Wheels and Nuts

I used Rustins Satin Black and / or Tetrosyle Satin Black on my wheel nuts after a good wire-brushing and at least a night and day in Hammerite Rust Remover ( dilute as per instructions ).

I used Kurust after the rust remover had been washed off and then sprayed Tetrosyl primer on ( primer could be optional ), and then either brushed on Rustins as above or sprayed Tetrosyl Trade Satin Black which is the same as Colour Match ( 03 think but check ) black base colour as far as I could see.....Tetrosyl owns Carplan marque.

I didn't laquer them.

I think many of the Tetrosyl Trade paint line are the base colours for auto-paints as far as I can see....seems to be the case for Beluga Black anyway I have found.

Best do in summer.

Have fun.

Subject: Re: Parts
Wheels come up nice with Silver Sparkle Sports 2 silver from www.wheelclinic.co.uk.

It has the large flakes of silver which gives the effect for that period of manufacture.

Lightly sand ( or heavier sanding to remove corroded parts )...palm sander.

Clean off with thinners.

Treat all the wheel with Hammerite Special Metals primer brushed on.

Spray on Tetrosyl Trade grey primer ( whitey-grey...more whitish than grey in fact ).

Silver will cover better over the whitey-grey primer.

Mask off tyre and black trim.

Wear paper breathing mask.

Spray on silver sports 2....order the big aerosols.
Follow instructions on can.

2 big aerosols for 5 wheels for 2 coats each should be ok.

Hycote polyurethane aerosol laquer ( after 30 mins drying of the silver as per instructions ).

Use Rustins satin black for hand painting black trim.

I didn't use laquer on the Rustins so need to do the black trim last but I did try the laquer on the an experimental rustins coated metal and it didn't seem to react.

With the silver sparkle 2....shake very well, "dust" on lighty the first coat .

Comes up nice ( nice for my amateur attempts anyway )...they do look good and a mirrorish effect in the sunshine.

I used the Hycote laquer as I had plenty on hand but it does seem to be for both cellulose and acrylic paints.

Best to do it in the summer.

Good luck.