Supercheap auto clear acrylic paint - suitability question

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marty085
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Supercheap auto clear acrylic paint - suitability question

Postby marty085 » Sun Apr 15, 2012 1:07 am

Would this be any good as a relatively thin clear top coat to assist in protecting the paint finish of stock NB8A wheels? Specifically around the lip where there is very minor flaking/damage of paint, not so much on the face of the wheels.

http://www.supercheapauto.com.au/online ... ab-Reviews

If not, feel free to point me in the right direction :arrow:

koop21
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Re: Supercheap auto clear acrylic paint - suitability questi

Postby koop21 » Sun Apr 15, 2012 1:27 am

not sure about the quality of that paint. But i have used 3M clear on wheels i've painted before and turned out yellow-ish over time. Not very noticeable, but be aware they will turn yellow due to UV rays.

Seeing as your wheels are black it might not even be noticeable if they did turn yellow, the wheels i paint was white.

marty085
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Supercheap auto clear acrylic paint - suitability question

Postby marty085 » Wed Apr 18, 2012 12:10 pm

How yellow are we talking? And after how long? 1yr? 10yrs?
It would be going on stock silver nb8a wheels... not black ones

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Re: Supercheap auto clear acrylic paint - suitability questi

Postby Apu » Wed Apr 18, 2012 12:44 pm

Marty, I'd rather go for something like Wurth. Not sure if it's available here but I've used their wheel repair paint and clear coat - it's good stuff.

It'll probably be 2 or 3 times the cost but that's only $30? And made for the purpose.

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Re: Supercheap auto clear acrylic paint - suitability questi

Postby koop21 » Wed Apr 18, 2012 1:49 pm

They turn to a slight yellow on my white wheels, not very noticeable but more so if its on a white car. Hope this helps..


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