jpg 20200507_184005.jpg](https://www.landyzone.co.uk/data/attachments/200/200131-3fedbd44f988ab8c97fde253bb35aad5.jpg)
Here is the final finish my lockdown rattle can special hand preped odds and sods sand paper a few cans of etch primer a few cans of filler primer some top coat and clear coat and a lot of man hours.
![20200415_182454.jpg 20200415_182454.jpg](https://www.landyzone.co.uk/data/attachments/200/200122-eb7c1efaf76caad01693f32d5707a18e.jpg)
So my wheels were pretty bad and needed cleaning up the plan was a full rub down some primer then some new wheel silver spray paint.
![20200414_111453.jpg 20200414_111453.jpg](https://www.landyzone.co.uk/data/attachments/200/200124-5c9db94150ad25e893cffee77cd19b89.jpg)
Cleaned up ok mixture of wire brush, dremmel for the corners and rubbing down with sand paper of various grade.
Iv had to make do with what I had in the shed, garage and any other place I had bits of old sand paper laying around. Lock down nothing open no where to buy new supplies.
![20200414_133712.jpg 20200414_133712.jpg](https://www.landyzone.co.uk/data/attachments/200/200125-138ff57099cb1de4bb5eb861fa23e56a.jpg)
All the wheels got a few coats of etch primer needed to help the top coat stick to the bare metal, there was lots as the corrosion was down to the alloy in a lot of places
![20200422_155935.jpg 20200422_155935.jpg](https://www.landyzone.co.uk/data/attachments/200/200126-9c503509eb1c0f2059e3dfd06b44c9c6.jpg)
Here we have a finished wheel. I managed to get rattle cans off the bay. This was called wheel silver. I hated the colour and the finish was poor due to me not preping the wheels well enuff.
Back to the drawing board. Time to start again. Rub the wheels down once again order up some filler primer and different top coat.
![20200424_183425.jpg 20200424_183425.jpg](https://www.landyzone.co.uk/data/attachments/200/200127-18b07a1f3a78bb3d5ab3508c9524952a.jpg)
This time iv spent a lot longer on prep. Better rubbing down more coats of etch primer followed by filler primer. I love this stuff it goes on pretty good x3 coats per wheel 1 every 15 mins and left over night to dry. No wet sanding like I did on the etch primer.
![20200424_183448.jpg 20200424_183448.jpg](https://www.landyzone.co.uk/data/attachments/200/200128-00f8521c3bec666a4366004be2b9dd55.jpg)
It's all in the prep. It's now time for top coat I decided on something dark but not black as the car is Baltic blue.......took me ages but decided on Bavarian anthracite dark grey.
![20200501_110701.jpg 20200501_110701.jpg](https://www.landyzone.co.uk/data/attachments/200/200129-d794141fc349b4150ca7f451f9a7acfa.jpg)
Had todo the wheels 2 tone the inside rims have been given x3 coats of satin black.
![20200501_110623.jpg 20200501_110623.jpg](https://www.landyzone.co.uk/data/attachments/200/200130-bbea536e72e7a227589d73f8baeb8cae.jpg)
There never gonna be purfect but 100% better than they were.
Iv let the top coat dry for a few days or so time for clear coat. Got x1 wheel done late today.
![20200507_184005.jpg 20200507_184005.jpg](https://www.landyzone.co.uk/data/attachments/200/200131-3fedbd44f988ab8c97fde253bb35aad5.jpg)
Here is the final finish my lockdown rattle can special hand preped odds and sods sand paper a few cans of etch primer a few cans of filler primer some top coat and clear coat and a lot of man hours.
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