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wheel painting questions...

  • Thread starter Thread starter wesl56
  • Start date Start date Jun 20, 2005

wesl56

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so im paintings some aluminum cobra's... they are plain aluminum with clear coat, and paint inside the spokes (97 cobras if u know waht im talking about) do i need to sand all the clear coat off? i got most of it off the flat surfaces, but its really difficult to get all of it off the insides of the spokes... ive scuffed all of the wheel up with a pain stripper wheel and 150 grit paper... im gonna go over it again with like maybe 3xx grit...

do i need to hit them with primer? i dont know if you can/need to prime aluminum or not...

after i prime them, i got it from there, just need some opinions on the prep work, thanks!
 

Reimann

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Painting over the old paint is never a good idea. Put the extra time into doing it right and you will be happier with the end result.
 
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