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colwyn500
Joined: 21 Oct 2012 Posts: 1745 Location: Nairn, Scotland
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Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2014 9:52 pm Post subject: Which silver wheel paint? |
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Can anyone recommend a paint, preferably aerosol as four wheels doesn't take much, that is silver but not too bright. Preferably a paint that doesn't need lacquer. |
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MikeEdwards
Joined: 25 May 2011 Posts: 2502 Location: South Cheshire
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Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2014 10:05 am Post subject: |
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I can't really, but just wanted to make one comment.
If you use aerosol paint that is labelled "silver wheel paint" or something similar, my experience is that putting lacquer over it is not a good move. I understand that wheel paint is formulated to not require lacquer, and I found that my nice silver repainted wheels went to a sort of grey colour and lost all their silver-ness when I lacquered them.
I have had similar effects when I put lacquer over some "chrome effect" paint on some wheel centres.
Obviously some aerosols might mis-use the description, but I think that's what makes silver wheel paint different to silver paint. |
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colwyn500
Joined: 21 Oct 2012 Posts: 1745 Location: Nairn, Scotland
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Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2014 10:16 am Post subject: |
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That's a useful point Mike. Currently derusting so I not quite at tahat stage yet. |
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goneps
Joined: 18 Jun 2013 Posts: 601 Location: Auckland, New Zealand
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Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2014 2:07 am Post subject: |
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I had a similar experience with supposedly clear lacquer discolouring newly re-silvered headlamp reflectors, which I believe is how they were treated originally to prevent them from tarnishing. Very slight discolouration remained after stripping off the lacquer. Best plan is simply to get out the Silvo when required.
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colwyn500
Joined: 21 Oct 2012 Posts: 1745 Location: Nairn, Scotland
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