Jobs while we are off

[Steve Payne]

After Eddies post last night I thought I would show what I have been doing this week to my car.
My wheels have been looking not there best for a while so it seemed a good idea to strip them and give them a refurb

This is after I used paint stripper and my hand held sand blaster.

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After two coats of Etch primer

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I have also stripped the headlight shrouds and painted them

And the headlight shrouds after stripping them and then two coats of Etch and 2 coats of satin. I will polish the rims once the paint has dried.

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I ordered some special wheel paint over a week ago but with the carriers being so busy it looks like the primer will have plenty of time to go off.
I have plenty of jobs I can get on with.
Steve

[Martin R]

Nice one Steve. I'll drop mine off later - I'll leave them in the porch if that's OK

[Oxymoron]

I repainted and lacquered the alloy wheels to my Mitsubishi GTO in the back garden a few years ago.....They baked in the sun really well....My wife wouldn't let me use the oven!

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[ajc9415]

Did you kill the grass. There’s four brown circles that suspiciously seem to match the wheel diameter......

[Oxymoron]

Did you kill the grass. There’s four brown circles that suspiciously seem to match the wheel diameter......

I told the wife they were new stepping stones!

[colin7673]

OK there’s no before photo just the one,, but this morning I decided to clean the car,, underneath.. what a job, back wheels off warm water and a cloth. Clean brake pipes, axle and handbrake rods. After a polish ( got some showroom polish free) near ever done that before.. then a good clean for the wheels,, well they’re off the car. Even polished the inside of the wheel.

[Eddie]

Looks like cleaning wheels is a popular job whilst self isolating.

Working my way through mine in between hanging new internal doors to keep the Mrs happy.

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[Steve Payne]

Looks like cleaning wheels is a popular job whilst self isolating.

Probably because it is such a big job. I find it is taking me about a day per wheel to strip and prep for the paint.

Steve

[Steve Payne]

First wheel completed.

Steve

[slotcarone]

Looks great Steve! I remember when mine looked like that when I did them about 30 years ago!

[Grant]

Bloody Lovely Steve..and I know that was alot of time/hard work. well done sport that wheel looks loverly

[Steve Payne]

Thanks, it doesn't show in the picture but it is black with a slight metalic in it.

I think it makes them look better than just plain black.

Steve