painted firehawk wheel ???
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From: Iron Range Minnesota
painted firehawk wheel ??? Anybody know if I was to strip the paint off my painted firehwks if they would be smooth polishable aluminum under the paint or would they be rough??
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well, first off, give the board more than a few hours to respond, it's the weekend, and folks like go out late, and sleep in. Secondly, it might depend on how much labor you wanna put into them. I don't think the wheels will be super smooth, as they would most likely just be in a "as cast" type state under the paint, i doubt that there was any sanding/prep done before the manufacturer primed/painted the wheels. But polishing is an option. I would rather do a nice transparent powdercoat maybe like black chrome, which will look sweet with the metallic imperfections showing through. Seen it on a candy blue transparent powdercoat i had done to some cylinder heads, looked amazing.
