Style 78 wheel corrosion

[Ade33]

Just wondering if I entrust this to a wheel refurbisher whether if it's stripped and dipped and powder coated this corrosion could be made to disappear?

What are folks experiences of having alloys refurbed??

 

[Zephyr]

I may be misinformed but had this issue on a set of rare alloys I wanted to save.
The guy I asked said that he sand them and would put them on the lathe to remove material so they become flat. I did not like this idea so kept them in the garage.
Later on I tried sanding them myself and put metal filler on the lowest spots but it did not bond. Maybe it was my poor skills or it really does not work like this.
I still have them, if someone gives some good advice I am also interested in this.
Its a set of Alpina Style 14 btw.

 

[AntStark]

Any decent wheel place should be able to repair that

 

[Jam03]

Is that actually corrosion, or a manufacturing defect? Paint looks good over that. I would leave it if there’s no actual corrosion.

 

[Ade33]

No it's corrosion that was powder coated over when I had all four wheels done a couple of years ago..

 

[Dino D]

No it's corrosion that was powder coated over when I had all four wheels done a couple of years ago..

Whatever you do don’t go back to that place unless it was a cheap ‘strip and paint’ then fair enough but not a ‘refurbishment’

I’ve had worse that that come out like new.
I think they either weld in materiel for big gouges or use filler for smaller stuff.

Then powder coat / paint over.

More work than a strip and dip job so worth pointing out the issues you want fixed and getting the price.

 

[Ade33]

Fifty quid a wheel place in Digbeth Birmingham... Incidentally the other three wheels look great

 

[Pond]

If you have the patience it is very easy to refurbed wheels yourself.
All you need is a good supply of wet-and-dry, some wheel filler with aluminium in it, a bit of paint and lacquer, some masking tape, a pack of old playing cards (to protect the tyre from overspray) and lots of patience.

I have done two sets now and the results have been excellent. I am summoning the courage to do my F31 wheels next but these are multispoke so will take a LOT of patience.

Obviously you can't powder coat them yourself, but I have found metallic silver paint and several coats of lacquer makes them very durable.

 

[t-tony]

Flat it off, fill the divots and take it back for powder coating.

Tony.

 

[Ade33]

That was my initial thought but it appears that the metal fillers available to do this sort of thing unfortunately come off as soon as heat is applied as part of the powder coating process