Re: Thoughts on stripping the finish off rally wheel center caps
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I used 80-100 grit glass beads in a large SkatBlast cabinet @ 90 PSI. Unfortunately, the glass bead blasting doesn't seem to strip those center caps very well
I also used a heat gun to heat up that coating, but it didn't seem to make a dent in it.
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Re: Thoughts on stripping the finish off rally wheel center caps
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I used 80-100 grit glass beads in a large SkatBlast cabinet @ 90 PSI. Unfortunately, the glass bead blasting doesn't seem to strip those center caps very well
I also used a heat gun to heat up that coating, but it didn't seem to make a dent in it. 100''s of degrees & didn't soften enough to scrap off? If lacquer, won't blister like with some house paints. Hope that's not what you were expecting. It's paint, right? Get a better heat gun then.
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Re: Thoughts on stripping the finish off rally wheel center caps
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I didn't strip my paint off. I just filled in chips in the paint with a couple extra coats of paint sprayed on a piece of card board first and than dabbed on with a brush in the chips. Once all level. Just resprayed the entire center cap. Taped off as needed first. That was over 25 years ago and they still look good today.
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Re: Thoughts on stripping the finish off rally wheel center caps
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You are sure you are trying to remove the paint and not the chrome right? Mine were chrome with silver grey paint in the recessed area around the bolt holes. Outer trim and high point in the middle of the bolt holes were actually unpainted chrome. I always had the bad luck of never getting the paint to stick. Sorry you are having the opposite problem.
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Re: Thoughts on stripping the finish off rally wheel center caps
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I have a commercial grade heat gun. The heat didn't make it budge at all. Whatever this coating is that was used in the early-mid 70s, it's some tough stuff... Argent was nothing more then lacquer paint.
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Re: Thoughts on stripping the finish off rally wheel center caps
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I have a commercial grade heat gun. The heat didn't make it budge at all. Whatever this coating is that was used in the early-mid 70s, it's some tough stuff... Argent was nothing more then lacquer paint. Exactly. I think he is trying to get the chrome or whatever finish these are off, not the argent though.
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