chrome 8 spokes..?

[wanacoop]

I have just been wading through all the pic's from S.C.H, and quite a few of the 8 spoke alloys look to have a chrome effect??

Is that something people have done, or was it an option from new??

cheers..

[Barkychoc]

The wheels had a 2 tone shiny effect from new, with the outer faces bright and the 45 degree bits darker (is this effect called diamond cut?)
As the wheels have corroded some have had them resprayed completely in silver.

[spivvy]

i think the effect your are looking at is called black chrome

http://www.lap-tab.co.uk/alloywheels.php#alloyfini...

this site show a lot of different finishes that can be achieved

[kenpage]

hi tony i think what you are seeing is where the laquer has been removed and then the wheels are polished using solvol i have done mine and i know tvr git has done his, its a lousy job but i think its worth it but you have to keep polishing them but at least thats better than gardening p/s if you have a look at the sch pics on page 2 the last pics are of mine

Edited by kenpage on Saturday 28th June 12:00

[Gerald-TVR]

Hi ken

What did you use to remove the laquer please.

[kenpage]

hi norman i made a mistake of using 600 grit w+d and wire wool but it causes a lot of scratches.nitromors paint remover would work but as i wanted to keep the black bits i could not use it.if i was to do it again i would still use w+d but1000 grit and not the wire wool,first polishing was with medium rubbing compound and i finished off with solvol. the first time i did them i laquered them but it only lasted a matter of weeks before it started to go manky so now they are just bare

[tvrgit]

I stripped mine very carefully with nitromors and a tiny btush - I brushed on 2 or 3 coats on a little area, then stripped that before moving on to the next bit.

Then I washed each wheel and cleaned with fine wire wool.

Then I used fine wet and dry to poish that down, then a couple of different grade polishing mops and compound, before finally hand olishing with ordinary metal polish.

As Kevin and Ken say, it's a lborious job, and you have to repolish them regularly, but I wasn't happy with the finish and durability of a lacquer coat.

Before Sclub they got a quick hand polish:

[Ragtop]

Tony and Norman,

My car came with one lacquered wheel and three bare alloy wheels. The lacquer was in poor condition so I removed it (with the tyre on) using 3 or 4 coats of Nitromors applied with a stiff brush (and old 1" paintbrush with the bristles cut down to about 1" long) and a plastic scraper. The lacquer came off the alloy very cleanly. Most of the black paint on the spoke edges also came off. This left the original satin machined finish which I quite liked and matched the other wheels, so I just finished off with a quick rub with Autosol. Some prefer to flat off and polish the alloy. I repainted the black bits with two coats of Smoothrite using a small artist's brush. This is the end result, nine months on.





Regards,
Graham

Edited by Ragtop on Saturday 28th June 18:37

[wanacoop]

So quite a bit of effort then!!

All the pics looks great though, i think this will go on the 'to do list' after 'build ramp' so that i can actually ust the car!!

[neil240970]

Yep - it's not a job to do in a hurry....but well worth it. I sripped the lacquer with flap wheels attached to a drill and then worked through 400, 600, 800 and, finally 1200 grade wet and dry. After all that, it was a case of grey cutting compound and a final polish with Belgom. By the end of it, my patience was running out........
Now the wheels are on, that all seems like a distant memory as they look fantastic. If I was to do it again, I wouldn't use a drill : I'd do the whole thing by hand.

Best of luck with it.

[Gerald-TVR]

Hi

Has anyone used paint stripper rather than wet/dry etc?

[tvrgit]

Gerald-TVR said:

Hi

Has anyone used paint stripper rather than wet/dry etc?

tvrgit said:

I stripped mine very carefully with nitromors and a tiny brush - I brushed on 2 or 3 coats on a little area, then stripped that before moving on to the next bit.

Then I washed each wheel and cleaned with fine wire wool...

;)

[Ragtop]

Gerald-TVR said:

Hi

Has anyone used paint stripper rather than wet/dry etc?

Hi Norman, read my post! Nitromors IS paint stripper.

[Gerald-TVR]

Yeh yeh I know missed it when I read the posts