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Posted by: jasons May 17 2010, 11:59 PM

On Pelican there is an old thread about using Scotchbrite to refinish fuchs. Since Rick bought the pink car, I don't have anything to do in the garage for a little while so I dug up a 15x7 Fuchs project.

I started by using paint stripper to remove a tired old home refinish someone else did. Next was oven cleaner. Then 100 grit to get all the last of the anodizing off. Then 400 wet sanded. Now Scotchbrite, actually Norton brand from HD. I think the first pad was 0, last pad was 000 with some Wenol polish. Then I carefully masked with some pinstripe tape which makes a nice edge. Sprayed the inserts with some self etching primer followed by textured silver paint similar to Ford or GM Argent wheel color.

Paint stripper


Oven cleaner


Raw


After Scotchbrite


After paint

Posted by: KELTY360 May 18 2010, 12:34 AM

Simply beautiful.

Posted by: zymurgist May 18 2010, 05:17 AM

Posted by: mepstein May 18 2010, 05:56 AM

I like it. That's what I'm going to do but first see how it looks on the car without a painted background. I like the idea of being able to touch up with sandpaper and scotchbright if it gets scratched. Thanks for pics, Mark

Posted by: rick 918-S May 18 2010, 06:12 AM

Nice!

Posted by: Cevan May 18 2010, 06:22 AM

Sweet!

Posted by: dlee6204 May 18 2010, 06:53 AM

Looks awesome!