rtbiscuit Posted September 29, 2010 Share Posted September 29, 2010 I have recently purchased some new wheels for my car, they are 2nd had and they do need a refurbish to remove the curb rash it has. but for now as its winter swiftly approaching i'm going to leave that till spring. for me though the tatty wheel centres were bothering me. the curb rash i can hide easy enough for now but the fact that water had got under the laquer on the whel centres made them look like this So i decided to give them a refresh for now. i had a few odds and sods lying around so set about this little project. firstly i sanded them back with 240 grit wet and dry paper to remove the rough laquer and to give a flat surface to work on. it made them look flat and dull and had removed a little of the text. some of the laquer was still on them, but this wasn't an issue as i wasn't painting them. i still had a roll of DI-NOC 3M carbon vinyl lying around in the garage so thought i would put it to good use. these were my tools the first job was to set it into squares about half as large again as the actual centres. i heat boht the centre cap and the vinyl up before i apply it first the next job is to use the heat to keep it soft and then work it around the item. i tend to do the top first, and then stretch and tug the rest down as i go around the edge. i then trim up the vinyl and remove the excess waste i then go back round with the heat and several tools and my finger nail, and work the vinyl in between the 2 halves i.e the ally section and the plastic. then just very carefully i run a blade round and trim off the waste. which leaves me something that looks like this after about 30 minutes i ended up with these next job was to run up some new logos for the front, this took alot longer as i had to draw it from scratch, but once done the vinyl cutter made short work of it and i had cut several colour options. i did red, silver, and white. in the end i decided silver was the best option quick application later and the finished articles i'm unsure how long they'll last and it is a temporary measure. if it doesn't work out it will peel off and i can always paint them instead and re logo them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zugara Posted September 29, 2010 Share Posted September 29, 2010 That looks a nice tidy project there. You could spray clear laquer on them too seal it all up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtbiscuit Posted September 29, 2010 Author Share Posted September 29, 2010 That looks a nice tidy project there. You could spray clear laquer on them too seal it all up. glad you mention that, i had the same idea but i decided to do a tester first; i wrapped a random item on my desk, not the best work, but it wasn't the work i was interested in but what would happen if i laquered it here is the usb stand pre laquer and here are several shots afterwards. as you can see most of the detail is lost once you add the laquer, it also doesn't harden the vinyl either and has a habit of lifting edges, part of that is a poor fit on my behalf, but the laquer doesn't seem to help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Husky Posted September 29, 2010 Share Posted September 29, 2010 yeah you ruined a perfectly good dongle stand there. caps look good although i would have left the text off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Eddy Posted September 30, 2010 Share Posted September 30, 2010 Liking the wheel centres - very nice! As for the usb stand.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fakeindian Posted September 30, 2010 Share Posted September 30, 2010 looks good buddy and don't listen to John the text makes them look better. good job Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UNABASHED Posted September 30, 2010 Share Posted September 30, 2010 I preferred them without the text I had a go at doing my b pillars last night with this stuff and found it quite easy to work with - looking for more stuff to wrap now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zugara Posted September 30, 2010 Share Posted September 30, 2010 Wow, i was suprised that laquer actually did that, lucky you did a trial first... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtbiscuit Posted September 30, 2010 Author Share Posted September 30, 2010 Lots of people have talked about laquering this stuff, but no one has actually done it. so i thought i would do a trial and at least there is a definitive answer. i could do a clear vinyl overlay might do a trial first and see what it looks like, i think the dinoc relies on how it reflects light off its surfaces for texture. when you fill it with laquer it kills the light. so would be interesting to see if a clear overlay would work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will370z Posted September 30, 2010 Share Posted September 30, 2010 Very tidy job there. Nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woody Posted September 30, 2010 Share Posted September 30, 2010 Where did you originally buy the carbon vinyl from Rich? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparky370z Posted September 30, 2010 Share Posted September 30, 2010 they look very cool, great job mate. did something similar on my OZ's but didnt look as good as this! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtbiscuit Posted September 30, 2010 Author Share Posted September 30, 2010 Where did you originally buy the carbon vinyl from Rich? Ebay jobbie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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