Stock Wheel Stripping Advice? Sandblast? BeadBlast? Chemical Spray?

[ffffanman]

I was redoing my 7 spoke rims that came to me messed up from a seller here.
I stripped one with a chemical spray can method I bought at Canadian Tire.
It worked ok, but thought I would go out and get an inexpensive small blast gun. There are many types of abrasives, what should a guy get?
The wheels are the stock silver paint on them.
Thanks so much
Trev

 

[NSX1145]

use Aircraft Paint Stripper, comes in aerosol can from any auto store. Spray it on, let it soak, scrape with a rubber rib and wash it off. It will eat through powdercoat even, and not harm the metal.

 

[david h]

I was redoing my 7 spoke rims that came to me messed up from a seller here.
I stripped one with a chemical spray can method I bought at Canadian Tire.
It worked ok, but thought I would go out and get an inexpensive small blast gun. There are many types of abrasives, what should a guy get?
The wheels are the stock silver paint on them.
Thanks so much
Trev

Have you considered having them refinished by a professional wheel refinishing company? For 100-$150 per wheel they will restore them to almost new condition. Good luck!

 

[dquarasr2]

Chemical strippers work pretty well, but my question is why you feel you need to strip it. Can you simply sand/scuff the original paint, prime it with a really good primer and then paint?

(You might have to do a few iterations of prime/sand/prime if you have gouges or chips in the paint. If so use a sandable filler/primer, and if the chips are really big you might even have to use a separate filler.)

 

[ffffanman]

The wheels are messed up bad with rash on edge of two and one with bad rash on two spokes. I already stripped one with a can of spray from Canadian Tire, worked well but took time. Filed down the lip a bit and filled in everything after that and did more filling and sanding.
Wheel Works here wanted 800.00 to do the wheels.
I thought I would see what I could do.
I will check with another guy at Aero Car parts that has done some painting for me this friday.
Thanks guys.
Trev

 

[Wavey1]

The professional wheel remanufacturer I use actually burns the original paint off with an acetylene torch, then glass-beads the residue off. My wheels came out beautifully.