stripping stock wheels
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Melting Slicks
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stripping stock wheels
anybody ever strip paint off of grey painted stock thin spokes. what was underneath. was it the polished aluminum like the polished and clear coated wheel?
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Use aircraft paint stripper to remove it if that's what you decide to do. And be careful, that stuff is very caustic. The home improvement center products may darken the aluminum.
I doubt that it's polished aluminum beneath, probably just a machined finish to host the factory wheel paint. That's not to say it couldn't be polished and/or clear coated.
I doubt that it's polished aluminum beneath, probably just a machined finish to host the factory wheel paint. That's not to say it couldn't be polished and/or clear coated.
Last edited by hotwheels57; Aug 26, 2008 at 02:57 PM.
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Melting Slicks
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From: port monmouth nj
Use aircraft paint stripper to remove it if that's what you decide to do. And be careful, that stuff is very caustic. The home improvement center products may darken the aluminum.
I doubt that it's polished aluminum beneath, probably just a machined finish to host the factory wheel paint. That's not to say it couldn't be polished and/or clear coated.
I doubt that it's polished aluminum beneath, probably just a machined finish to host the factory wheel paint. That's not to say it couldn't be polished and/or clear coated.
Thread Starter
Melting Slicks
Joined: Aug 2006
Posts: 2,205
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From: port monmouth nj
Use aircraft paint stripper to remove it if that's what you decide to do. And be careful, that stuff is very caustic. The home improvement center products may darken the aluminum.
I doubt that it's polished aluminum beneath, probably just a machined finish to host the factory wheel paint. That's not to say it couldn't be polished and/or clear coated.
I doubt that it's polished aluminum beneath, probably just a machined finish to host the factory wheel paint. That's not to say it couldn't be polished and/or clear coated.
