Refurbishing alloy wheels

handyman · Unread post by **handyman** » 18 Jul 2011, 15:22

I am about to launch into tidying up a couple of standard Xantia alloy wheels that have a little corrosion. You know, flaky paint and bubbling corrosion.

Anybody know what the paint colour is? Any recommendations for types of paint?

I am stripping off the laquer and top coat, and will reprime with a self-etch aluminium primer and probably finish with a urethane glaze top coat.

I have a couple of tins of yatch enamel that will be man enough for the job, but the sliver colour is just not right, too bright. Any suggestions?

Handyman

addo · Unread post by **addo** » 18 Jul 2011, 22:13

Original finish appears to be an epoxy powdercoat.

Your best bet for a refurb might be epoxy/urethane primer then a washcoat (wet on wet) primer followed by basecoat and 2K clear.