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refurb: were did i go wrong?



  Vantage
recently ive been practising how to refurb alloys..

ive tried a refurb on a spare wheel..

i followed jungle jims guide on here except i finished the refurb in one day as i know alot of people on here do.

Today (2 days later)...when i was taking the wheels centre cap of.. abit of the paint started to peel... were did i go wrong?
 
  Astra 1.9Cdti SRi
Im guessing you didnt prep the wheel properly.

If you havnt cleaned all the lacquer off the alloy first then paint wont stick and will just flicker off.

I have done 4 wheels in the space of 5hours, and they were all perfect, no paint flickering etc, its all in the prep work.
 


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