Re-furbing Bottle Tops

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martauto
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Post Mon Jul 20, 2009 6:55 pm

All my bottles have very good tyres and I love the way they sit on my old chromie, but I need to re-furb a set so i can take my BBS off for the winter and do the same to them.

I have a few questions ;

1, I can sort the scuffing out, but would wire wool be OK for a key ?

2, White or grey primmer , one or two coats?

3, Polaris Silver, one or two coats?

4, Clear Laquer, again how many coats?

The big question is, how long do I leave between coats of each paint , baring in mind time is not a big issue here (move along now) so any tried and trusted ideas are very welcome.


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Post Mon Jul 20, 2009 7:03 pm

http://www.parkers.co.uk/advice/forum/t ... C_ID=37558

this guy has quite a good thread on it, as for between coats - could you use a hairdryer?? i have an old one in the garage and used it for loads of drying of things (everything BUT hair really!)
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Post Tue Jul 21, 2009 6:23 pm

stevemed wrote:http://www.parkers.co.uk/advice/forum/t ... C_ID=37558

this guy has quite a good thread on it, as for between coats - could you use a hairdryer?? i have an old one in the garage and used it for loads of drying of things (everything BUT hair really!)
Thats given me a good enough insight , thanks for the link mate winkeye


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