color for painting wheels
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Thanks Stone, you beat me to it and Jim C, I’m sure you are right Ultra Flash Flake is bound to be the same stuff.
Thanks for your help Rods, Stone and Jim C!
Go to alsacorp.com and you’ll find the paint for your rim. However,theirs is very expensive. House of Kolors has a chrome effect that probably better meets your needs,I think. Hard to see from your photo,but their chrome effect is a little duller and blacker like your rim.Alsa’s chrome paint looks like chrome when you’re done.I’d actually go with the House of Kolor,now that I’m thinking of it and the fact that it’s a Lexus.I’ve probably painted a thousand acid stained Lexus rims. You might even have to tint it with a little black or back off on the number of coats. Make sure you wait for the clear over your black substrate to cure,I mean really cure. I use Dupont HC2300. Also wait for the chrome paint to cure really really well,too.Longer than you think. If even the slightest amount of gases escape after you’ve chromed and cleared the rim,you’re screwed. Trust me,I’ve been refinishing and painting rims since they came out with the paint,I could do one in my sleep.Also,the bottomline is the quality of the clear you use.Good luck
Hello, I don’t know if this is too late, but that Lexus wheel is off an IS300 right? It should be a black base with Hyper silver dusted over it. The more you dust the Hyper the brighter it will get. If you want a darker hyper dust the Hyper lightly. Its kinda tricky. Hope this helps.
I usually use a single stage on wheels…they get the sh!t beat out of them with mounting, snow etc – so I don’t waste much time on them personally. They always look great. If they are in reasonable shape (no curb rash etc) then I strip them and send them in for powder.
[quote=”Canuck” post=16122]I usually use a single stage on wheels…they get the sh!t beat out of them with mounting, snow etc – so I don’t waste much time on them personally. They always look great. If they are in reasonable shape (no curb rash etc) then I strip them and send them in for powder.[/quote]
You can’t single stage a Hyper silver type color.
True – I did find a very fine silver that was a SS. It was a Toyota wheel colour code. I guess it depends on what you’re going for looks wise.
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