Alloy Wheels Lacquer

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Wed 16 Jul 2003 08:45
Alloy Wheels Lacquer - Smart Carl
Hi

I'm wondering if anyone as had the below problem with their alloy wheels.

I sent my alloys off to be re-fubished as they have some kerbing on them. They did have a polished finish on the outward facing side with a lacquer cover.

I have been told by the people doing the re-furb on them that there are micro-pores in the alloy and the new lacquer is not sticking properly and there are bubbles appearing and it looks rubbish.

Their answer is to just leave the alloy bare with no lacquer protection. Is this a good idea??? or is there someone out there that could get a protective coat on them???

Thanks in advance

Carl
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Wed 16 Jul 2003 10:23
Alloy Wheels Lacquer - J Bonington Jagworth
Not sure why pores should stop the lacquer sticking, but bare alloy is OK if you keep it clean. A layer of wax should help and at least you can polish out any minor scrapes without having to worry about the lacquer. Depends on whether you mind giving them a bit of occasional TLC, or you want to forget about them.
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Tue 27 Dec 2011 16:01
Alloy Wheels Lacquer - wheelspecialist

i bet the job was done by mobile guys in a van. That is why the old saying you get what you pay for seems to stick.If a wheel is prepped properly and the clear coat is baked on it will stay on.

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Tue 27 Dec 2011 16:08
Alloy Wheels Lacquer - thunderbird

Laquer will not stick to polished alloy, simple as that. The correct method is etching primer, colour and then laquer, done like this it will last many years. 99% of OEM wheels are like this, very few are laquer on polished alloy.

You can get away with removing laquer and not relaquering but you really need to coat the wheel with waxoyl or similar during the winter to revent salt damage. Tried it many tyears ago, lopoks foul but certainly works.

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