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What if i wanted to polish the face of the wheel but paint the inside of the mesh?
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Then you need to prime it, sand the front of the mesh down to metal, paint it then sand it down again.
You will need to sand down to metal between each step or else you will not get a perfect look.
because if you imagine the paint layers, first primer (white / green / what ever) then the color you want the windows in, (orange / blue / etc) if you don't sand down to metal on each paint layer you will see the primer "edge" on the inside of the paint.
I have a hard time typing down what i mean, but hope you get the idea.-Instagram@jdjurhuus
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Originally posted by Zic View PostThen you need to prime it, sand the front of the mesh down to metal, paint it then sand it down again.
You will need to sand down to metal between each step or else you will not get a perfect look.
because if you imagine the paint layers, first primer (white / green / what ever) then the color you want the windows in, (orange / blue / etc) if you don't sand down to metal on each paint layer you will see the primer "edge" on the inside of the paint.
I have a hard time typing down what i mean, but hope you get the idea.
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question: I used the aircraft stripper and it looked really shiny, so I skipped to the 1200 grit wet sanding...and it made it dull, and I was like wtf, so I kept at it and nothing. Then I started using 1200 dry sanding and it's making it more shiny now. Like that's where I'm at atm. Do you recommend going back to 500 and starting over from there? Do I wet sand all the grits? When I was wet sanding with the 1200 the sandpaper was deteriorating pretty fast, is it supposed to be like that? Also, I went to Lowes, Home Depot, Northern Tool, and I asked for a jeweler's kit, and they didn't know anything, also they only had up to 600 grit. So I found a store that went up to 1200 grit and they had a kit that had two buffs (that attach to a drill) with a red rouge and a white rouge. Do I still need to get a compound then use the white rouge?(it says on the box that the red is for gold, siver, and bronze only). Then I was planning on going to get the mothers mag polish. Like pretty much I was gonna do what the write up says, but I'm kinda confused about the sanding part that i'm on right now. I'm no expert at this as you prolly know by now. Any help is appreciated as i'm going to start working on them tomorrow morning again.
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Has there been made a vid as mentioned in 1st post?
I've got a few questions for you guys..
1. What buffs do you use? Where can I get them? (ebay or online store)
2. The 3M wax which is recommended.. is it this one? http://dennysautoparts.com/assets/im...6_31989898.jpg
4. Any recommendation of great polishing products in general? To generate a kit
I've got lots of wheels to be polished.. and I've got hold of wheel hubs(cut of wrecked cars) with the bolt patterns I want. I am making a bracket where I bolt the wheel on the hub and it will rotate. Will perhaps add an electic motor with belt/wheel to turn the rim around, would be very helpfull when sanding! I'll post up pictures when I've made it!Last edited by ScottNicolas; 12-18-2011, 02:24 PM.'87 Toyota Supra MKIII
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