[DeTomaso] Campagnolo Paint preparation

[Wayne Jack]

Thanks for all input. Haha Mike...I was smug thinking I had cracked  
this....but then the bubbles started popping up. I will have to take  
the paint back on them all (with a careful blast) and start again with  
the advice given.........Re Cooking them in oven....maybe wife wont  
notice if I slip a wheel in with the Muffins each time (hmm that could  
take 4 years........muffins dont happen much at present ;-).
On Mar 15, 2011, at 6:58 PM, MikeLDrew at aol.com wrote:

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> In a message dated 3/14/11 20 25 12, garth_rodericks at yahoo.com writes:
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>> Overall, it was A LOT of work. Mike Drew dropped his wheels off at  
>> a local body shop and had them resprayed for $50 each (IIRC). I  
>> think I would go that route in the future given all the work it was  
>> to strip and paint the wheels myself.
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> HAH!  It cost more than $150 each to have my wheels painted...and  
> they didn't have to strip them.  The rears were factory-painted (but  
> the paint job was very poor and there was green primer showing  
> through in places, I bought them new in 1989) and the front wheels  
> had been powdercoated by Larry Stock, the wrong color--DOH!
>
> They just scuffed 'em and shot 'em with the chosen color (I actually  
> color-matched the factory paint of my '89 wheels, which was  
> different from the 1971-1974 color, with a bit of fine metallic  
> flake in it) and then clearcoated them.  The factory wheels were  
> only painted, but not clearcoated (as far as I can tell).  The  
> clearcoating gives my wheels a slightly glossier appearance than I  
> would like, but on the other hand, it makes them much easier to clean.
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> Not that I ever clean them or anything....
>
> Mike (the one with the brake-dust-colored front wheels....)