Stripping or blasting for steel wheels Wellington

fred-a, Sep 7, 5:25pm
Hi all
I have some old Capri rostyles here I want to get stripped/dipped, they are needing some surface rust taken off them.
Is wet stripping best and who could do this in Wellington! Is sand blasting better/an option at all!

trader_84, Sep 7, 5:31pm
Steel wheels and sandblasting were made for each other. Its the more thorough of the processes mentioned by you.

wellyguynz, Sep 7, 6:40pm
i got mine done at Seaview blasting just up the road from placemakers, $25 per wheel cash

fred-a, Sep 7, 6:50pm
Ok thanks. I gotta be careful here - $100 for blasting, plus paint etc and wheel nuts then chrome trims. Could be an expensive exercise.

cowlover, Sep 7, 10:10pm
Wait till you have to do all the masking to repaint them.Absolute pigs.

splinter67, Sep 8, 5:13am
Just out of interest why would you mask up a wheel with no tyre on it

biddy6, Sep 8, 5:31am

fred-a, Sep 8, 6:57am
I'm not sure what you mean, Splinter.

cuda.340, Sep 8, 7:18am
i got some Valiant rims sandblasted, big mistake, had to do so much prep work to clean up the roughness before painting. it was an a$$ of a job. get them media blasted, the surface finish will be much smoother only requiring a light filler primer to make them ready for painting. unless of course you have endless hours n loads of patience to sand all the corners, kooks n crannies to prep them for paint.