What's the best way to go about eliminating curb rash on a stock '94 sawblade? It's not terrible, about 4-5 inches, and there aren't really any chunks missing. Just looks like someone took an angle grinder to it.
I'd like to be able to do this myself, but I don't want to make it worse. By the way, the clear coat has got some hazing in it, and I will probably be stripping it in the near future. Any advice on that procedure as well?
sawblade wheels go pretty cheap in the for sale section you could look for a couple wheels in real good shape. for fixing maybe taking a little sand paper too it and taking the rough edges off :confused: do you have any pics you post of the wheels to see how bad they are
Use a hand file to smooth out the wrinkles. Then use 400 and then 600 sandpaper. Use emory cloth as a final finish up.
Get one of those SMALL bottles of touchup paint and paint over it when you get it back to your liking.
Use another SAMLL bottle of CLEAR touchup paint after the silver paint has dried.
If it's on the wheel LIP you won't need the silver color, just cover the fixed area with clear to keep away oxidation.
Well, I was going to post this and saw it had already been asked. My sawblades 3 of the 4 were all curbed around the lip only. The approximately 1/4 inch trim ring that sticks out around the circumference. Anyway, having nothing to lose, I took a DREMEL to them with a cutoff wheel, using it like you it was a buffer instead of a cutoff wheel. To my surprise, the nasty curbrash came right out, and they smoothed out nicely....The damage was about half of the circumference so it wasn not small by any means.
To finish it off, there was another wheel which looked like a small grinding wheel that was in the original dremel kit. I had only used it briefly before because it didnt seem to grind much at all.... Having run out of disks, i used this wheel lastly, and to my surprise, it polished the lip very nicely. It just takes some patience (about 30 minutes per wheel for my damage) and a steady hand. A variable speed dremel is what I used, and am very pleased with the results. Now no one knows that they even had curb rash unless I point it out specifically. Smooth.. big smiles here.
I think I will post a clear coat question in a seperate post. How do you fix the peeling clear coat in various places. Can you simply clear over the top of it? Anyone tried this? Isn't there a clear coat paint in spray cans available? :yesnod:
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