stripping paint from aluminum

[JLawton]

Let's say there's this set of day-glow lime green Volk TE-37 wheels that would look much better in something like, say, black. Does it make sense to strip and paint them yourself or would it just be better to take them to a body shop and have them do it?

David

Yeah, DIY. Nobody will notice at anything more than 5' away and it's not as stressfull when you mess them up with an off or a little side to side contact.

[raffaelli]

I had what I thought to be 2 layers of paint on my delsol rims. It turned out to be more like 7 or 8. I spent an afternoon with some aircraft stripper and a few rags. Then a light sand with steel wool to scuff. Then some rim paint from Autozone and a cost or two of wax. Looks good to me.

[slopok]

Paint stripper is a thing of the past. Soda blasting is the absolute way to go & safer.

[JimLill]

one of those 25 or so gal garden tubs (3 ft high) holds wheels bicely for all kinds of wheel duties.......

[quadzjr]

why not just media blast? wouldn't that be safer? Or is that bad for the wheel somehow?