[DeTomaso] Campagnolo Paint preparation

[Julian Kift]

I don't know what magnesium alloy blend the Campi wheels are, but Mg is highly flammable, especially in powder form, so make sure that all sanding dust etc. is well cleaned from the wheels prior to putting them in an oven. I suspect you've all done the magnesium ribbon test in high school, you don't want to repeat it on a large scale in your kitchen!
 
Julian
 
> From: red3644 at hotmail.com
> To: wayneajack at gmail.com; detomaso at realbig.com
> Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2011 08:48:39 -0500
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Campagnolo Paint preparation
> 
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> 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 
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> > 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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