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Fri Dec 07, 2007 12:59 pm

I have a nice set of smoothies that were painted blue and have a little bit of surface rust. What can I do to really clean these up? I was thinking after cleaning them I would use masterseries silver on them and then coat them with Masterseries AG111 Black paint. Thoughts?

I just don't know the best way to get the rust and the OG paint off.

Fri Dec 07, 2007 5:36 pm

Use chemical Paint stripper to get the paint off, then use Rust mort to kill the rust off. Prime then paint.
Hope that helps.

Fri Dec 07, 2007 6:56 pm

Sounds good I will give it a shot. Is there anything that should NOT be used on the wheels?

Fri Dec 07, 2007 8:05 pm

Pressure wash them after stripping or the chemical residue may reappear @ the seams a month or so after they are painted...Then you might have to re do the whole job again. :shock:

Tue Dec 18, 2007 1:17 pm

I yanked the steelies off my Thing for repaint. Has any body used a wire brush attachment to a grinder? Or would that be redundant to the chem-strip? I took the steelies to have checked for balance/bent check before I waste my time on a shitty wheel first. Also....What type of primer would be preferable. Rattle-can dupont is OK?

These wheels are layered with paint. Straight though.

Tue Dec 18, 2007 2:06 pm

My husband sadblasted ours then primered they turn out fine.

Tue Dec 18, 2007 5:42 pm

Van-go108 wrote: Also....What type of primer would be preferable..

Metal etching primer would be the best first coat.