Major improvement in wheel painting technique.
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Major improvement in wheel painting technique.
Been a while since I posted here. Most of my car time and money is going into my 944 and the C32 is relegated to daily driver status.
This past weekend I set about repainting my 944's original wheels (really dull MFers) mimicking a classic Ferrari theme:
I painted my C32 wheels a while back and the masking job was a MAJOR pain in the a$$. Well, I recently had some renovation in the house and the contractors used this plastic sheeting that had a sticky side to it. It's like a huge, plastic masking tape with the texture of a trash can bag. I went to the local paint store and picked up a roll. 24" x 50' is the size -- perfect since wheels are about 24" wide. I stretched the stuff loosely over a wheel. Press it down where I'm going to cut, then cut with a razor. I could mask of a wheel in like 60 seconds, while the old tape method was 15-20 minutes AND it sucked. Results below.
This past weekend I set about repainting my 944's original wheels (really dull MFers) mimicking a classic Ferrari theme:
I painted my C32 wheels a while back and the masking job was a MAJOR pain in the a$$. Well, I recently had some renovation in the house and the contractors used this plastic sheeting that had a sticky side to it. It's like a huge, plastic masking tape with the texture of a trash can bag. I went to the local paint store and picked up a roll. 24" x 50' is the size -- perfect since wheels are about 24" wide. I stretched the stuff loosely over a wheel. Press it down where I'm going to cut, then cut with a razor. I could mask of a wheel in like 60 seconds, while the old tape method was 15-20 minutes AND it sucked. Results below.
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Welcome back, Fifth! You have been missed around here.
That is a very ingenius method of masking. From the photos, it appears to have worked well for you.
The color of the gold is....greenish. Is that just the lighting?
When do we get to see photos of the wheels on the 944?
That is a very ingenius method of masking. From the photos, it appears to have worked well for you.
The color of the gold is....greenish. Is that just the lighting?
When do we get to see photos of the wheels on the 944?
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Welcome back, Fifth! You have been missed around here.
That is a very ingenius method of masking. From the photos, it appears to have worked well for you.
The color of the gold is....greenish. Is that just the lighting?
When do we get to see photos of the wheels on the 944?
That is a very ingenius method of masking. From the photos, it appears to have worked well for you.
The color of the gold is....greenish. Is that just the lighting?
When do we get to see photos of the wheels on the 944?
They're not on the 944 yet. I'm putting some heat cycles into my new Toyo RA1s (although heat cycles are tough when its 40-something degrees out!).
The good news is that if they look like hell, it won't take me much time to re-repaint them.
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^Just pretend that this is what your red sled will actually looks like with those fancy-shmancy wheels.
Really, I was curious if you painted the backs of the wheels also. If not, do you see the old silver through the holes?
Really, I was curious if you painted the backs of the wheels also. If not, do you see the old silver through the holes?
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The "holes" are beveled and I painted all surfaces that you can see from the front of the wheel. So the only way to see the unpainted back is to take the wheel off and turn it around.
