Operation DIY alloy painting

[salsa-king]

I've started....

 

A shop in Nottm that sells Graffiti Spray paint in 400ml cans at only £3.30 a can.. they do Florescent Orange. I asked the guy if its ok for alloy wheels and he said it sticks to anything so alloys should be a problem, he went onto say ppl buy off him and spray their whole car!

 

Will be interesting how this paint is, with it being fast drying and Matt finish it should look good on my white car.

 

So I bought some of the white base coat...

 

 

Then picked up some of these...

 

and started rubbing my blue wheels down today.. only managed one before it started raining lol

 

 

once all wheels are rubbed down I'll start spraying. :P

[cusco scooby wagon]

and the outcome is?    love the colour as well

[BoofleGem]

Do you know if this paint is ok for brake callipers please?

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[Gambit]

I wouldn't say it's any good for calipers Gem with the heat but could be wrong :) 

Interested to see I've just been doing my morette's matt black again :D 

[cusco scooby wagon]

Do you know if this paint is ok for brake callipers please?

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no its not goon on calipers, ive seen it before

 

 speaking of calipers ive just got another set in to recondition, stay tuned for after photos.

[BoofleGem]

Aww, thanks for info guys

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[Gambit]

no its not goon on calipers, ive seen it before

 

 speaking of calipers ive just got another set in to recondition, stay tuned for after photos.

I still have to sort mine out will wait now until after I've got the clutch done this Wednesday. 

 

 

[salsa-king]

Do you know if this paint is ok for brake callipers please?

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get some hammerite spray/ or paint. make sure you de grease them well first.

 

I did my classic's red.

[BoofleGem]

I,ve seen some spray on larkspeed i,m wanting mine pink.

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[stants]

Good paint that can't beleive they sell it so cheap. Have you used any of it yet ? It will prob be quite thick, did you get any extra caps for different flow rates and what not ?

[salsa-king]

She showed me the chart of different style and size of spray tips. They're 20p each. But looking at the one that comes as standard it will be fine. Not too wide and good flow rate.

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[salsa-king]

Good paint that can't beleive they sell it so cheap. Have you used any of it yet ? It will prob be quite thick, did you get any extra caps for different flow rates and what not ?

the girl there also said if you want to put a clear lacquer over it used normal car spray paint stuff. As their graffiti paint is acrylic based (like most car spray paints now). But she said there's no need.

 

I won't bother for now and will see how it hold up, not a big thing to whip them over if they mark too easily over winter ;)

[Gambit]

Dam shame you hadn't posted that before I just spent nearly £13 at Halfords and wanted a matt black finish but had to put clear lacquer. :(

[salsa-king]

finally allowed to get on my wheels this weekend, so Saturday I finished off rubbing the last three alloys down and today I taped up and sprayed them in the white matt finish ready to apply the top coats of florescent orange..... next weekend ;)

 

 

 

 

used some paint tins to keep the ally off the gravel drive :)

 

 

coverage of this stuff is excellent, I've got it to cover in one go. The beauty of this graffiti paint is it's ability to cover.

 

 

 

We'll have to see how it dries before I put the finish coats of Matt Florescent Orange on.

My though is this graffiti artist paint will go on any surface, is fast drying and should come off and you always hear the council and train companies saying how hard it is to remove

 

I won't put putting as much on the inside part of the rim as opposed to the main face of the alloy.

 

At £3.30 a can I'm not going to worry if I need another rattle can though ;)

[Gambit]

Look's good so far mate and a job well done seeing as you are doing them outside I know how hard it is if it's a bit of a wind :D 

[Jay762]

that is coming up well - as you said at £3.30 a can that is a value result

[salsa-king]

the florescent orange is a matt finish, been thinking that if i get them covered in brake dust will it come off.. or will it mark easy???

So might put a satin lacquer of them, at least i can clean them then lol

[Jay762]

yup the lacqeur layer will provide a better protection layer

[Gambit]

I agree get a satin one should help when cleaning them. if it's light enough you can do it so you can't even tell Just did the same to my lights but in black :)