Wheel respray DIY

[Mrk_Mickey]

Gah.

No job means no money. No money means no project funding! A simple $100 had to wait until now to be payed to get the wheels soda blasted rofl.

Anyways I gave them in to be blasted today, and should see them tomorrow. I've decided against doing the polishing because my wheels haven't got sharp enough edges for it to look neat. I'm going to mix that black charcoal mazda colour with my colour and see how it looks.

HOPEFULLY, I'll have some pics for y'all soon! I want these to be ON before the dyno day in two saturday's time.

[dylan8]

Sounds good to me, cant wait to see the pics!

If you don't mind me asking, how much is costing you to do all this? paint, sandblasting etcetc

[Mrk_Mickey]

Sodablasting is $100 for 4 wheels, paint cost me $40, mate of mine has heaps of paint at home so the rest is free

Usually the paint would actually be kinda expensive..
$40 for colour
<$80 for primer, not sure on price
<$80 for the amount of clear coat you'd use

Then general purpose thinners would probably be about $70

[dylan8]

Sodablasting is $100 for 4 wheels, paint cost me $40, mate of mine has heaps of paint at home so the rest is free

Usually the paint would actually be kinda expensive..
$40 for colour
<$80 for primer, not sure on price
<$80 for the amount of clear coat you'd use

Then general purpose thinners would probably be about $70

ok, cool, sounds good. thanks

yeah think id have most of the stuff other then the paint. sodablasting neccessary? or is it just a alternative to sanding?

[Mrk_Mickey]

Sodablasting was necessary to get my wheels to 100% bare metal/paint-ready surface because the paint was a royal prick to try and get off otherwise.

For $100, you'll have your wheels ready to be hit with primer in less than two hours without lifting a finger....I reckon that's a pretty good deal!