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posted July 05, 2007 11:11 AM
Stock wheel coat, is it paint or is it anodized?
Stock wheel coat, is it paint or is it anodized?
I am getting mine powder coated and I wanted to know what the stock coating is for pricing purposes. They charge depending on how difficult it is to remove the old color.
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posted July 05, 2007 11:33 AM
 Edited By: Wheelie on 5 Jul 2007 12:33
when I cleaned mine with wd40 and rubbed hard the rootbeer color would come off. It should come right off. wee
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posted July 05, 2007 12:02 PM
Edited By: tonytooth on 5 Jul 2007 13:02
I clean my wheels about 2 times a week and I only use WD40 and I havent noticed that. I'll keep my eyes open. If that is true, I would assume that it is anodized even though it looks like paint.
I am cleaning them as we speak with WD40 getting ready for tonights ride 
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posted July 05, 2007 12:03 PM
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I clean my wheels about 2 times a week and I only use WD40 and I havent noticed that. I'll keep my eyes open. If that is true, I would assume that it is anodized even though it looks like paint.
I am cleaning them as we speak with WD40 getting ready for tonights ride
if you rub easy, no problem. Rub hard and you will see the paint on the rag. weewee
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posted July 05, 2007 12:12 PM
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I am cleaning them as we speak with WD40 getting ready for tonights ride
may need to install flippers on 'em too with the 50% chance of rain we're against :P
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tonytooth
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posted July 05, 2007 12:18 PM
I aint scurrrrred!
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posted July 05, 2007 12:19 PM
Dallas has had rain almost everyday for weeks! wee
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posted July 05, 2007 12:23 PM
That wd40 you are using must be some badass stuff. I used paint stripper for 2 weeks straight, every night id put a coat on. Finally i got mine stripped down. I used the aircraft shit=didnt work. I went 2 lowes and got some jasco brand semi-paste industrial stripper. worked pretty good.
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posted July 05, 2007 03:13 PM
I'm pretty sure they are powdercoated.
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tslewisz
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posted July 06, 2007 07:38 AM
They're powdercoated. Mine are at the powdercoaters now. I just talked to the guy and he said media blasting did not get all the "brown" off of them. Hes going to hit 'em again because he's afraid it might bleed through the lighter color I'm having done.
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posted July 06, 2007 07:42 AM
Thanks for that info.
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posted July 06, 2007 07:09 PM
tslewisz,
Your coater is right. Some coatings can bleed through due to the amount of time and temps needed to cure the powder properly. There are normal temp curing powders (390 to 410 deg.) at 10 to 12 min. and low curing powders ( 360 deg.and lower ) at sometimes less times. With the numbers of different manufactures of powders available and the fact that every coater has his favorite you never know what you may get with the finished product. However most powder companies have a primer powder that if applied first should lock in the factory coat.
I will pull powder my own wheels when the tires need changed. The technique I will use due to the fact the wheels are already coated and I am out to just change the color and not for protection is to powder over the factory color with my choice of color and cure it at 380 deg. for 14 min. but make sure the oven is at 380 before the wheels go in. If all goes well with the color then comes the clear powder just for show at 380 for 11 min.
Bottom line your coater does not want to take any chances with your wheels looking bad and powdering bare metal is much easier.
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