Re: Wheel Refurbishment

[john delaney <john.delaney@snet.net>]

Sean Conway wrote:
> 
> I have a friend who is at the moment refurbishing his Avus alloys on his
> 1990 Scala (1.8 injection). He's having great problems removing the
> lacquer to get at the corrosion on the polished areas. He's tried some
> of the better known (in the UK) paint strippers, without much success.
> At the moment he is having to remove the lacquer manually with a power
> drill and sand/glass paper, before polishing the wheel up. Can anybody
> suggest an easier way to do this ? Thanks, Sean Conway.
> --I just restored the rims on my 86 16valve sciroco.They were in sad shape 
Jack the front end up start car with both front tires on.
use jack stands dont trust just a jackand be carefull of hands and 
fingers.
Put car in gear start with a coarse paper 100 grit not wet sand paper at 
first.
then when clear coat is almost all removed use a coarse wet sand paper
with water work your way to a micro finish wet sand paper 
when the rim is smooth looking 
use a good machine finish buffing compound if you have a buffer use it
it makes it easier or you can use a cotton cloth
clean rim real good when done 
clear coat i used a urathane enamal it is a strong clearcoat
any questions email me at john.delaney@snet.net
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