DIY Wheel refurb gone bad with WURTH

[Howard]

Just get a couple of cans of 5 wheel silver.

The key with painting wheels is to be bold with the paint , don't be hesitant , no dusting it on or anything like that. It's almost as if the can knows if you are not confident.

Do them laying down on a workbench , try and avoid getting right to he end of the can as the paint will start to 'spot' because you are spraying downwards.

I wouldn't bother lacquering them afterwards , unless you do it exactly right , you will end up just making the silver look grey.

 

[Cw-kid]

Any silver paint will work on wheels, Halfords or paints4U spring to mind as suppliers. Don't forget you need etch primer for aluminium.

The paint in the pictures definitely looks poor. Did you shake it well before application?

Hi

thanks for your comments. Yes I shook the can well for at least 3 minutes.

Regards

 

[Cw-kid]

What I normally do with spray cans especially silver or gold metallics, is first heat the cans in warm/hot water and then wrap up in some cloth and spin in the washing machine for 15 mins or so. Worth/WURTH too, cleaning the spray nozzle every so often with thinners.

I did heat up one can in front of the fire for a while before applying a coat but made no difference to the poor paint / coverage.

 

[Cw-kid]

Just get a couple of cans of 5 wheel silver.

The key with painting wheels is to be bold with the paint , don't be hesitant , no dusting it on or anything like that. It's almost as if the can knows if you are not confident.

I was fairly bold LOL. Certainly after the third coat and it was still very patchy I was pretty direct applying the paint. Maybe the Wurth paint is just not as good as people say it is. Seems like terrible paint to apply to me and I think I will have better luck with another product etc, I will post back with what paint I end up using and the final results so we will know hehe.

 

[Cw-kid]

I purchased the two can pack of Wurth paint, to clarify I mean it contained 1 can of paint & 1 can of lacquer, & like you found it to be C**P.
unfortunately I have to say it was the worst paint I've ever used

Dave

Hi Dave

Yeah I did the same thing I bought 2x Silver and 2x Clear lacquer as a package. And I agree its the worst paint I have used as well

The eBay seller says he can give me a full refund and put in a claim against Wurth. So that's what is going to happen I think.

He also says the paint cans are not old stock as Wurth were suggesting and are actually new stock less than a week old!

 

[Dieselman]

Yeah I did the same thing I bought 2x Silver and 2x Clear lacquer as a package. And I agree its the wortht paint I have used as well

Perhaps the paint chemist has a lisp and they mistook his comment for a brand name.

 

[Cw-kid]

Any silver paint will work on wheels, Halfords or paints4U spring to mind as suppliers. Don't forget you need etch primer for aluminium.

Hi

You only need etch primer for bare aluminium I think. I sanded down the original silver paint on the Merc wheels (not back to bare metal) and then used regular grey primer to cover, I then filled in any imperfections with filler sanded and primer again several times etc.

 

[Dieselman]

^ Technically true, but using an etch primer would be good to ensure a good grip anyway.

As with Howard's suggestion, just get a large can of silver paint.
Personally, I would then lacquer. Last time I used Halfords lacquer it wasn't very UV protective, other brands seem better.

 

[Cw-kid]

Anyone used the E-Tech Silver alloy wheel paint? That seems to be the other main product available online. Think I will visit my local independent automotive shop tomorrow see what they recommend also.

Seriously hacked off with Wurth total waste of my time and effort on that first wheel.

 

[Cw-kid]

^ Technically true, but using an etch primer would be good to ensure a good grip anyway.

Yeah you are probably right, only reason I used the normal primer was because I had a big new can of it already in my garage!

 

[Cw-kid]

@Dieselman aren't you on the wrong forum anyway's ? Car: Peugeot 403 Convertible

 

[Dieselman]

@Dieselman aren't you on the wrong forum anyway's ? Car: Peugeot 403 Convertible

It's all I can afford.

 

[Cw-kid]

Top panel I painted, bottom is factory colour

P.S. I have never painted before

@Bob6600 you can come and paint my rear bumper, looks good!

The silver paint on the top section of my W202 rear bumper needs repainting, its two tone the bottom of it is black. I was toying with the idea of having a go myself but wasn't confident enough to do it. Wheels I thought would be easier.

 

[Cw-kid]

It's all I can afford.

Yeah the road tax and petrol on my Merc are getting expensive. Its 2.3 Litre Super Charged. When I bought the car nearly new it cost 40 quid to tank it now about 80 odd. Road tax is over 200 quid a year now as well. But its been a solid reliable car so gonna keep it till I buy another newer C-Class.

 

[Howard]

Alloy wheels don't need special paint.

I refurbed a set of mine on my old w124 using cans of halfords gunmetal grey and silver paint. Grey faces , silver rims.

If you search on here, there is a thread on it somewhere.

 

[Cw-kid]

So what would you do with this first wheel I have already painted with this Wurth ****e.

Do I need to sand it back down again as much as I can and put primer on again? Or just flat it back and then apply the replacement silver paint?

Cheers

 

[Dieselman]

You might get away with just flatting and painting colour coat, but there MIGHT be a slight shading difference compared to the other wheels painted with primer.

A light dust with primer might be a good idea.

 

[John Jones Jr]

Do I need to sand it back down again as much as I can and put primer on again? Or just flat it back and then apply the replacement silver paint?

Cheers

I'd just flat it & paint, just don't apply too much paint at one time and rotate the wheel very so often. In a nutshell simply take your time.

 

[Cw-kid]

You might get away with just flatting and painting colour coat, but there MIGHT be a slight shading difference compared to the other wheels painted with primer.

A light dust with primer might be a good idea.

Yeah that's what I was worried about the shading difference. OK I'll put some primer back on it then.

Thanks.

 

[Cw-kid]

just don't apply too much paint at one time and rotate the wheel very so often. In a nutshell simply take your time.

I had fairly high confidence in my previous rattle can skills to do a decent job on these wheels but the Wurth experience put a bit of a spanner in the works. But good advice.

Thanks