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Old 05-27-2004, 04:55 PM   #12 (permalink)
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Could you start this process by sanblasting or bead blasting?? where would you pick up with the sandpaper then?
Absolutely you could sandblast first. This is what I had done to my rims instead of having them stripped with a Paint solvent. Aircraft stripper is the DIY means of taking off that excess paint from the rim first, but sand/bead plasting works great.

As for starting at a higher grit paper is really up to you. You may be able to go with a 240 or 400 grit first but if you don't get enough of the larger scratches and blemishes out of the rims first you may find yourself redoing a lot of work. As I have said before, it's up to you how you want them to look and how much work you put into them.

Hope this helps. This has got to be the Cheapest Best looking mod you could ever do for your bike IMHO. It's one of the most labor intensive, but the results really pay off.

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