Sandblast wheels?

[Joe_Black]

Thanks for chiming in Wayne, always appreciate your voice of experience!

I picked up one of the mid-range outfits from Eastwoods, and they state 430 degrees for flow-out and cure. Some of the specialty powders are a little different but most seem to be about 400 degrees as you stated.

My Dad listens to a morning buy-sell-trade show on a local AM station, so he's got his ear out for used oven. Thinking about maybe just fabbing one up, since it's basically an insulated metal box, and using off-the-shelf heating elements and controls for a regular oven which are plentiful and inexpensive.

Hey, off subject, but know of any 73 - 87 Chevy truck cabs in your neck of the woods in good shape? I flipped my CUCV on the tow down from Atlanta this past weekend and figure this just may be the opportunity to get A/C into it.

[WormGod]

It's funny, but I am sort of in the same boat. I have been hunting for some new wheels lately, but all I am coming across is the big ugly 20"+ "oooh, lookit these 24" saucer blades mounted on low profile tires on my Escalade" ****es. What ever happened to good looking wheels? The mass demand for these poor excuses for rap video rims on oversized SUVs sucks. Searches by make, model, and year always turn up with 20" MINIMUMs at most websites. Worthless I tell ya, worthless. This yo boy crap is making Gen X angry. *end rant*

So, looks like I might just be sticking with my old Enkei's and refinishing them. They are clearcoated, so a good thorough scuff should do the trick. I don't want to put much cash into them since they are 5 years old, so I am probably just gonna fat-cap 'em. Keep the outer lip silver clearcoated and paint the spokes either black or bronze.

By the way, scuffing chrome will be fine before painting. No need to sand/soda blast them. Just make sure that the areas to be painted are not areas that are peeling or look prone to be peeling soon. Might be a good idea to use an adhesive primer pre-paint since wheels take a beating throughout the seasons.

[rowhard]

Wormgod, I felt much the same way about the wheels that were available. Gaudy, pain in the, to clean, then I found these.

http://www.vehicross.info/forums/sho...8109#post98109