Hi. After getting a recent puncture repaired (thank God!) I decided to give the rim a good spruce up and polish before refitting. unfortunately where the stuck on wheel weights have now been removed there is signs of corrosion caused by water trapped by the balance weight adhesive strip grrrrrrr.

Any one know of a good match for Skoda Alloy wheel paint? I'm not too fussed as it is the inside edge of the rim but still want it to look not too shabby. Any ideas, guide or pointers from any one who has done similar?

TIA

nick...

I have used the Skoda Silver (reflex silver?) touch up paint sticks before, it's not a perfect match but pretty close.

Not sure that it'll be enough just spraying it, but A/glym "Wheel Silver" is excellent & the aerosol nozzle has a great fan pattern. Incidentally it is a close match for the interior alu trim....

Halfords aerosol V W Diamond Silver always seems close to me - I use it for other things too.

After a good clean up, I spray the damage with the wheel off and the tyre masked but not removed.

A light coat afterwards of Halfords aerosol clear lacquer works well.

Edited 14 November, 201015 yr by ednmra

Autoglym Wheel Paint

Did my winter alloys with it

Sounds simple, but I use a generic "alloy wheel paint" for stuff like this, and I have to admit it is a pretty good match. You find generally that most alloy wheels are not that different in colour (when not getting TOO close ) so most alloy wheel silver paints are pretty darn good.

Aclyric Paint is best too

Thanks for the replies chaps. What would be the best way to prep the area before painting/spraying? I have gay-barred and waxed the wheels so I guess I'll have to strip the wax off before any treatment. Would a paint cutting compound like Autoglym Paint restorer be a good choice over the affected areas? If I select to use a touch up pen/paint and brush, should I go over this area with a clear lacquer to seal it as well?

Thanks for the replies chaps. What would be the best way to prep the area before painting/spraying? I have gay-barred and waxed the wheels so I guess I'll have to strip the wax off before any treatment. Would a paint cutting compound like Autoglym Paint restorer be a good choice over the affected areas? If I select to use a touch up pen/paint and brush, should I go over this area with a clear lacquer to seal it as well?

I'd use a solvent-panel prep/thinners (carefully!) or failing that a strong degreaser. You're right about the wax-most waxes & polishes contain silicone, which is bad news for fresh paint.

For simplicity, use A/glym Intensive tar remover on a cloth, then rinse & dry. This will strip everything off.

HTH

With regard to the lacquer that really depends on the colour match, as I have found that once the lacquer has been applied the colour darkens a little, so if the colour is very close then I don't tend to bother (just make sure the paint seals up the the old lacquer to stop water getting under it)

Hmmm. It seems not all silver wheel paint is made equally :-(

Used some Simoniz silver wheel paint and they look grey and not at all shiney. Arse! Got some VW Diamond Silver to see if that's better. Its only the inside of the wheel so it's not a real biggy but just rather annoying all the same.

Hmmm. It seems not all silver wheel paint is made equally :-(

Used some Simoniz silver wheel paint and they look grey and not at all shiney. Arse! Got some VW Diamond Silver to see if that's better. Its only the inside of the wheel so it's not a real biggy but just rather annoying all the same.

In the past, when I was less careful and had some light kerbing damage, I used the VW colour to spray a couple of whole wheels. You need a bit of time (like a spare afternoon in the sun!) but it worked really well. What took most time was the tyre masking and wheel cleaning - I used strong detergent, hot water and a small brush. Gave it plenty of time to dry (in the sun!). Several light coats, with 10 minutes at least between them, work better than a heavy coat.

After the wheels were back on the car, you couldn't tell which ones had been done after a week or so.

The clear lacquer was not to protect the paint, it was to produce a surface finish more like originals. You can also get a spray called Leveller - good for bigger areas, it slightly softens the new paint surface and makes it more like original finish.

For an inside rim, small area job, I don't think I'd bother with clear lacquer etc, and possibly go for the VW colour as a brush-on paint (no masking needed.)

The only problem with not using a lacquer is most metallics will dry in a satin finish, the lacquer not only gives it a high gloss finish but also stops the brake dust from baking into the paint.