Mark_H
11-24-2007, 10:00 PM
Hey guys, I just wanted to pass along some info regarding my current wheel coating capabilities. If you have an aftermarket wheel such as a Konig, Enkei, or even Rota I cannot currently strip them sufficiently enough for proper powder coating. If you have such wheels polished or if you have the desire to put in the 10-12 hours of work to strip them I will gladly sandblast them and coat them for you, thats no problem at all.
The powder business is ALL PREP WORK. Thats where my time and $$ goes to coat wheels. I just can't invest 10-12 hours into a set of wheels for $130 and conversely nobody will want to pay me $500 to take 12-14 hours to prep and coat a set of wheels for them.
The problem with these wheels:
The aftermarket wheels tend to have 2 coats of varying variety. Typically something like a basecoat of some kind of coating followed by a clearcoat. These two coats are VERY hard to remove. I have one of the best sand blasters money can buy and use high end media and it barely scratches the surface. I tried the super common Aircraft stripper and it doesn't dent this stuff. I did some research and some folks have good luck with aircraft grade gasket remover...nope, no luck there.
I happen to have a Konig Tantrum that I've been working on, trying to find a reliable way to strip it and have had no luck at all. I have 3-4 hours in this wheel between blasting and stripping and below are the current state of the wheel.
If/when I find a magic cure I'll offer my coating services for such wheels.
Oh yeah, if you know Pang ask him about stripping a set of 17" Rota's. He started the process and gave up after doing some stripping with Aircraft stripper and some polishing. I finished the job for him and had over 8 hours invested in his wheels just sandblasting them.
What I can coat:
If your curious if your wheels can be properly prepped and coated by me please shoot me a PM with any questions.
I CAN coat any OEM wheel on the market, I have not ran across these issues on any OEM Wheel I've dealt with so far. Older aftermarket wheels seem to work as well. If you have a wheel that is polished or chrome I can do those too.
Pics of the Konig I'm experimenting with. This is between 1-2 hours of sandblasting, 3 coats of Aircraft Stripper and 2 coats of high grade gasket remover and lots of scraping with a metal putty knife. As you can see, it's a hell of a hard job and I will have 3-4+ hours in it just to get it completely stripped:
http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b7cf05b3127cceb0d99cd6254c00000026100AbtW7ho1ZOG IA
http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b7cf05b3127cceb0d99cde254400000026100AbtW7ho1ZOG IA
http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b7cf05b3127cceb0d99cc6255c00000026100AbtW7ho1ZOG IA
The powder business is ALL PREP WORK. Thats where my time and $$ goes to coat wheels. I just can't invest 10-12 hours into a set of wheels for $130 and conversely nobody will want to pay me $500 to take 12-14 hours to prep and coat a set of wheels for them.
The problem with these wheels:
The aftermarket wheels tend to have 2 coats of varying variety. Typically something like a basecoat of some kind of coating followed by a clearcoat. These two coats are VERY hard to remove. I have one of the best sand blasters money can buy and use high end media and it barely scratches the surface. I tried the super common Aircraft stripper and it doesn't dent this stuff. I did some research and some folks have good luck with aircraft grade gasket remover...nope, no luck there.
I happen to have a Konig Tantrum that I've been working on, trying to find a reliable way to strip it and have had no luck at all. I have 3-4 hours in this wheel between blasting and stripping and below are the current state of the wheel.
If/when I find a magic cure I'll offer my coating services for such wheels.
Oh yeah, if you know Pang ask him about stripping a set of 17" Rota's. He started the process and gave up after doing some stripping with Aircraft stripper and some polishing. I finished the job for him and had over 8 hours invested in his wheels just sandblasting them.
What I can coat:
If your curious if your wheels can be properly prepped and coated by me please shoot me a PM with any questions.
I CAN coat any OEM wheel on the market, I have not ran across these issues on any OEM Wheel I've dealt with so far. Older aftermarket wheels seem to work as well. If you have a wheel that is polished or chrome I can do those too.
Pics of the Konig I'm experimenting with. This is between 1-2 hours of sandblasting, 3 coats of Aircraft Stripper and 2 coats of high grade gasket remover and lots of scraping with a metal putty knife. As you can see, it's a hell of a hard job and I will have 3-4+ hours in it just to get it completely stripped:
http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b7cf05b3127cceb0d99cd6254c00000026100AbtW7ho1ZOG IA
http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b7cf05b3127cceb0d99cde254400000026100AbtW7ho1ZOG IA
http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b7cf05b3127cceb0d99cc6255c00000026100AbtW7ho1ZOG IA