erik litchy Posted April 14, 2007 Share Posted April 14, 2007 ive been wanting some wheels for my subaru and wanted something modern looking, so i want my new wheels bronze powdercoated. Despite my efforts i could not sandblast the factory coating off. First I tried a Media blaster at 40 psi. after an hour i gave up on that having taken almost none off, but they got really clean! then i tried a sandblaster, and it was about the same. i tried another one, but with new sand, and it was a little better but no where near productive. so i threw them in heat treat. should i quench them? it will leave undesireable hard water staining. but harder is better right? i may get these up to T4 or 5 if i do. how i loaded them for heat treating they dont look that bad! the heat treat temp for allumimum (its set at 985° Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GJTaranto Posted April 14, 2007 Share Posted April 14, 2007 Look really nice, where did you get them? Love that style. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erik litchy Posted April 14, 2007 Author Share Posted April 14, 2007 classifides here. pm "the sucker king" he has a set to sell too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prospeeder Posted April 14, 2007 Share Posted April 14, 2007 Aircraft remover from walmart/ace wherever, it takes off anything, i removed the thick heavy factory powdercoating from my Pontiacs rims, took a few applications but it came off, so try that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erik litchy Posted April 14, 2007 Author Share Posted April 14, 2007 Prospeeder said: Aircraft remover from walmart/ace wherever, it takes off anything, i removed the thick heavy factory powdercoating from my Pontiacs rims, took a few applications but it came off, so try that. hehe this was far easier. i pulled them at 9 am today. everything was burned off. ill clean one off and take a pic. like i said it got a little bit of hard water staining. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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