35th Anniversary Wheel Project

[BP_Z28]

May the powerwasher

R.I.P

??- 12-27-2007

It left behind a legacy, spraying items, soaking Joel, it will be missed!

[JAdair]

Did you go shoot it like Red did haha

[Derek]

beats me!!! theyre hairline scratches, not deep at all but when the light hits them right they are there. I was thrilled. I think i only did it to 3 or 4 spokes on one wheel, no big deal i guess.

I also just tried our crappy powerwasher on one of them. Results = me soaked, and crappy powerwasher broken. paint = still there

wheels+high speed moving water=always bad, i get so pissed sometimes when im in our car wash trying to clean my wheels, all that ever happens is I get sprayed right back.

[kammi10]

Little tip for ya in the future.....respirators not only protect from fumes, but they filter out all smells too! I recentley had the unfortunate experience of having to clean up someone else's puke.......once I put on the respirator it wasn't nearly as bad of a task

that sounds like a fun story. who puked

[JoeliusZ28]

wheels are currently drenched in stripper again, and they are going to sit as such for a LONG time, probably tomorrow night.

In the mean time im working on dropping my 10 bolt to do some undercarriage painting. this is fun too!

[JAdair]

wheels are currently drenched in stripper again, and they are going to sit as such for a LONG time, probably tomorrow night.

In the mean time im working on dropping my 10 bolt to do some undercarriage painting. this is fun too!

Time to get high off the paint fumes haha

[GETGONE]

Geez...go spend the $20 or so and pick up a disposable 3M respirator!

[Derek]

wheels are currently drenched in stripper again, and they are going to sit as such for a LONG time, probably tomorrow night.

In the mean time im working on dropping my 10 bolt to do some undercarriage painting. this is fun too!

you should have just got a big metal feeding trough and filled it with that darn stripper, leave your wheel entirely in the stripper lol

[JoeliusZ28]

you should have just got a big metal feeding trough and filled it with that darn stripper, leave your wheel entirely in the stripper lol

that would work beautifully, i was thinking that too.

Well this time I completely DOUSED two of the wheels in this stuff, gobbed in on as thick as i could, and it seems to be lifting the stubborn shit off. Cant wait till im done with this bs.

[81DaytonaPaceCar]

So...would it be worth $500 for all four wheels to be done with it?

And that's a commercial price...with $200 in tools you can do it yourself...

It would seem that you're taking the long and difficult way around the problem...

[bri2203]

I guess you wouldn't make much money as a stripper.

You should use aircraft stripper, it works Great.

You could try one of the following.


1. Media blast wheels, have them powdercoated, then have the wheel machined. This would be the best method IMO but you will spend upwards of $500.

2. Use aircraft stripper to strip the wheel of paint and clear coat, then polish the spokes and paint the rest of the wheel. Then clear the wheel.
This would be cheap because you could do it all yourself. You might have a hard time getting the paint to stick well when you overlap the polished areas.

[JoeliusZ28]

So...would it be worth $500 for all four wheels to be done with it?

And that's a commercial price...with $200 in tools you can do it yourself...

It would seem that you're taking the long and difficult way around the problem...

I am not understanding at all what you are getting at here.

Basically i have $100 in the wheels, $80 in center caps, and $20 in stripping supplies so far = $200. Add paint, and Ill have a set of 35ths for $225 total at most.

The stripper IS working its just taking its damned time.

[JoeliusZ28]

I cant believe im not done stripping these things yet

here's the latest.... its soaked in stripper in this pic, but you can see that most of the paint is gone.

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[badinfluence]

so another round of stripper? lol

[JoeliusZ28]

Im not sure what im going to do next. The stripper might do the trick, it might not. I can always give jons 5 horse pressure washer a try. my 1/2 horse one didnt do squat.