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Re: Painting wire wheels

To: "Christopher Ball" <cball@oct.on.ca>, "'Joe Flake'" <flake@a3115jmf.atl.hp.com>, <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: Painting wire wheels
From: "Fred Thomas" <vafred@erols.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2000 11:38:34 -0500charset="iso-8859-1"
References: <8B5E00E5DFF9D3118EB30050DA78F47006B1EA@octmail.oct.on.ca>
Now for some reason I sure agree with doing it in Powder-Coat.  "FT"
----- Original Message -----
From: Christopher Ball <cball@oct.on.ca>
To: 'Joe Flake' <flake@a3115jmf.atl.hp.com>; <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2000 9:59 AM
Subject: RE: Painting wire wheels


>
> Powder coat them Joe. Lasts like iron. They'll do the prep. Never need too
> worry again.
>
> Chris
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Joe Flake [SMTP:flake@a3115jmf.atl.hp.com]
> > Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2000 10:20 AM
> > To: triumphs@autox.team.net
> > Subject: Painting wire wheels
> >
> >
> >
> > Anyone have any thoughts about a process to prep and
> > repaint wire wheels?   There's lots of crud and some
> > surface rust, but things are otherwise sound.  Do I
> > look to a body/paint shop and say "sand/bead blast,
> > prime, and paint", and pay my $$?  I started a DIY
> > effort some time back on my spare, and realized that
> > it was going to be a long process with a wire brush
> > and a drill (and probably not the best paint job
> > using spray cans)!  Hints?  Maybe just buy new? :-(
> >
> > Anyone in the Atlanta area know a place to get such
> > a process done?
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Joe
> > flake@a3115jmf.atl.hp.com
> > '72 TR6


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