removing paint from powder coated alloys

[Tidy Max]

hello there everyone!

I am going to buy some alloys of a friend, they have been powder coated with white paint and he has tried his best to remove it with no avail.

any ideas or tips? as i am going to have a bash at refurbing them!

thanks for your time!

[loggyboy]

Sand/shot blast.

[L14MNP]

+1

[NovaGuy1400SRi]

I tried nitromors on one of my MO's, but was going to take forever, but someone at my dads work knows someone that knows someone else that can get a set refurbed for £40, cant complain at that :D

[brainsnova]

a blow torch for soldering plumbing fittings might do the trick to soften it and then scrape it with a scraper.

[garethcolley]

Acid dip. Most places who powder coat have a small dip tank. Strips back to brae cast alloy. Need to be coated in under an hour though to avoid corrosion

[craig green]

I'd shot blast them tbh, it will come off reasonably easily & give the best surface for the next paint to adhere to.

[Tidy Max]

cool thanks, here are the wheels..
http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l119/mtmo25/PICT0099.jpg
http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l119/mtmo25/PICT0100.jpg
How do i go about getting them sandblasted?

a mates dad owns a powder coating firm, so i may give him a bell and ask about the whole mafia acid bath thing

thanks for your help chaps, useful as always!!

[white2lSR]

How do i go about getting them sandblasted?


1.Pick wheels up
2.put them in boot of car
3.drive to buisness that does sandblating (which you found on Yell.com)
4.Take wheels out of boot
5.ask them nicely to blast your wheels. lol

Should be no more than £5-£10 per wheel. money well spent if you ask me :thumb:

[Tidy Max]

lol lol

cool cheers mate, just seen a sandblasting kit that converts a power washer to a sand blaster! odd but cool!!

shame i dont have a power washer haha cheers for the help!

[Nick J]

Should be no more than £5-£10 per wheel. money well spent if you ask me :thumb:


Ive never heard of blasting or dipping being that cheap before! Costs £100 per set of four to be beadblasted up my way... (Price based on 17" civic type r wheels that were heavily corroded.) Came back spotless and almost ready for paint. Ive never seen such a quality job! Below are the details of the guys in question if needs be. Nick.

http://www.hotfroguk.co.uk/Companies/Hutchcoat-Powder-Coatings

[Tidy Max]

cheers mate!

me and the mrs had nowt to do last nite, so i cracked on with one of them while she watched meet joe black haha, i nitromorsed the whole thing, and just got rubbing to be honest, it works well, better than i thought anyway

the only problem is the alloys are fake splits, so they are hard to get at around the bolts and little nooks and crags, so far ive been using a tooth brush, stiff brush, paint scraper, and ive also got some fine/medium angled sanding blocks from b n q,

if anyone can recommend any good tools to use feel free too!, ive been taking pictures anyway so ill post a couple up, im abit strapped at the moment so im just going to do it myself until i can afford to get it done proper, ta lads

[L14MNP]

You won't get in every nook and cranny dude, have them blasted.
As for that DIY pressure washer conversion kit it will probably be piss weak, also blasting media goes everywhere. Another reason to have the correct enviroment.

[Tidy Max]

yeah, well ive pretty much done one wheel, ive taken a couple of pics, that nitromors **** is so strong, burns skin too lol

im going to crack on with sanding one now, but i know what your saying, but i don't have much to do today so why not haha

i think il probably phone up scuffedalloys.com as they are just up the road from me, see what they can do, the one ive done looks pretty good though, good sense of achievement!

[Tidy Max]

Okay, well heres the wheel ive been doing, from last night, to today, probably spent about 3 hours solid work on it maybe

http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l119/mtmo25/99.jpg

http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l119/mtmo25/PICT0114.jpg

[Pistol Pete]

lol, could have took the wheel weight off! The bolts should come out aswell? Are you intending to paint these? If you have nitromorse, i would clean and prime as the bare alloy is exposed and could start corroding before your eyes!! TBH though, you will only get a decent finish by shot blasting them.

Looking at the above pic, it doesnt look too bad, give it a final rub down and prime. See what it looks like.

[Tidy Max]

well im doing the hwole thing, including the inside.. why.. who knows, i have a complete lack of knowledge on cars or mechanics but im learning!

yeah ive nitromorsed, i have no primer, i need to get some! ive been following the article on here my simon off mig, get differant grades of wet n dry and im gona set in with that soon, they do look 100 X better though, feeling quite good about it :)

i reckon another couple of hours every night, for the next.. oo year? and i should have one finished haha, and i have took the weights off now, thank you for bringing that to my attention lol

[Tidy Max]

Well i got masked up and primed tonight, the alloys are starting to look the part!

Im going to put a link to them as ive already posted pics on the site and dont want to unnessercerily repost them, ill put the link incase any one has been following this thread and is half interested! The only problem is the size of them, i dont think they will fit ony my car :'( et 38, 7X15

http://www.pngclub.com/forum/showthread.php?t=104798&page=4

[Pistol Pete]

You've done some good prep there, would have been a good idea to check they fitted before spending money on primer, etc.:)

[Tidy Max]

got it for free.. so :P

haha but yes i know, i need to think about things more mechanically, rather than..


"oh wow youv got four wheels for sale?!? My car rides on four wheels! Ill have them!!"

[loggyboy]

Am i reading them correctly - they are ET 59?!?!

[Pistol Pete]

Well i got masked up and primed tonight, the alloys are starting to look the part!

Im going to put a link to them as ive already posted pics on the site and dont want to unnessercerily repost them, ill put the link incase any one has been following this thread and is half interested! The only problem is the size of them, i dont think they will fit ony my car :'( et 38, 7X15

http://www.pngclub.com/forum/showthread.php?t=104798&page=4

Where did you get 59 from? :)

[loggyboy]

I missed his post.. but in this pic looks like 59!

http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l119/mtmo25/PICT0114.jpg

[Tidy Max]

hahahaha it does! ill let you off with that one, but no they are ET 38, and im pretty sure that they wont fit on, after what people have said anyway! might try to roll out the arches abit but i dont know yet! ill get them finished first!

check out my WIP and have a look at the primered pictures, they do look good :)

[loggyboy]

So it DOES say ET 59? or do the pictures just make it look like that?

[Tidy Max]

no sorry mate it does say et 38, i meant "it does look like it says et 59!!"

http://www.pngclub.com/forum/showthread.php?t=104798&page=4

thats how they look now, going to be selling them once they are done probably, im not a big fan of how rolled arches look!

Thats not the paint by the way its just white primer