Started to Refinish the Stockers

[ABOSS]

I have started to refinish my stock rims, it seams that they were never taken care of.
So I did some searchs and asked some questions, with a little luck and lots of elbow grease they should come out sweet!!! :tup:

Things being used: Aircraft paint stripper, 3M pads #7447 and a can of clear coat.

So I started with 1 of the caps tonight and took lots of pictures of the process. (about 30 minutes total)

Here is a image of the cap before I started, it's seams like the clears was flaking off !!
image #1

Now with the Aircraft paint stripper applied to it. this is what it looks like after 2 minutes.
Stripper doing its job

After waiting 10 minutes I used a old dish sponge that was damp to scrub off the stripper and used a bucket filled with water and car soap to rinse of the cap.
Looks clean but you can see were the clear had cracked of and allowed some staining..
Clean but needs work

So I used the 3M pad on the cap, 1st focusing on the staining and then working the hole cap.

Looking good

I then washed it down and started to paint, I gave it 3 coats of clear and i do thing it looks good. I do hope that the rest of the rims looks as good this!! :tup: :tup:

looks sharpe

I will start on the rims later this week and will post pictures

 

[QUICK STORM]

Re: Started to Refinish the Stockers

looking good!

 

[blk00z28]

Re: Started to Refinish the Stockers

Anyway you can get these pics back up?

Where, and for how much did you get the paint stripper?

 

[CKEITH]

Re: Started to Refinish the Stockers

Anyway you can get these pics back up?

Where, and for how much did you get the paint stripper?

it's called aircraft stripper........ damn good stuff. avail @ autozone , pep boys and just about all other parts stores. cost about 10-14.00 for a quart. be careful it will remove your skin also . use rubber gloves.

 

[blk00z28]

Re: Started to Refinish the Stockers

Now just where is the fun in that? :lol:

Thanks.

 

[Aeroking]

Re: Started to Refinish the Stockers

when your done, their not gonna be polished right, their gonna look stock??

cause i've been using industrial degreaser, $22 a can (liberated from my fathers work) to take off the clean, cause mine is peeling too. But i dont want a polished finish, i want the pouris stock look.

your caps are lookin good.

 

[Brian376]

Re: Started to Refinish the Stockers

I can't see the pictures either, but out of curiousity what kind of clear are you using?

 

[ABOSS]

Re: Started to Refinish the Stockers

i will upload new pics soon, i finished all of the caps and 2 rims ut waiting to replace the rear tire to finish up

i am using a dupont clear that i bought at pep boys

 

[ShuggsRR]

Re: Started to Refinish the Stockers

Yeah I would like to see the pics as well.