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Title: how to remove chrome off old wheels
Post by: 305chevy c-10 on December 24, 2009, 03:52:33 am

i found a nice set of wheels that are chrome but they are in bad shape chrome is comming off ..what can i use to remove most or all of it to prepare them for paint and pinstripe

Title: Re: how to remove chrome off old wheels
Post by: VileZambonie on December 24, 2009, 07:50:19 am

Have them blasted

Title: Re: how to remove chrome off old wheels
Post by: 305chevy c-10 on December 24, 2009, 06:48:23 pm

thanks is there something i can just spray on them myself to make the chrome peel or blister then i sand it off

Title: Re: how to remove chrome off old wheels
Post by: VileZambonie on December 24, 2009, 10:11:54 pm

Have you got a LOT of free time on your hands? What kind of wheels are these?

Title: Re: how to remove chrome off old wheels
Post by: 305chevy c-10 on December 25, 2009, 10:47:32 am

yes ..they are just aset of 20 " 6 spoke wheels with a 3' lip .............the chrome is pitted and some rust on the back they was on a truck that sat up for some time so they began to rust

Title: Re: how to remove chrome off old wheels
Post by: VileZambonie on December 25, 2009, 03:26:21 pm

Again my only suggestion would be a heavy blasting followed by a medium and fine... Then powder coat

Title: Re: how to remove chrome off old wheels
Post by: 1980c10 on December 26, 2009, 12:08:51 am

You could rent a blaster if you want to do it yourself.

Title: Re: how to remove chrome off old wheels
Post by: team39763 on December 28, 2009, 12:57:07 pm

You definately need a heavy duty blaster...the little ones won't work.  I used a small/cheap blaster and didn't even scratch the chrome.  I took some sandpaper to it and only made small scratches in it.  After that I put a flap wheel on a angle grinder and it yanked the chrome right off, but I only did that to the inside of the rim(bead area)...it's too aggressive to use on the face of the wheel.  So yeah, see if you can have somebody sandblast it with an industrial blaster.

Title: Re: how to remove chrome off old wheels
Post by: N2TRUX on December 31, 2009, 05:53:12 pm

You can take the to a chrome plater and have them reverse the process.