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Can wheels be paint corected?

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  • #16
    Re: Can wheels be paint corected?

    Thanks for the info Mike
    Originally posted by Blueline
    I own a silver vehicle and a black vehicle owns me. The black one demands attention, washing, detailing, waxing and an occasional dinner out at a nice restaurant. The silver one demands nothing and it looks just fine. I think the black vehicle is taking advantage of me, and the silver car is more my style. We can go out for a drive without her makeup and she looks fine. If I want to take the black one out, it is three or four hours in the "bathroom" to get ready.

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    • #17
      Re: Can wheels be paint corected?

      Originally posted by Michael Stoops View Post
      Since these wheels are powder coated they may not respond quite as quickly, or quite as well, as the wheels that The Guz worked so beautifully in his write up on AGO. But with the Dynacone and some M205 they should definitely look better. You can also give Ultimate Compound a try on the Dynacone, but on powder coating we wouldn't go more aggressive than that.
      From one Mike to another, thank you for the compliments on the write up. I just did this again this past weekend with M105 on tougher areas and M205 for a majority of the wheels.

      Originally posted by Michael Stoops View Post
      It kind of depends on how you define "hard" and "soft" as it pertains to paint. From a polishability standpoint, it's usually more difficult to remove below surface defects from powder coat, so most would call it "harder". But it's also easier to stain or damage with harsher chemicals, like certain wheel cleaners, so in that regard it's more delicate.

      Powder coating is done to surfaces that need a protective coating, such as paint provides, but in a much more durable formulation. Since the application is an electrostatic deposition of a dry powder onto the surface of the piece being coated, a thicker coating can be applied than if conventional solvent based liquid paints were used. Once baked, the powdered coating essentially melts, flows, levels and hardens to an extremely durable coating. The color is through and through (like a single stage paint) but the chemical makeup tends to be very hard and therefore a bit more difficult to polish/abrade/level.
      This is very good info. I was looking for something like this on how to handle certain pieces on my brother's 04 Harley V Rod that has some pieces that he powder coated. I will try a small test spot with M205 and see how it goes. His pieces are in really nice shape that I may not need to do anything to them.
      99 Grand Prix
      02 Camaro SS

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      • #18
        Re: Can wheels be paint corected?

        Good news for me! I got in touch with the Ford Customer Service Rep over at www.mustangforums.com and asked if they could find out what the wheel is finished in and she got back to me that it is painted aluminum. So when I get a free minute in my life, I'm going to compound, polish, and wax these babies!
        2014 Mustang GT 6-Speed Manual

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