achieving a brushed finish

[BreakMyWallet]

i had brushed wheels on my old dpe's and im refinishing my wheels. im not sure if the correct way to achieve the brushed finish is to just sand in 1 direction and make it uniform, and then clear.

the wheels are modulare 3 piece forged. if this isnt the way to do it, ill just paint em silver like i planned.

[Tuck&Poke]

yup, thats pretty much it

[Effin' Euro]

polish then wire brush attachment on a dremel? scotch bright pads?

find some scrap aluminum or an expendable wheel then practice on that.

[BreakMyWallet]

turning out pretty good! cant wait to see how the whole wheel looks then clear

[Effin' Euro]

what are you using?

[BreakMyWallet]

paint stripper/wire wheel/ then like 150g/350g/ect

[chev_chelios]

get a dremel and appropriate bit and do brushed swirls like you what you would see when people use goldflake. it'd probably take forever, but it'd be worth it

like this:

[Effin' Euro]

that would be soooo miserable to do.

[BreakMyWallet]

lol.

eh its working fine the way im doing it now. im hoping to finish 1 wheel tonight. i gotta go to the store and get some mothers mag polish and another wire wheel.

[BreakMyWallet]

btw. the next 3 wheels im taking to my buddies shop to get sandblasted. fuck this! haha

[kramerbuccs24]

btw. the next 3 wheels im taking to my buddies shop to get sandblasted. fuck this! haha

Hahaha yeah I should have realized this when I spent 10+ hours stripping my BBSs, I had my buddy polish the lips and he blasted them before polishing them and it took like 5 min per lip I was like FFFUUUUUUUUUUU

[Atlantian]

Would you be able to add color/hue to this if you:

Sand it down the a brushed finish, spray it lightly with bonze paint, steak it lightly and matte clear coat it. So it would look like you have brushed bronze wheels?

[BreakMyWallet]

not sure. for my car i wouldnt do it because i love how silver wheels POP with a chrome lip.

im sure if the strokes were deep and the paint was light it may be possible.

[Atlantian]

Oh, I just want to make the 500e stockers I just bought a bit more unique, too much conservatives among the MB community.

I'll try to use a golf club cleaner (brass wire brush) to score the wheels after I sand it.

[BreakMyWallet]

almost finished. gonna clear it tomorrow