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- From: hinz@bonfire (David Hinz Mfg 4-6987)
- Subject: Re: aluminum wheels
- Message-ID: <1992Jul22.072741.4040@mr.med.ge.com>
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- Date: Wed, 22 Jul 92 07:27:41 GMT
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- mike.knox@canrem.com ("mike knox") writes:
- : Hi:
- :
- : I want to try and preserve the newly repaired rims as long as possible,
- :
- Mike,
- I had some old mag rims (20 years old, hi-magnesium) that were looking pretty
- ratty. I bead-blasted them at a local shop which rents blasting-cabinet
- time (cheap!), and then coated them with a compound made for just that,
- by a company called Wurth (umlauts over the U), I believe from Austria. It
- has held up quite well for over a year, although I don't use those rims in
- the winter (or the car they are on, either). I believe this would work
- for polished rims as well, if that's the case, except for the bead-blasting
- part.
-
- My advice would be to have GM strip the junk off your rims, take them back
- 'bare', and use the Wurth clear sealant spray to seal it off. Brake dust
- just wipes off, and it seems to stand up very well to high temperatures
- (this is on my rally car...it gets HOT)
-
- I know a distributor of Wurth products in the Milwaukee area, I can give you
- his number if you need it. (I'm not doing a public commercial, though,
- 'cause I think that's tacky.) E-mail me at the address below, as the one
- in my header will BOUNCE.
-
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-
- Dave Hinz - Opinions expressed are mine, not my employer's. Obviously.
- SAAB - you get what you pay for; you pay (and pay, and pay) for what you get.
- hinz@picard.med.ge.com
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