[DeTomaso] Campagnolo Paint preparation
michael frazier
red3644 at hotmail.com
Tue Mar 15 09:48:39 EDT 2011
I prefer to anneal them after all the blasting, sanding or scraping is done. You're conditioning the metal and I just want all
the "metal work" done before hand. A bare metal wheel won't smoke or stink at all.
Michael Frazier
Gruppo Rompiculi Corsa
> From: wayneajack at gmail.com
> To: MikeLDrew at aol.com
> Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2011 00:27:55 +1300
> CC: detomaso at realbig.com; garth_rodericks at yahoo.com
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Campagnolo Paint preparation
>
> 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:
>
> >
> > In a message dated 3/14/11 20 25 12, garth_rodericks at yahoo.com writes:
> >
> >
> >> 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.
> >
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > Not that I ever clean them or anything....
> >
> > Mike (the one with the brake-dust-colored front wheels....)
>
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