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Re: Refinishing Throwing Star wheels (archive)
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Posted by Bill on March 30, 2002 at 01:46:08:

In Reply to: Re: Refinishing Throwing Star wheels posted by John R Blk/Blk M5, on March 29, 2002 at 22:22:06:

John,
By vertical portion do you mean the surface that the valve stem is mounted to? On the polished wheel, the vertical portion is NOT polished-right? Is it painted? silver or black? Was the wheel polished first, then the lip and horizontal portion masked, then the vertical painted to make a uniform transition? Thanks

The polished Throwing Stars had clearcoat over the polish. Don't even think about having a polished wheel without clearcoat! Also, only the rim lip and horizontal portion was polished whereas on the painted Stars the lip, horizontal portion AND the adjacent vertical portion are painted silver. The wheels are a pain to refinish because of the three separate pieces and the center only being plastic. The next time I would powdercoat the entire wheel (including spokes) and Star and then get matching standard paint for the plastic center.




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