Powdercoating wheels

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Powdercoating wheels

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Can anyone recommend someone in the NE England who can powdercoat my wheels? I've spoken to a couple but neither powdercoat the wheel centres and spokes and polish the rims. Cheers
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I'm no authority, but it's two conflicting processes that one company might not do.

I desperately wanted polished rims myself and ended up buying some from a forum member and then selling my standards. You might find this is a more economical means. :D
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Cheers. That’s one way to do it I guess. I’ll have to give this more thought.
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Personally. After having polished rims I would say don’t.
Get the centres done black or whatever and then have silver paint around the rims.
Mine were corroding even when the bike was sat in the garage and I was constantly polishing them and touching them up. Probably spent more time doing that than riding to be honest


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Good point. I’m a bit anal about keeping my toys clean and shiny and I’m retired so time spent polishing won’t interfere with my riding to any degree. Appreciate your thoughts on it though
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Wilky811 wrote: Thu Aug 06, 2020 8:42 pm Good point. I’m a bit anal about keeping my toys clean and shiny and I’m retired so time spent polishing won’t interfere with my riding to any degree. . .
Likewise. I have more cleaning products than food in my home!! :lol:
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I can recommend a powder coater in the NE but not a rim polisher.

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Have had a couple storms with part polished wheels.. pita! If I was going for that effect again then i'd have the wheels powdercoated in a nice bright silver and then paint the centres black.
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Not a fan of the rim polisher :lol: Great idea to paint the wheel centres. I might just go with that. Cheers
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I'm just happy mine are round!!
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If your going to commit to spending the money to do it properly, would it not be powdercoat (or 2 pack) - machine lip - clear coat?
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I’m going to find someone who does Powdercoating and speak to them about what’s possible and how best to go about it. I don’t know enough about what it entails
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For powder coating they generally media blast or use a caustic chemical mix to get the old paint off/degrease to prep the surface

You could use heavy duty aerospace paint stripper yourself to get a bare metal surface - mask off what you want polished. Paint the rest. Remove masking and polish and seal with lacquer the rims
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I dont know how much luck you will have with laquer on polished alloy, but wheel manufacturers (and people who restore them) will traditionally paint or powdercoat, then machine the shiny bits, but leave enough of a keyed finish that will hold a clear coat of some description. They still start crazing once water gets under the first chip or scratch though.
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Shauned71 wrote: Sat Aug 08, 2020 1:03 am Have had a couple storms with part polished wheels.. pita! If I was going for that effect again then i'd have the wheels powdercoated in a nice bright silver and then paint the centres black.
That sounds like a good compromise does that Shaun :thumbup:

I do like the look of polished wheel rims like nigelrb's above though.

I remember when I was a young man (early 20's) I used to be polishing the exposed alloy wheel rims on my Suzuki GS1000 in my 1/2 hour lunch break at work :lol:

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