polishing/painting.

[munky30]

Right, well for various reasons I cant work on my car this weekend, so much to the wifes delight I am spraying my wheels (in the living room).

I want the centres sprayed and the dish polished.

Step one is obviously to get the lacquer off the dish and take it back to bare metal ready for polish.

But as I want to paint the centres, do I spray them first, with the dish masked off, then mask off the paint and polish the lip... or polish the lip, then mask it off and spray the centres?

I know it sounds a bit dim... I'm just worried about getting paint on the polished bit, or polishing the painted bit once its done...

So basically... which is lowest risk of contamination/easiest to sort out if I do 'over run', paint or polish?

[Cotty]

Right, well for various reasons I cant work on my car this weekend, so much to the wifes delight I am spraying my wheels (in the living room).

Isnt spraying your wheels technically working on your car

[Kos]

polish lip, then mask up lip and paint the centre.

[oze30]

Whats the best way to get rid of broken laquer?

[Kos]

polish it all off !!!

[oze30]

Cool. going to give it a go!

[Jhonno]

anyone got an idiots guide to polishing a lip and painting a centre (yes i am THAT idiot with a paint can..)

[oze30]

anyone got an idiots guide to polishing a lip and painting a centre (yes i am THAT idiot with a paint can..)

x2

[Kos]

i cant be bothered to type it out, but if you really want to know i could tell you......... or collar me at the pod for ten minutes !!

oakey has done some good DIY polishing, i just give it out to be done these days. ( the polishing that is )

[Jhonno]

i'd be tempted to be having it done for pod if the car will be finished.. so i'll give you a shout if and when that is

[Kos]

just drop me a pm mate, advise is always shared with fellow enthusiasts

right now i'm too tired and i may miss out somthing.

[oze30]

pick me!!

[Kos]

for waht ?

a guide how to polish wheels

[munky30]

Right, well for various reasons I cant work on my car this weekend, so much to the wifes delight I am spraying my wheels (in the living room).

Isnt spraying your wheels technically working on your car

no, its working on my wheels.

anywaaay.

Having taken them off the car and given them a good clean. Turns out that three of the dishes are in very good condition, so no point re-polishing them.

The third is f*cked, proper f*cked. Lacquer peeling, water contamination etc.

So... in theory I only need to polish one. BUT, on closer inspection, they're diamond cut, not polished. So if I polish the f*cked one, I have to polish all the rest.

Its well known that I am the laziest person on the planet, so thats not going to happen.

Matt black centres, matt black dish... and if I can be bothered I may lacquer the dish to make it shiny... but again thats a lot of effort so I probably wont.

And if you dont like it, woop de doo.... keep this in mind... I'd spray your mum matt black if she let me mask off her minge.

[1an]

so your spraying them completely matt black?

[munky30]

probably.

[mac325i]

And if you dont like it, woop de doo.... keep this in mind... I'd spray your mum matt black if she let me mask off her minge.

lol