Diamond cut alternative alloy wheel refurbishment 

Did this on my Honda HRV alloys. No curbing, but several areas of lacquer failure (gone milky) did it using sander and working through the grits. Didn’t spray the black as this was perfect, so just keyed up with a scotch. All spraying was by rattle can. Probably not as nicely finished as you’ve achieved, but much nicer than how they were when I started.

Brilliant work Grant on the wheels,I would have been happy with them,I think they look better without the rainbow effect.

Depending on the wheel design, if you go to 1000 grit . put a cut down grey scotch on a polisher at slow speed, work from the outside inwards. you can reproduce a descent diamond cut effect. Give it a go👍

Well done mate they looked good 👍the van set up works very well, little man was great teach him how to scotch up the wheels his little hands will fit in the tight spots to key um up 👍👍👍👍

Patience and prep is key, but a laborious process and it would drive me nuts now. I refurbished a few wheels 30 odd years ago never again, I was ready to stop after one kudos to you and now mid 50’s I don’t miss it 👌

Top job, it’s amazing to see the young lad grow up from when the channel started first, it won’t be long until he is out with you helping out

Hi Grant, great video, never seen alloys refurbishment before. Lovely job..!! Alex

The finished wheels look superb, well done Grant.

Absolutely brilliant finish on these, Grant. I think they look better than diamond cut!

Nice video grant. Thanks for teaching us your skills. Colin from Edinburgh. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿❤️🇵🇸

Nice work Grant, and I see you've got an apprentice at 2:39 the end, smashing lad talanted like his dad. Keep up the good work, cheers.

Very interesting process Grant I've never seen wheels done in one of those vans so it was good to see how you did it👌those wheels looked quite a challenge mate with all the damage around the rim of the wheel it looks like the driver doesn't know how wide his car is😂very nice job Grant the wheels look like new👏🙏👍

Nice job there grant and looked the dogs wotsits 😂you're lad at the end was funny bless him😄👍

Fantastic job Grant! 💯👌🙏

You have done this before big grant you can tell I'm thinking it's just as difficult as smart repairs fantastic content again.

Nice work Grant 👍🏻and thumbs up to little one 👍🏻

They turned out well in the end, good job buddy

Hello Grant very nice !!

Diamonds are a girls best friend Grant, until she realises how much you've just spent on havin ya ally's refurbed

Not diamond cut but Diamond Geezer !! Looked good Grant

Nice mate very interesting video keep up the good work 😊

You have a good day little-en and be lucky 🍀 👍

Awesome! Bless ya lad !! 😊😊😊

Nice work fella

Great result as ever but you'll not want too many sets of them a week! A lot of work fir the going rate!

The end was brilliant with littlen

Absolute must if you want top dollar for your car first thing people will see is bad wheels then the whole picking will start before you no it you will be knocking a grand off

I've done a lot of Bmw/merc wheels convinced owners to let me prime the full wheel spray silver then tape off and spray black and clear, no one notices difference and will never corrode like the diamond cut does after a year

Top job....as usual 😅😅 !!!!

Hi Grant, just watched your video this morning, what’s the best clearcoat to use for Diamondcut wheels? I’m using an aerosol can as it’s just for a couple of wheels on my car DIY.

Thank you for sharing

decent enough finish, the chunk out the tyre gives the game away.

Nice work big man

What a great job

After painting black, what grit did you use to start sanding the black off again?

Lovely old job

Nice one Grant loved the ending. Do these have to be rebalanced after? 👌

I used to run my own mobile alloy wheel repair company but the time it takes to repair a wheel for the money you get for it, I just couldn't make it pay

Do you need to add clear coat or is just for looks ? Will the polish aluminum corrodes if you don't ?

Very cool.

Brilliant 👍

Another great video, if this was a normal job what would you of charged ?

Nice finish, what kind of paint you using, 2k?

A lot of time involved for these two wheels got to be a couple of hours certainly on the bad one how do you charge for the hours can’t be much profit in it👍

what do you charge for a wheel diamond cut

So you just clear coat straight onto bare alloy?

Hi mate are you using DTM laquer? If not they going to flake off we got a diamond cut machine at our place and we use jaytees I would keep away from diamond cuts that process looks way too long good job as always though mate

Is this method possible on wheels that have been diamond cut to within an inch of their life Grant?

Are you able to polish back a diamond finish or does that contaminate the alloy before lacquer

Nice what do you charge for a wheel...alot of work mate...cheers from Kiwi

Hi Grant, enjoy watching your channel and how you do things. I’m interested in starting wheel refurb and would like to know what bead breaker you are using. Cheers

Do you work in se London got minor park and gone damage rear quarter Toyota previa.

Does anyone know if you can paint diamond cut alloys had to buy one for my car but it’s not the same as other three so just wondering cheers

What lacquer did you use

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