I have got hold of a set of old 13" Capri Laser wheels for my Locost racer. They're a bit of a mess so I plan on going at them with the wire brush on the drill to get the old crud off and then spraying with wheel silver. I would like to apply some sort of heat resistant lacquer and was wondering if anyone knew of such a thijng available in an aerosol?

Thanks

Hi Simon,
I believe most normal car paint does have to comply with a certain amount of heat resistance testing, due to engine fires and the like - I know that once a fire gets going the paint doesn't stand a chance, but I was told the above when I worked with a few painters a few years ago, and had no reason to doubt them?!?

Cheers,
Steve.

I have always found that spraying wheels was only ever a very temporary fix.

Sand blasting and powder coating is a much better bet.



Cheers

Mark

I would agree, but since it is for his locost racer, then I am sure that a couple of decent coats of silver and couple of lacquer would be plenty good enough???

to do a real thorough job if you do use spray tins of paint, then you need 2-3 of colour and 1-2 of lacquer.

hth
Steve

how would your wheel bearings look if the wheels got so hot it burnt the paint?

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Originally posted by worX
I would agree, but since it is for his locost racer, then I am sure that a couple of decent coats of silver and couple of lacquer would be plenty good enough???

to do a real thorough job if you do use spray tins of paint, then you need 2-3 of colour and 1-2 of lacquer.

hth
Steve

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Powdercoat would be a bit overkill for a racer, something cheap and cheerful that will last a season is what I am looking for. Halfords do wheel silver spray paint but not spray lacquer. It needs to be aerosol as I dont want to buy compressors and such.

Simon - Halfords used to do a car paint Spray Lacquer!

It used to be above the colours next to the primer and used to be in there slightly larger tins???

Steve.

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Originally posted by worX
Simon - Halfords used to do a car paint Spray Lacquer!

It used to be above the colours next to the primer and used to be in there slightly larger tins???

Steve.

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Powdercoat would be cheaper. Their wheel silver is about £8 a can. I buy p!ss cans from a local shop for £1.80 and clear lacquer for £1.40.