Bus Winker
Well at the weekend I decided to give my alloys a much needed refurbishment.
So I decided to take pictures of the progress whenever I remembered to
.
Below are some of the pictures I took, the order might seem slightly strange but its just because some of the steps I forgot to take pictures of on the first alloy.
Here is what they looked like before I started.
Next step was to clean the alloys and start to mask the tyre.
Newspaper and electrical earthing tape did the rest :rasp:
Once the sanding was complete, the filler was then added to the deep cuts.
This was then sanded down ready for the first layer of primer.
After the first layer of primer had dried the small bumps were sanded down.
And the primer was applied again.
Once the final layer of primer had dried the base coat of anthracite was applied.
Three layers of this was applied and then another three layers of lacquer.
While doing this the caps were also done as you can see in the next image. :rasp:
Here is an image of one of the alloys completed and two of the primed and drying.
and my car on bricks :dead:
After all the alloys were lacquered they were left overnight to dry.
And here is the final result.
Before:
After:
I'm very happy with the final result. Its a massive improvement over the state of the alloys before.
I wish I took more pictures of the different stages but I always forget things like that. :dapprove:
So I decided to take pictures of the progress whenever I remembered to
.Below are some of the pictures I took, the order might seem slightly strange but its just because some of the steps I forgot to take pictures of on the first alloy.
Here is what they looked like before I started.
Next step was to clean the alloys and start to mask the tyre.
Newspaper and electrical earthing tape did the rest :rasp:
Once the sanding was complete, the filler was then added to the deep cuts.
This was then sanded down ready for the first layer of primer.
After the first layer of primer had dried the small bumps were sanded down.
And the primer was applied again.
Once the final layer of primer had dried the base coat of anthracite was applied.
Three layers of this was applied and then another three layers of lacquer.
While doing this the caps were also done as you can see in the next image. :rasp:
Here is an image of one of the alloys completed and two of the primed and drying.
and my car on bricks :dead:
After all the alloys were lacquered they were left overnight to dry.
And here is the final result.
Before:
After:
I'm very happy with the final result. Its a massive improvement over the state of the alloys before.
I wish I took more pictures of the different stages but I always forget things like that. :dapprove:
