I am going to refinish my cookie cutters. They are now the original black centers (faded) and I was thinking of doing the centers a champagne gold color and leave the rim area silver....I saw an older set of fuch wheels done this way (don't know if it was factory finish or not) and it looked nice on a black 944....any opinions???

 

oops....I meant WHEEL not WHELL......sorry

 

Check out the Tech Article section of the Pelican Parts website.

There are three articles:

Cookie Cutter Paint Removal:

http://www.pelicanparts.com/techarti...ie_cutters.htm

Fuchs Polishing 101:

http://www.pelicanparts.com/techarti...ish/fuchs2.htm

Refinishing Fuchs Wheels:

http://www.pelicanparts.com/techarti...ish/fuchs1.htm


Good luck and remember...good prep equals good finish.

 

thanks, lilredpo, I have seen these directions before.....I will be doing this to my wheels soon and probably go with the silver rims and champagne gold centers......I would rather have 17" cup wheels but funds are not permitting that now......

 

On a black car: I think black, graphite, or silver would look the best (if you want to remain "reserved" in your color choice).

If you don't want to remain reserved, then I think red or white look kick-****.

 

yeah, color matching car is cool, too.....my car is black so its either black, all silver or gold for the centers for me........

 

Would the steps found at Pelican work on phone dials as well? I would like to refinish my wheels and have been thinking about it for a while, if it's as simple as the cookie cutters then I have this weekend's project.

Steve

 

Fuchs and (I think) Cookies are forged and have a more regular and more dense grain structure. Phones are cast and have a somewhat more open grain structure. Polishing will look OK, but the open grain structure will make it more susceptible to intergranular oxidation, which can lead to ugly white powdery oxidation or at worst cracking. Because of this you will need to put on some sort of protective layer, like clear anodization or clearcoat. Solvent based clearcoat doesn't stick very well to bare aluminum. Actually even forged wheels should be clearcoated if polished. As a matter of fact, many wheels that look polished are actually painted, like those from BBS.

You also need to make sure the chemical paint stripper is safe for aluminum.

 

Titanium color would be awesome and original.