[Firedup6975]

Ok now that you kids are done with your OCD malarkey has anyone used the gold paint from Summit called Placer Gold? I need a picture please. I like the fact it al ready in the spray can ready to use, instead of having to set up a spray gun and mixing etc. Wheels are about to get prepped for paint as soon as I find one wheel I need as one of the ones I was gonna use has a chunk out of the edge. Here’s a couple pics you guys might like, Mike loves to fabricate stuff, and made a tool to spin and polish the wheels. I will post pics of done wheels when done. These pics are just of the wheel being fitted to this dohicky thingy lol.

[Aus78Formula]

Machining after clear coat is asking for troubles also, it leaves a sharp edge of paint only at each spoke which will chip and peel more easily than it should. Each cut will need to be deburred upwards to taper the paint edge.

Plenty have used the Placer Gold paint. It's based on the same paint code as Firebird used but every company wanted their own name. Will it match your current restored, 40 year old original or repro rims, possibly not but as close as you'll get without custom mixing.

[Formulabruce]

Originally Posted by Firedup6975

Ok now that you kids are done with your OCD malarkey has anyone used the gold paint from Summit called Placer Gold? I need a picture please. I like the fact it al ready in the spray can ready to use, instead of having to set up a spray gun and mixing etc. Wheels are about to get prepped for paint as soon as I find one wheel I need as one of the ones I was gonna use has a chunk out of the edge. Here’s a couple pics you guys might like, Mike loves to fabricate stuff, and made a tool to spin and polish the wheels. I will post pics of done wheels when done. These pics are just of the wheel being fitted to this dohicky thingy lol.

Things I have learned, and I have refinished a few.
1. The Aluminum where you paint CANNOT be perfectly smooth.
2. You do NOT want to use a " non catalyzed " paint ( one stage from a paint spray bomb) 2 stage paint with a catalyst bonds to activator to the color AND to the substrate being painted IF it has a good " tooth" surface.
This information is for cars being driven. Obviously a show only car gets pampering.
3. Spray clear coating. You want to use a catalyzed 2 part clear for spot repair, med dry time. This is thinner than your finish clear or high solids clear on a restoration. Eastwood has a 2k spray can clear I have used and it works well, no mixing, just shaking up the can.
4. I have taped off the spokes with high heat tape and powder coated the color before with good results.
5. You Cannot powder coat clear over a spray bomb paint, even if it is high heat, or catalyzed, with good results.

[Firedup6975]

Originally Posted by Formulabruce

Things I have learned, and I have refinished a few.
1. The Aluminum where you paint CANNOT be perfectly smooth.
2. You do NOT want to use a " non catalyzed " paint ( one stage from a paint spray bomb) 2 stage paint with a catalyst bonds to activator to the color AND to the substrate being painted IF it has a good " tooth" surface.
This information is for cars being driven. Obviously a show only car gets pampering.
3. Spray clear coating. You want to use a catalyzed 2 part clear for spot repair, med dry time. This is thinner than your finish clear or high solids clear on a restoration. Eastwood has a 2k spray can clear I have used and it works well, no mixing, just shaking up the can.
4. I have taped off the spokes with high heat tape and powder coated the color before with good results.
5. You Cannot powder coat clear over a spray bomb paint, even if it is high heat, or catalyzed, with good results.

Thank you I will share this with Mike

[Hesster1977]

Came across this older post, in hopes of finding a close if not exact match to the snowflake gold wheel paint. And/or a gold color paint that match's the SE stripes. Want a sprayable paint, I know about the K89350 stuff in a can. Had fun reading all the posts here on wheel paint issues.
My experience - I ordered high $$ Wheels from Year one, 2 piece with the polished lips. Beautiful wheels but the Gold Color was IMO just aweful and dull. So I went for it and taped them, sanded lightly, shot a few coats of the rattle can Gold, then clearcoated with Acrylic Urethane with Alsa Gold Pearl added in. The result - stunning.
So I want to repeat this on other wheels and paint stripes on a ZTA Bandit Conversion, but want the correct '77 Snowflake Gold paint that is sprayable, not the can. Summit and others have a million different golds, but whiat is out there that is closest to the True Snowflake Gold?