Even experienced drivers will press the curb so hard that they will scratch their alloy wheels. The situation is very common. Of course, this is not critical, you can drive like this, but it is better to make a little effort and remove visible scratches. It's not difficult, you don't even have to remove the wheel.
Will need
- Windshield cleaner or any other detergent and degreaser.
- Sandpaper.
- Felt or wool for polishing.
- Primer.
- Silver paint.
- Protective varnish.
Removing scratches on alloy wheels yourself
As I already said, it is not necessary to remove the wheel and sort it. Although it would not be superfluous to check its balancing after mechanical impact, this is at your discretion.
The first step is to clean the disc from dirt and degrease. A glass cleaner that will kill two birds with one stone is perfect for this.
Now you need to remove the scratches. We take coarse sandpaper and go through it until visible marks are completely removed.
Next, you need to smooth the surface and for this we polish with wool or felt, smoothing out the sharp edges after sanding.
Cover the tire with paper to protect it from paint.
Using a spray primer, prime the surface before applying paint.It is advisable to apply 3-4 layers. After this, you need to wait 10 minutes and, if necessary, adjust the surface with fine sandpaper.
After the primer has dried, paint with silver paint. 90% of the time, regular silver paint won't be noticeable, but sometimes it won't match the paint that's already on the disc.
Here you can choose the paint, adding black or white to the silver, choosing the desired tone.
There is an option to paint the entire wheel, but this would require painting all 4 wheels, so I am not considering this option.
Apply protective varnish in 2 layers.
We wait 10 minutes and remove the paper from the tire and other protective stickers.
Such not entirely complicated manipulations will return your disk to its former appearance.
