Mr. Trick

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I bought some aluminum wheels, and they were powder coated black. Is there any way I can remove the powder coating and polish the wheels?

1SicV8

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hmm i dont think u can. and if its possible, its prolly a lot of work and not worth it, what kind of rims? maybe il; buy them

2K2WS6TA

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Try media blast (it's actually plastic/walnut shell bits instead of sand particles) I bet that will take off the powder coating

Cop Car

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its a bitch, just paint them a diffrent color or have them powdercoated chrome

FLAWLS1T/A

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yeah man you can do it, its easy

just pickup some aircraft remover @ your local hardware store

thesoundandthefury

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1. Strip the wheels with this: http://www.caswellplating.com/aids/clearcoat.htm

2. What kind of wheels are they?

3. Do you know if they were previously polished before they were powder coated?

MorrisPowderCoating

How easy the removal is will depend greatly on how well the piece was coated. If the prep was good and the powder cured correctly it won't be fun...lol! When I have to remove old powder coating I use aircraft stripper first and then media blast the rest....it can be a long process though. Just be carefull how agressive you get with the media blasting....that can make your polishing afterward a lot harder also. After you use the stripper, try blasting with aluminum oxide...that always seems to work best for me.

-Kevin

Samuellmiles

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Sail Hatan

stripper.ive done it a million times on wheels and bicycle frames.

spray it on, hose it off, maybe a brush for the harder spots. the only thing it going to be the condition of the wheels underneath. all my wheels where polished to begin with, so when I stripped them, I just repolished them.

itsslow98

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I thought most powdercoaters media blasted before powdercoating? Wouldnt that kill any sort of finish on the wheel? I just dropped off some items a couple days ago and he said they would all be media blasted prior to powdercoating.

Super-Bat

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Holy 2006 Batman.

Djones1001

They typically do blast it to create a profile before powder coating it. You could blast it with aluminum oxide and remove the pwoder probably or consider a chemical stripper

AnotherWs6

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Holy 2013 Batman.

crimson_bird

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amazing thread. gotta love those random spam posts

02TransAm/Batmobile

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Looking forward to posts in 2021.

justin holtsclaw

13yr long thread and still helping

joeformula

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Bros helping bros since 2006