Classic Wheel Restoration "Build Thread"- Old-School 15x7.5 BBS RZ

[da3bous]

Well, the wheels will be on hold for a bit. Had to run to the ER today after getting a rather large amount of aircraft stripper on my face and in my eye. I'm alright, I just have a minor chemical burn on the white part of my eye. The doctors said it was good I acted fast and washed it out properly, otherwise, I would have lost my eye Crazy part is, I was wearing rubber gloves and safety glasses. Things seem to be fine, but the intense burning in my eye sucks.

ummm yeah rubber gloves do nothing to aircraft stripper.....I had some that was was diluted with water splash up on my shorts.....few hours later i felt an odd breeze, look down and i have giant holes in my crotch....could've lost a lot more that day!

[cobrawannabe]

I have been wearing rubber gloves through the entire process, and have not had a single burn on my hands until I ripped one

[da3bous]

I have been wearing rubber gloves through the entire process, and have not had a single burn on my hands until I ripped one

They will protect for a bit, but it will eat through it at some point.

[cobrawannabe]

They will protect for a bit, but it will eat through it at some point.

I've worked with the stuff for 3-4 hours at a clip and never been burned.

[cobrawannabe]

Well, I'm starting to enjoy the symptoms of either a continued burn or an infection... Sweeeeeet.

[bigtoepfer]

what exactly tools were you using for that wheel. just that rotary and that brush attachment? Because I'm working on the lips of and old set of starforms, and i'm hand sanding and feel like i'm not getting anywhere. After seeing your pics i just want to cry.

[cobrawannabe]

Hahaha, yes I am using a drill with a wire brush to get all of the pitting out. After that, I power sand with 240 grit then hand sand with 400, 600, and 800. I have about 12 hours into that one wheel.

[bigtoepfer]

so you don't recomend a powered sander for anything about 240? because I'm seriously considering something like this

http://www.harborfreight.com/7-inch-vertical-air-polisher-sander-4495.html

or

http://www.harborfreight.com/palm-sander-98622.html

for my 400 at least and possibly 800 and 1500 then 2000 by hand, because I've gotten to the point where i have no more calluses on my fingers just open nerve endings and sanding is becoming difficult

[hotdoghogie]

Jack your car up, put these wheels on your car, put it into gear. Makes polishing lips a ton easier.

[bigtoepfer]

i heard of it and seen it in a video on youtube, but it just sounds like a recipe for disaster to me.

[BeemerBuyer]

You got aircraft paint stripper in your eye!? WTF!?

I hope your feeling better, good work on teh wheels. They are going to be awesome.

[cobrawannabe]

so you don't recomend a powered sander for anything about 240?

I am power sanding with 240 (well, 236Q), then hand sanding with the rest.

Jack your car up, put these wheels on your car, put it into gear. Makes polishing lips a ton easier.

Absolutely does; but since I need to have the center bores opened up on these, I am stuck keeping them on the ground.

i heard of it and seen it in a video on youtube, but it just sounds like a recipe for disaster to me.

Just bolt them down snug and be careful

You got aircraft paint stripper in your eye!? WTF!?

I hope your feeling better, good work on teh wheels. They are going to be awesome.

Thanks for the kind words, things are looking a bit better today

[cobrawannabe]

[kramerbuccs24]

Very nice. I did a very similar build with my RSs took way more time than I want to calculate. But, being able to take a picture like this after you're done is worth alllllllll the effort:

[cobrawannabe]

Absolutely! Thanks for the kind words