Has anyone ever painted “hyper silver” (wheels)?
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Hey guys
I’ve been trying to figure out how they get this finish for a while now. Here’s what I mean:
http://tires.about.com/od/wheel_safety_maintenance/a/Wheel-Finishes-Hypersilver.htm
[img]http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk274/VMR-Wheels/Wheels%20Only%20Studio/wm_V713_HS.jpg[/img]
It’s hard to explain, but it looks a lot like bare aluminium, but it’s not. [b]The pic above is not a very good representation because usually the color has a sort of matte clear coat on the top of it, not a gloss clear as pictured.
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Anyone ever painted this before? In the article they talk about how the translucent metallic paint was banned from the US. What do I have to buy to get this kind of finish?Thanks,
ElliottI’ve done about 10 sets of wheels in this finish. The product is made by PPG. It’s called ‘Chrome Shadow’ and the part number is: 452-86973.
You start by priming and painting the wheels in 2K Direct Gloss. I reduce it 3:1:1 and you have to use Fast hardener. I also generally use fast reducer as well unless it’s really hot. After you do you 2-3 coats, you need to low bake the wheels for 30 minutes @ 60 degrees celcius.
Within one hour of the bake process conculding, you then need to take a 1.0mm touch up gravity fed spray gun, and fill it with well stirred (did I say, well-stirred!) Chrome Shadow. You set the pressure at about 40psi at the regulator, and you then mist the Chrome Shadow on. [b]The critical step here is to mist the coats on LIGHTLY![/b] If you put it on too heavy, it will fry the 2K up to which there is absolutely NO recovery but to start from scratch (ie. new 2K). If you do fewer coats (approx. 3-4), you will get a black chrome finish, but if you put more coats on (about 7-8 coats),you get the Hyper Silver like in the pic.
You could do a matt or satin clearcoat, but I have only ever seen, and used a full gloss clear. After you spray your 2-3 coats of clear, you need to low bake the wheels again for the time prescribed by your clearcoat’s TDS. You then need to wait a minimum of 1 week before attempting to fit tyres. You need to wait longer than normal because you have double the amount of product on the wheels.
[b]I must stress how important booth and painter hygeine is when using this product.[/b] Because, if you get any dirt/crap in [u]any[/u] part of the job, it will show up in the finished job. And you can’t wetsand out the dirt/crap from the 2K or the Chrome Shadow. What you paint is what you get. I’m serious.
[u]And, for you DIY’ers, because the Chrome Shadow product must be applied over baked but still fresh 2K, sorry, but you cannot apply this product if you don’t have/use a low bake booth.[/u]
Is that with a direct gloss black as a base?
Black DG is normally used as the base yes, but you can use white for a slightly different effect.
I have used basecoat in the past as a cheat, but it has to be really smooth and isn’t quite as good.
Lechler also do a version of this super fine silver, called sparkling glass (something like 06 660) and Mipa’s version (which I’ve used the most) is called Vicrom.
Standox also has this product
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