So I recently bought some Korado 3-stars from a dude on MA. I knew that they were pretty ratty before purchasing so while I waited for them to ship I did some research on how to clean them up.
I bought some aircraft stripper from Kragen. The guy who sold it to me told me I should be super careful because it has methylene chloride in it and it could really burn if it got on my skin (more about that later).
I put on some rubber gloves and tied a shirt around my mouth and got to work. First thing I noticed was just how potent this stuff was. I got super light headed after taking small whiff of it. I was pretty liberal with how much I put on and made sure to coat everything. Once I started on the second wheel, I noticed the first one was already blistering. I was able to peel off a huge chunk of paint with ease.
I waited about 20 minutes and then scrubbed them with some steel wheels and used a thin piece of metal I found on the ground to get into the grooves. I took off my gloves partially into it to get a better grip on my tool and almost instantly I felt my pinkie knuckle burning. Luckily this stuff is easy to wash off and doesn’t need to be neutralized or anything.
It was near impossible to get out the paint in the grooves and bolt holes, especially since I was all out of stripper.
I used a dremel to scrape away the leftover bits of paint and cleaned them up for “prime time”.
I also had a Mountain Dew: Distortion. Don’t buy this! It tastes exactly like reg MD (that means regular Mountain Dew). Get the white kind. It’s delicious.
Hella siqq bro-fest in this pic.
The rest of this post is boring. 2 coats of prime, 2 light coats of enamel, 1 medium coat of enamel, 2 light coats of clear coat, 2 medium coats of clear coat.
Not sure what makes Wheel paint different from anything else that Dupli-color makes but we'll see how it holds up.
The finished product
Super glossy
The paint seems to be pretty strong but this should only be temporary because I wanna get them powder coated white soon. Tires should be here tomorrow, so hopefully I can get those on and ride on some super smooth sealed-bearings.
