dekeman
06-09-2009, 07:24 PM
Ok, I`ve picked your brains about the rust, now how about these wheels?
http://davepear.wordpress.com/files/2009/06/copy-of-van-wheel-001.jpg
I want to sand and repaint the little trapezoid-shaped areas of rust. They`re a result of these wheel covers:
http://shop.wheelsrims.net/images/products/wheels/fwc07033u.jpg
The problem is the rest of the damage/rust/embedded brake dust on the wheel. I`ve used Eagle 1 A2Z on the tires and wheels to get rid of the worst of it. The tires look 200% better now, but I can`t seem to break down that brown residue on the wheels, especially in the recessed groove around the edge. A lot of it was broken up with a coarse spoke brush agitating the A2Z (look at the wheel center around the lugs- you can clearly see where the brush didn`t get), and then going to the car shampoo, but I`d like to get in that groove to get them totally clean before I sand and repaint the problem spots (I`ll likely just sand the rust off, rough up the rest of the area around the holes and repaint just that with some Krylon RustTough gloss black). I think a wire brush would just make things worse by being too abrasive and stripping the actual paint off. Any ideas? Am I totally OCD?
http://davepear.wordpress.com/files/2009/06/copy-of-van-wheel-001.jpg
I want to sand and repaint the little trapezoid-shaped areas of rust. They`re a result of these wheel covers:
http://shop.wheelsrims.net/images/products/wheels/fwc07033u.jpg
The problem is the rest of the damage/rust/embedded brake dust on the wheel. I`ve used Eagle 1 A2Z on the tires and wheels to get rid of the worst of it. The tires look 200% better now, but I can`t seem to break down that brown residue on the wheels, especially in the recessed groove around the edge. A lot of it was broken up with a coarse spoke brush agitating the A2Z (look at the wheel center around the lugs- you can clearly see where the brush didn`t get), and then going to the car shampoo, but I`d like to get in that groove to get them totally clean before I sand and repaint the problem spots (I`ll likely just sand the rust off, rough up the rest of the area around the holes and repaint just that with some Krylon RustTough gloss black). I think a wire brush would just make things worse by being too abrasive and stripping the actual paint off. Any ideas? Am I totally OCD?