alloy refurb gone wrong

[mayo rs]

just collected my oz supertez from blasting, ucking idiots used wrong media these wheels were pretty much mint now there distroyed.any advise what to do next.

[stinky]

Make them pay

[georgie1]

Make them pay

agree or fix them as it their thought

[cozzylee]

They haveto pay out mate explain there fooked and you need to replace them now next step trading standards

[mayo rs]

wouldnt mind but this guy did so much explaining about what they were going to use when i dropped them of i was sure they would be perfect.

[iain]

not good to hear mate stick a pic up off current state

[KR54321]

I had similar problem some time ago. Wheels were rough after blasting (looked like stones were used instead of sand), surface looked really bad, but everything had been hidden with powder coating. They came really nice at the end, without any additional work, just powder

[Ashie]

you can recover the surface of these by going over them again with either a glass bead or a finer grade of shot, like a garnet 80/120 grit. Blasting is just like sanding, you start off with a rough grade and work your way down to a finer grade prior to paint/powder.

the thing to watch out for especially on 18" type wheels is during blasting heat is generated in the area being blasted and this can be uneven if the nozzel is held in the same area too long and can warp wheels and haden/soften the metal in those areas causing cracking at a later date!.Always check them for "true" after blasting. As in aircraft you should only really use coconut shell or plastic media on Alloy safety critical components

[mayo rs]

thanks for the replys lads, will take them to another blasters and hopefully they might be able to sort them out .

[maxest]

Just send them to a proper wheel refurber such as lepsons/prisine and let them take care of them