Painting or Powdercoating Aerospoke wheels

I've been powder coating aerospoke's wheels for the past several years and it's the best way to coat them. If you want to see some more of my work go to premier-powdercoating.com the guy who powdered the gray blistered wheel obviously didn't
have a clue thanks

thanks i'll have a look

http://premier-powdercoating.com/portfolio.html

^very nice i like the yellow ^

the powder i use is specialy formulated for this application they come in red, royal blue, yellow,chocolate brown, gloss black, white, orange, green, hunter green

how much for the job? and where are you base?

$150.00 plus shipping I'm located in Flint, MI USA

I've just sprayed up my aerospoke in a quick and temporary job (black)
I used Molotow paint, found from any good skate shop.
worked fucking wonders. all of £3.
also the lid makes an excellent cover for the hub.
dries in under 24hrs too.
all covering, all weather.

and here it is:

farrid - the paint they use on aerospokes from the factory is shit. it flakes off if you look at it.

had a go at spraying some forks.turns out im shit with a spray can .Anybody know somewhere i can get them done properly.

armourtec dude.

im going to call them and ask .
i here conflicting stories about powder coating spoks

Armourtex wont do spoks as there is a good chance of fucking them up - they may do it if you dont mind taking the risk

However last time i was there thy mentioned thy could manualy paint some items, but it is prob expensive

this is driving me mad i might take them to a car body shop
and see what they say

I did a pair of spinergy carbon composite wheels.
I started with good sanding all over, to ruff up the surface.
Then a good clean with a degrease agent.
Then tape up, the parts you don’t want to spray.

Spray with a plasti kote or similar spray.
Keep your distance and hang wheel outside or in a garage, leave plenty of space so you can move around wheel.
Spay thin coats slowly, don’t rush build up painted surface slowly.It’s important to take your time so you get a smooth finish, let paint dry for a few hours don’t be tempted to take down until paint has completely dried

Or alternatively take to a paint shop.

I've just sprayed up my aerospoke in a quick and temporary job (black)
I used Molotow paint

Probably the cheapest option would be to do this.
Sand the surface so the paint has something to key into.
Loads of thin coats 1-2 cans per wheel.
Can of lacquer.
Roberts you mothers brother.

And if you're worried about your can control buy an extra can and practice.
You'd be suprised at how much easier it'd be to do this than strip the wheel and pay through the nose for Armourtex to do it.

Hi i there anyone who can do a decent respray job on a aerospoke if so get in contact cheer mat

halfords cans

Any car painter shouldn't have a problem. You could even do it yourself with rattlecans.

Just scuff up the current surface with fine sandpaper or an abrasive pad and get painting. Lots of light coats is the way to go.

you could do it yourself but but make sure you get a good primer on it first so your paint will stick unlike the original aerospoke paint you will end up with a nice finish that will last for a long time

http://www.lfgss.com/thread25945.html

http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_storeId_10001_catalogId_14551_productId_701009_langId_-1_categoryId_173044
http://www.evomase.com/2009/05/aerospoke-project.html

Anyone removed paint from a spok? I want to take it back to bare carbon.

You do know there's no pretty weave pattern under the paint right? Just black plastic basically.

I would like to remove the paint from my spok too, it's got half a dozen coats of different colours of paint on it and I think it would be nice to give it a bit of an overhaul.. Paint stripper would probably melt the plastic, is there any efficient way to remove the paint?

You do know there's no pretty weave pattern under the paint right? Just black plastic basically.

I would like to remove the paint from my spok too, it's got half a dozen coats of different colours of paint on it and I think it would be nice to give it a bit of an overhaul.. Paint stripper would probably melt the plastic, is there any efficient way to remove the paint?

Mine is like that too! I know paint stripper and solvents are a big no no. After a quick search it seems the best methodis wet and dry.

Is the bare finish a dull black or something? Would prefer that to chipped paint to be honest.

Wet 'n' drying would take ages, might be better to use a coarse type of sandpaper to remove the paint and then a finer one to sand the scratches out of the plastic. I don't know how thick the plastic is though. If you've used a relatively soft paint (rattlecans) you might be able to get results with a card scraper. I think I'll try that. I intend to paint the wheel after I removed the thick coats of old paint because it's probably not easy to polish out all the scratches and end up with an acceptable finish.