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| 890.18 | | VOGON::ATWAL | Dreams, they complicate my life | Wed Feb 21 1990 15:05 | 3 |
| is there an easy way to repair small amounts of corrosion on alloys???
...Art.
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| 890.19 | | DUCK::NAGLEJ | FUNKY COLD RIBENA | Thu Feb 22 1990 15:38 | 18 |
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Not much you can do really. Once alloy has oxidised (spell?) you
can only really repaint. Either alloy paint or spray.
You can have them refurbished at a price. There is a place in
reading which will take your old wheels and give you the same that
they have already repaired. They even put your tyres on the new
wheels and balance them.
I have some FORD ghia alloys which need some work. They quoted me
30 pounds a wheel including balancing etc.
The name is ELITE wheels and tyres. EATON PLACE, Reading.
0734 504100.
Jeff.
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| 890.20 | | SWEEP::ALFORD | Fantasy is the reality of life... | Fri Feb 23 1990 13:49 | 9 |
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If you want to take the time and trouble, you can either do it yourself
or get it done...
Get them burnished, if you have a vari-speed drill and can find the
brush attachments, you can spend a few hours buffing them up...
This worked on aluminium motorcycle casings, so it should work on car
wheels. They come up like chrome !
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| 890.21 | Can't get my KN's nice | HOO78C::DUINHOVEN | Hans: NL Prod. Mngr VES (On Wooden Shoes) | Fri Mar 02 1990 15:38 | 13 |
| I have KN Alloys ,like there are on the Caterham's.
They're quite corroded. I've tried special cleaning fluid out of
a spray can, but this did not work. Later I tried cleaning with
a brass brush on my power drill, no success.
It seems, the quality varies very much per manufacturer.
Indeed you can see BMW's and Merc's with their own wheels still
very beautiful!
Other makes and younger get ugly quite fast.
Any comment, how to recover?
Sandblasting????
Hans
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| 890.22 | | SWEEP::ALFORD | Fantasy is the reality of life... | Fri Mar 02 1990 16:40 | 4 |
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more like bead-blasting...
with sand-blasting you wouldn't have any wheels left :-)
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| 890.23 | | AEOEN1::MATTHEWS | In a negative brownie-point situation ... | Thu Apr 09 1992 14:47 | 9 |
| About bead-blasting ... what do you do then ?
I assume this removes the layer of paint, oxide etc etc (dependant upon
how bad the wheels are), but since 'clean' aluminium is very reactive,
I assume it will oxidise again very quickly.
Has anyone tried getting alloy wheels re-anodysed (this is when you artifically
grow a thick layer of oxide on the surface. A colour can be added during
the process if required ...).
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| 890.24 | Not wheels, but.... | VOGON::KAPPLER | Spontaneity is fine in it's place.... | Thu Apr 09 1992 14:53 | 10 |
| I had the alloy comshaft cover on my BDA engine anodised when Ford's
blue paint came off.
It worked very well. I chose the Gold additive, and it looked fine for
several years.
I also had the alloy wheels from my JPS Capri blasted, and you're right
they oxidised fairly quickly afterwards.
JfK
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| 890.25 | | AEOEN1::MATTHEWS | In a negative brownie-point situation ... | Thu Apr 09 1992 15:08 | 1 |
| Did it cost much ?
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| 890.26 | | FORTY2::BETTS | X.500 Development | Thu Apr 09 1992 15:49 | 7 |
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A friend is having the wheels of his car refinished, courtesy of
the tyre shop that managed to damage all four. Manufacturers cost
to redo 16 inch wheels, including anodysing in black and all
finishing is 600 pounds (Wheels cost about 400 a piece).
William.
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