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Restoring MA61 wheels
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Mon, 19 January 2004 07:30
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Ok I did search (because I know it has been done before) but I just cant find it! 
Anyway I have some MA61 rims with black paint on them (eww  ) and I want to return them to original! Will paint stripper hurt the alloy? Do I have no choice but to sand the paint off?
I just want to remove the paint so that I can get the wet and dry out and sand the center 4 spokes, and then polish, pain the stripes and clear coat....
I'd love some feedback from people that have done it themselves! 
Cheers
Wilbo
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Re: Restoring MA61 wheels
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Mon, 19 January 2004 07:38
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wilbo: some paint stripper does awful things to aluminium & magnesium alloys. read instructions carefully and test on inside/never-seen-bit of rim first...
sand-blasting?
wildly OT, but do you know if someone who repairs mag wheels in brisbane (without adding some extreme markup to the actual jobber price) ? mine are looking pretty scruffy and unless someone gives me a set of simmons or similar 16 x 7 (or  rims, i'm can't afford to replace them...
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Re: Restoring MA61 wheels
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Mon, 19 January 2004 07:41
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yeah it looks like paint stripper isn't the way to go
might have a ring around the yellow pages and see if I can find someone who will sand blast them cheaply....I'll let you know how I go...
Cheers
Wilbo
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Perth
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October 2002
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Re: Restoring MA61 wheels
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Mon, 19 January 2004 07:44
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I used paint stripper and wire wool to take off brake dust and clear coat. Then wet & dry, getting gradually finer. Then metal polish. Then tape-up and paint the coloured bits (I went black background, red pin-stripes). If the metal spokes are well polished, any paint you get on them will come off with a finger nail. You'll need several coats on the pin stripes, as the paint can roll down them whichever way you dry the wheel. I'm happy without clearcoat on top - but that's a personal choice. Oh - and get a good face mask, aluminium dust is NOT pleasant  .
There are links to pictorial guides to this on www.celicasupra.com
Good luck!
Justin
JZA61
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Brisbane
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June 2003
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Re: Restoring MA61 wheels
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Mon, 19 January 2004 07:52
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did you try kerosene wilbo? My 7m starter was painted black and it came off accidently with kero - i ended up cleaning it back to alloy colour.
Thinners will take the shine off alloy to a certai retreivable degree. Try kero first.
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cambo
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May 2002
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Re: Restoring MA61 wheels
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Mon, 19 January 2004 10:13
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on a side not im getting my rims professionally painted again by a workshop called "Magman". its my cousin in-law and after the job he did on my bro's buckled and gutterbashed 16 multispokes i have no hesitation giving him my rims. i can get a number tomoz if anyones interested.
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I supported Toymods
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Riverview Sydney
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July 2002
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Re: Restoring MA61 wheels
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Tue, 20 January 2004 02:54
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Thanks heaps! Thats exactly what I was after
I might use some wet and dry to get the machining marks out as well....then polish them.
Cheers
Wilbo
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