matty325

got me a set of series 1 alloys to put on my rs 1600i replica ,have a mate who'll sand blast them for me so was going to have a bash at painting them myself. have used silver hammerite in the past with mixed results ,can anyone recommend a good paint colour to use ( spray cans of course) to give close to original colour shade,cheers folks

matts1

I used stratos silver in rattle cans in the past and then a few coats of lacquer over the top - iirc star silver for ford is a close match?

Get a decent lacquer though as have found some cheaper brands have a yellow tinge to them.

Personally I found it a bit of a ball ache (mainly the sanding which you don't have to worry about) but even spraying took a day and so easy to get bits of floating crap in the lacquer!!

By the time you have bought the paint, lacqure, tack wipes, masking tape etc you aren't far off paying someone to do it professionally.

matty325

cheers your maybe right, i have got a year to do them car wont see the road till spring 2014 is stratos silver a ford colour ,i have found that with lacquers in the past halfords one seems to be ok though

xr_craig

iTrader: (2)

If your going to the effort of getting them blasted i'd personally try and use something better than cans. Can you get hold of a compressor?

matts1

I am guessing the tyres are off the wheels, but if not, use cling film to mask them up, tuck masking tape in between the tyre and the alloy, then wrap the cling film around the tyre and tape the edges, then a quick blast with a hair dryer and the cling film shinkwraps to the tyre. Much easier than paper and easy to shift them around without paper tearing off etc.

mercury grey minter

There are company's now that only charge £25 a rim for powder coat or paintless,bumper scuff mobile guys that will prep and paint them for about the same price but saves you removing tyres.

Longdog3004

What's their name mate any contact info and area?

dingla rs

iTrader: (2)

as said find a powder coaters will not last 5 mins with fizzy cans as you need put a hundred layers on just to get a finish half descent ,even I a painter send them for power coat these days cheap as chips

Dal_

iTrader: (2)

I got mine done by www.citypowdercoaters.co.uk in Birmingham last summer for £20 a wheel - the finish is spot on