Enamel for alloy wheel?

[Burnerman]

Got to be a wind up, but......
Rub down
Etching primer
Hammerite Smoothrite
Job done
John

 

[Mottie]

Got to be a wind up, but......
Rub down
Etching primer
Hammerite Smoothrite
Job done
John

EVERY tyre shop I’ve visited to assess puncture repair/tyre replacement with a leak at the bead does the following with the tyre removed:
Clean bead area with wire brush
Apply bead sealer
Fit tyre
That’s it.

The number one reason for wheel beads corroding is the use of washing up liquid to lube the tyre prior to fitting. It contains water and salt/acid. You should always use a proper tyre lube/paste.

Now, I know this will go in one ear and straight out of nutjobs other ear as you don't get a ten page thread by accepting advice - all advice must be challenged in his mind so that advice is not for him, it’s for every other person in this thread and just for your information.

 

[jj4091]

EVERY tyre shop I’ve visited to assess puncture repair/tyre replacement with a leak at the bead does the following with the tyre removed:
Clean bead area with wire brush
Apply bead sealer
Fit tyre
That’s it.

The number one reason for wheel beads corroding is the use of washing up liquid to lube the tyre prior to fitting. It contains water and salt/acid. You should always use a proper tyre lube/paste.

Now, I know this will go in one ear and straight out of nutjobs other ear as you don't get a ten page thread by accepting advice - all advice must be challenged in his mind so that advice is not for him, it’s for every other person in this thread just for your information.

You're just encouraging him now

 

[Avocet]

Too late. I took a chisel to the bubbles/bumps and burst them open. The bubbles are full of white powder - may be the original owner was smuggling stuff? Yes, the aluminium has lost material and became pitted. But, this doesn't matter because painting will fill the pits.

My car is 2004. So, 80's tech doesn't apply. In any case, there's nothing but aluminium with some iron contaminant's lightly peppered in a few spots as evidenced by the resulting rust.

I am not sure that domestic paints will work on cars. The fuel solvent on roads will destroy them. If I were to paint, I would use a thick paint of some kind to get an overall smooth finish. Enamel comes to mind. But, my new approach is to use bead sealer as a fragile rubber paint. I imagine it will work. But, will have to wait and see.

Yeah... it does that...

 

[DiyNutJob]

The number one reason for wheel beads corroding is the use of washing up liquid to lube the tyre prior to fitting.

That's a load of bull ox. Most people in the UK don't fit tyres. Where would the washing up liquid come from? The corrosion on my play rim largely occurred on the inner bead seat. Why would washing up liquid be used only on the inner bead?

My analysis says the inner bead seat suffered more because moisture lingered there more owing to less air flow. The real number one reason for corrosion is moisture. For the UK, I will says washing up liquid is the number 10 reason for bead seat corrosion. Number 2 would be manufacturing defect as evidenced by presence of iron. They use the same stuff to cast the wheels as they do home radiators. The iron content is the magnetite that might have originated from the iron melting pot or recycled cast media. The number 3 to number 9 reasons are unknown to me and I don't have the inclination to find out what those are.

 

[Mottie]

Where would the washing up liquid come from?

Cheap, shìt tyre places, the sort that you frequent.

My analysis says..

..that you you know nothing and are talking out of your 'arris.

Keep going though, only on page 3 at the moment.

 

[DiyNutJob]

Cheap, shìt tyre places, the sort that you frequent.

So, they only apply washing up liquid on the inner side, but cheaping out by not applying any on the outer side?

 

[DiyNutJob]

Mottie is on to something. The americans couldn't afford the washing up liquid on the outer side too. This is just one instance of many occurrences:

 

[Mottie]

So, they only apply washing up liquid on the inner side, but cheaping out by not applying any on the outer side?

I haven’t got a clue WTF you are talking about and neither do you.