I would jump on the powder coat idea. Bead blast the old stuff off
with glass bead or low abrasive, since the bundts are easy to pock
mark with gritty abrasives. Wash and dry, then coat and cook. Make
yourself a bunch of wheels, enough to buy a benz you want.
Normal refurb for the bundts is to strip them, then do a primer coat
or two, two or three base coats, a finish coat, then two clears. At
least that is the process Griots Garage has for their wheel refurb
kit I used.
On May 22, 2007, at 5:10 AM, Mike Canfield wrote:
So, What is the finish on the Bundts? Is it paint or
powdercoating? A
friend of mine has a whole stack of them I was wondering about
restoring and
reselling. I have podercoating equipment and a bead blast setup
available
to use.
Done right, looking new, would they be worth $100 each, outright,
with no
core charge, to anyone? I've been thinking of buying the equipment
for
myself but haven't been sure if I could make it pay for itself.
Mike
----- Original Message -----
From: "Redghost" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Monday, May 21, 2007 11:00 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] no accounting for taste...
I spent a few minutes with them today. Does not seem to be bubbles
from behind, as there is no great dimensionality that goes to depth.
It is surface schmutz that rubs off with elbow grease. At least the
one bit I worked on.
On May 20, 2007, at 9:20 PM, Jim Cathey wrote:
YEP, you can send your scruffy bundts to Performance Products
and get
a set of shiny wheels back. Something like $400 for the pleasure
They will not accept chromed wheels as cores.
Your 'pitting' looked an awful lot like bubbling from behind.
That, I've seen.
-- Jim
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Clay
Seattle Bioburner
1972 220D - Gump
1995 E300D - Cleo
1987 300SDL - POS - DOA
The FSM would drive a Diesel Benz
