Posted by Yooper Farmall on April 19, 2011 at 09:31:31 from (141.210.112.16):
I've restored a few cars years ago and always sandblasted or sanded down to bare metal first.
Attached is a picture of my H, the previous owner had done a basic so-so paint job but didn't paint any of the cast iron wheel centers. I'm replacing the rims.
I've been told that there is no reason to remove the rims and sand blast the cast iron wheel centers, just spend a few minutes with a Scotch sanding pad and paint right over the old paint and brown rust. He said as long as there is no flaking paint, you won't notice the difference between painting these and a sand-blasted cast iron center.
Sand blast and prime with a self etching primer? Prime with an epoxy primer and paint? Just scuff them and paint? Thoughts?
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