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Powder coating is a process where powder is applied electrostatically onto alloy wheels. For wheel customization, it is far more durable than paint. We got an inside look at how wheels are transformed with powder coating at The Wheel Specialist in Clitheroe, UK.
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@1blackice1 2 года назад

I used to work for a powder coating shop that did not specialize in wheels, we only did them occasionally. We never went this far though. We would sand the wheel, power wash it, pre heat it, apply two coats, one clear coat, one color, and done. We also only charged like $200 for a set of 4 wheels tho. Stuff we mostly did was things like awning covers, decking screws, flag and tent poles, stuff that was cheap, high volume mass produced. So not as much time and care went into the details.

@UTAH100 5 месяцев назад

Half *ss job. Finish will NOT last. Do better.

@claudes1973 2 года назад

This is the best video I've seen on the process of powder coating... thanks for taking the time guys!

@aishaofficefurni6376 Год назад

I'm really crazy about cars! And now surely thinking to powder coat my car wheels. Thanks a lot!

@C.P.C3719 Год назад

So satisfying to watch this process

@devvonleevinyll8792 Год назад

I do powder coating for a office furniture company. It's pretty cool how powder painting works.

@hoodparticles 2 года назад

I did full recon on wheels since 2012 now I work body repair refinishing. Love this line of work.

@rickjames5998 2 года назад

what is full recon?

@dlnelson7759 2 года назад

Nice to see a shop that does it all. I was told I have to have EVERYTHING off the rims when I bring mine in to include the damn valve stem.

@Paulog1990 2 года назад

Same. My guy also made me take it off somewhere else and then bring it to him and then bring them to someone else to put them on the tire

@santanikx9 2 года назад

depends on the shop. not every shop has tools to remove stuff or good tire machines that wont scratch the wheels for mounting the tires.

@claudes1973 2 года назад

Yes.. most shops want only the wheels! I had called many many shops and only like 2 of them, you can take the entire vehicle in. Yes a little more expensive because they have to mount em back and balance but I don't have a way or time to only take in the wheels! Lol

@jonboatmorava9115 2 года назад

See the real issue is that people want the powder coater to do all that extra work for free. Like they just give away wheel balancer machines, weights etc then there's also the cost of extra insurance then not to mention the time. It costs to do the tire and valve stem removal.

@Mannie_Sanchez92 Год назад

I'm a painter at a wheels shop, we bust it down 100% & put it back together once it's finished, the customer receives it serviced & cleaned. We charge 5$ to dispose of used tires.

@hassankonta1274 2 года назад

He is doing it great

@jzbreezio 2 года назад

Ive always wanted to know how this is done. Thanks!

@prometalpolishing Год назад

That's not how lol

@philipkeeling8647 Год назад

Dammit that looks so satisfying

@inuneko9903 2 месяца назад

Amazing!

@tokyodrift5748 2 года назад

Amazing

@simpletroll Год назад

perfectionist

@Liamd330 2 года назад

Awesome

@tynraibaskhemmarwein4453 2 года назад

Beautiful

@chumps7974 Год назад

I've been searching for a set of gold wheels but can't find any I like. I was thinking of powder coating a set and then this video popped up in my feed.

@user-ks8ml1je7t Год назад

粉體烤漆這太高級了👍又耐刮傷🤤😊

@airishfan Год назад

how much powder does each wheels use and if the wheels are new and matte black do they need to be sanded

@AhsanKhan-kj7rr 2 года назад

Good

@dimitrismessinis906 Год назад

At 3:10 the metallic color is common 2k car color - metallic clear or something special eg heat resistant color/varnish etc. ?

@NguyenTran-po4hq 22 дня назад

Anyone please which ordinary paint or powder coating is lightesh to the rim wheel weight ? Thanks

@darioali5517 2 года назад

Ohhhh man I WISH that you were in my country (Trinidad and Tobago)

@physics77guy 2 года назад

start your own business... big money to be made considering people love their cars over there more than anything else

@mattd8097 2 месяца назад

Hi i have had some wheels powder coated but they didn't tape up the back face that bolts to the hub and have powder coated that to. Do i need to now clean that off many thanks

@TheLysy0303 7 месяцев назад

Wheels Do they have to be heated up before painting or only after painting?

@mikegresham9424 2 года назад

I need my wheels done where is there a shop here in sounthern calif?

@umairejaz6665 Год назад

Hiw much would this cost like an avg cost in the Us?

@mikea5205 Год назад

I wish there was a decent wheel powder coater near me.

@MrKevin12p Год назад

can you powder coat parts of a wheel like the inner dish of a concave wheel only?

@phillyphil1513 Год назад

technically yes, one just has to do the "pre-work" of masking off the reverse area with the special heat resistant tape. you can briefly spot some of it being applied in the video on the back side of the wheel where the mounting surface mates to hub. since a wheel is a rotating object this area must remain flat/true so no powder goes there (same with bolt holts).

@garyg9176 Год назад

What temperature do you put wheels in at? I work with powder coating with medical hoist and chair supplies, exact same process as this. Doing some alloys myself but unsure on the heat they can stand with applying the coating without the powder over heated and blister/ melt. I work from 220 to 380°degree. I assume it's around 200mark as same of other spray stuff I do

@giedrius2149 Год назад

F or C? on one hand 220°F sounds low but 380°C would sounds pretty darn high no? Or is it like special heat resistant paint?

@garyg9176 Год назад

@@giedrius2149 that would be °C for me. Yes 380 is way to high for spray coating wheels or thick box section steel tubing. It has a certain tolerance to the heat to its spec. The coating material is powder which is basically made up of fine plastic that melts on material, As for spray i powder coat metals desired colour and leave them in the oven at 220c for 10 minutes. Then they come out with a fairly smooth finish, leave them in 5 or more min longer then the material/coated powder will get too hot and melt or change to a burnt colour and start to drip because can't resist the heat after that time.

@MegaHEC1 2 года назад

We’re is this shop at

@jakktheripper17able 2 года назад

My fuel wheels chrome is flaking So I could get them striped/blasted and power coated black instead??

@alancabrera3506 2 года назад

Where are you located?

@93Arez 8 месяцев назад

In Portugal this only cust 45€ to 90€, dependent on size

@ittotaq 2 года назад

Lol insider realized that their car series got a lot of views so they made a separate channel dedicated to it to get more views

@yohan.al2000 2 года назад

Issa smart move more views and revenue 😂

@nate9369 2 года назад

Its most definitely a smart move. That's why we often times see youtubers make a "second" and "third" channel. Like you said, more views and more money!

@14bqdonk Год назад

LMAO you new to Insider channel? They made many different channel with different topics for years. Insider, CNA Insider, Food Insider, Business Insider, Creator Insider and many more. They do the same in other social media platform. Nothing new, nothing to be surprised, nothing funny.

@alessandropia1680 2 года назад

Si usa la maschera quando si fa polvere. Non si mettono le gambe sotto una macchina sollevata e senza una ruota.

@imranaidil1818 2 года назад

i want to ask, what type of alloys that powder coating can stick on?

@v4lhulme 2 года назад

Metal. Side note - I once watched a guy destroy a Ferrari wheel which had a percentage of magnesium mixed into the alloy of the wheel (very light wheel). The B17 stripper ate that shit like a 5 year old eating a fruit roll up. 😳

@statementleaver8095 2 года назад

Round Alloys will work best👍

@bkingtz1 2 года назад

@@v4lhulme Bad luck for that guy 😬

@niksleven 2 года назад

iv never seen a filter system like that using water? please explain

@8145dwerdna 2 года назад

Waterfall booth

@jonboatmorava9115 2 года назад

The water falls down a wall that has water running down it the fan pulls the powder into the water then boom all done

@ishayagabriel947 7 месяцев назад

How much

@mistahpahkah5876 2 года назад

Can you powder coat chrome wheels?

@sasazapadnik9335 2 года назад

Yes but first strip the chrome

@jayingy Год назад

Lots of conflicting comments... I would like a rough estimate as to what you charge? I paint big cases that are two different colours and as you can imagine a massive pain in the ass. Imagine a case / cabinet that is two different colours? Am I being under sold?

@neskomen80 Год назад

What chemicals do you use to get old paint off?..why preheating..where can I buy those wheel holders?..

@chutongli 9 дней назад

Heating before painting promotes the adhesion of the powder to the hub surface

@Motorsportsgeek 2 года назад

Why dont they offer powder coating the entire car paint so you don't have to worry about thin clear coat and scratches?

@Jndbgames 2 года назад

In fact some higher end brands due use a powder coat like paint, such as bmw

@v4lhulme 2 года назад

You can still scratch and chip powder coating... not only that but colors are very limited compared to using a paint system. Regular paint allows bodyshops to tweak paint codes to try and match your sun damaged paint. Also... Goodluck powder coating plastic bumpers. 🤣

@jonboatmorava9115 2 года назад

Cost

@Motorsportsgeek 2 года назад

@@v4lhulme I would gladly pay more to paint all the body panels and frame with CARC (Chemical Agent Resistant Coating), you paint to match the plastic bumper obv. That's the paint tanks use so if it protects them from corrosion, it would last a century on a normal car.

@sydewayzmo3905 Год назад

If you had a chrome lip on a one piece wheel you would have to loose the chrome wouldn’t you?

@007diego2 Год назад

Question: 400 to 700 dollars per wheel? Or a set?

@ktran991 Год назад

I’ve been quoted 450-650 for my set of 4 17” Porsche Boxster’s rims. And that’s with custom color matched with the car’s paint.

@DJ_Driven 2 года назад

Link to the lug nut removal socket with sleeve being used at 3:52?

@v4lhulme 2 года назад

Don't think that sleeve will stop your clear coat from being scratched because it won't. You're better off applying a layer of masking tape on your thin wall chrome socket if you're that worried. It also helps if you don't hand the impact gun to your ham fisted alcoholic friend who smokes crack from time to time.

@MRMAN-wb1tv 2 года назад

@@v4lhulme Yes it will!!! It's coated in rubber buddy. You be spreading some fake information.

@joworkstoday5529 2 года назад

Curious… what do you do if the “wheel” doesn’t balance out? Ope, cant spray it bud? Lol

@kingofarabia1612 Год назад

They add small weights, you can find them inside of your rim

@brianiswrong Год назад

He can only be rotaing the rim to see if its straight , you balance the wheel after all the powdercoat/ painting laquering has been done and the tyre remounted.

@nighthunter2961 2 года назад

RIMCO the best

@jhonsmith7197 2 года назад

Hey, i'm from Morrocco and i like to move working in usa, can you help me to find a job over there plz

@lambese4- Год назад

Ok, I'll ask my friend.

@jhonsmith7197 Год назад

@@lambese4- okay, thank you

@dappergenesis822 2 года назад

My uncle is selling his powder coating business in a couple weeks should have got my wheels done first

@rabc5959 2 года назад

Powder coating isnt that expensive unless your local shop is ripping you off. Should be around 50 a wheel unless ur getting repair too

@v4lhulme 2 года назад

@@rabc5959 50 is a bit low. More like 85 on the cheap end unless it's a lot jockey with a rattle can fixing your wheels.

@rabc5959 2 года назад

@@v4lhulme wouldnt pay 85 a wheel thats expensive for west Scotland. I could buy my alloys in different colours for 350

@ACommenterOnYouTube 2 года назад

Too bad no place like this in Florida

@davidrobinson4057 2 года назад

Really I do this everyday as a hobby

@HAMIDULLA_SHARIPOV 11 месяцев назад

Hi I also work in this job I have 10 years internship, can you hire me⁉️ Citizen of Uzbekistan

@eduardotoledano 2 года назад

Powered coating cost range $400-$700 for one of all four wheels? 🤔 Serious question.

@ExLondoner 2 года назад

All

@Martin944turbo 2 года назад

Usually around $900 Canadian for 4 wheels depending on colours, finish, etc.

@eduardotoledano Год назад

@Paul you got it right! I just got mine painted in metallic gray-which takes one coat and is cheaper, at a total of $950 plus taxes.

@JohnBlack-kr6kj Год назад

Yeah I'm in California and told to expect to pay about $1,000. I kinda want to find a shop that will go to the level of detail this UK shop did though. And will pull the tires and rebalance, etc. I'm just starting the journey but think that might be a challenge.

@brianiswrong Год назад

Had my 17" wheels done last year. Full tyres off, tyres back on and balanced for £200 in nottm England, that's the going rate more or less in the 🇬🇧

@kealii6577 Год назад

i dont understand what air are they running in their guns to just start painting right at the part not off the part

@kealii6577 Год назад

it looked legit like 35 powder 4.5 air on straight

@kealii6577 Год назад

do they just lick their gun spit off the part wtf are they doing to not get gun spit painting thicker tygerpaint

@1badEK 2 года назад

For the price to get a set done, you can just order another set of brand new wheels.

@Donnydarco100 2 года назад

you dont know what you are talking about. Powdercoating a set is usually 400-600 dollars, name a good a set of quality wheels that cost around that price.

@ExLondoner 2 года назад

What kind of wheels steel wheels from China?

@1badEK 2 года назад

Pro Comps steel wheels only around $500 lol

@MRMAN-wb1tv 2 года назад

You definitely had a pricing mishap with this comment. Lol

@jonboatmorava9115 2 года назад

Yeah but then wheels aren't one of a kind just another set of rims off the shelf. Bore 😴

@elitechen5918 5 месяцев назад

at this prices, u get a new wheel........maybe some forged too

@herecomestrouble7878 2 года назад

What no base/primer coat applied first 🤦‍♂️

@panr625 2 года назад

You dont need if you polish proper after sandblasting. The last coat of colorless making it look smooth so if its like 3 coats u dont need that. Sandblasted surface is the best surface for optimal resistance

@JimmyNewCakes 6 месяцев назад

Look at that man wear none of the PPE clearly labeled as required for use at the strip tank. Eye protection for splashing and hard hat for the overhead lift just seem so obvious to wear...

@JoshuaMothis 2 года назад

I literally clicked on this thinking it said "Hot Wheels are professionally powder coated"

@ahyaan2552 2 года назад

Heh lol

@mikixP 2 года назад

Looks like they would charge you an arm and leg for this lol

@RossT551 2 года назад

I just had my 19" bola B17 refurbished after curbing it. £108 all in from my local 'The Wheel Specialist'.

@umairejaz6665 Год назад

@@RossT551 108 pound for all 4 wheels

@RossT551 Год назад

@@umairejaz6665 Na mate, for one.

@v4lhulme 2 года назад

At 3:06 this is where it goes off the rails. Painting a smooth surface without sanding before hand. This is why "hyper" finish wheels have peeling issues. You can apply a powder base, sand, apply a black coat THEN apply "hyper" or "liquid metal". This is why I can't stand these vendors that do this shit. Your process is wrong. Not to mention all these companies leaning on that powder coating, their wheel color rarely ever matches the factory finish which annoys bodyshops everywhere.

@v4lhulme 2 года назад

Just ask any Mazda dealership how their dark hyper finish wheels hold up after a year or 2. Surprised they aren't bankrupt after paying for all those warrenty wheel repairs.

@witekdiskopokrass9065 2 года назад

@jamesblunt1915 2 года назад

They showed the sanding process at 2:00

@BatMan-oe2gh 2 года назад

@@v4lhulme Dealerships did it on the cheap, that is why the coating did not hold up.

@BatMan-oe2gh 2 года назад

Funny, I saw them sanding the wheel in this video. You must have missed that.

@denniswagner3962 Год назад

They didn’t mask off the lug nut seats? Wrong,wrong,wrong.

@chipskylark8869 2 года назад

Wouldn't you want to balance the wheel after chemicals and cleaning????

@maasmorin7606 2 года назад

There'd be no point in further cleaning it if it was too far off balance

@v4lhulme 2 года назад

You would balance the wheel at the very end after the tire is installed.

@ExLondoner 2 года назад

It's a chicken or the egg

@MRMAN-wb1tv 2 года назад

The first balance was for warping which would render the wheel useless.

@MrPhatties 2 года назад

This is the only way to repaint wheels.

@notvan0ss833 2 года назад

Nah dude I know a man know can do it for cheap same quality as well

@OM-bs7bx 2 года назад

@@notvan0ss833 he said this is the only way, not these are the only people that can paint them

@rabc5959 2 года назад

Its not paint its plastic

@v4lhulme 2 года назад

Wrong. I use PPG envirobase without issues every day. Also makes for a damn near if not perfect color match as well. Goodluck matching anything with powder unless it's black, and even then the powder color tends to be on the yellow side.

@MrPhatties 2 года назад

@@v4lhulme a good choice for paint but it still won't last as long as a good powdercoat

@dumpjeep Год назад

There are two major reasons that powder coat should NEVER be applied to wheels. For one, it can hide cracks in your wheel that can prove deadly later on. For this reason powder coated wheels are banned from many racetracks. Second, if you damage your powder coat there is no thing as a touch up. It cracks and crumbles and the entire wheel must be stripped and recoated. With paint you can just touch up the scratch. This is why no wheel manufacturer powder coats their wheels, because paint is by far the superior coating.

@richardsmith9509 Год назад

This post is total BS.....none of it is true...Don't get mislead....

@PaoXiong86 Месяц назад

Man, look more expensive than new wheels😂

@elite4championjosh 2 года назад

I want it powder coated. No problem, it'll be $300 per wheel. It's okay, I have paint from autozone.

@v4lhulme 2 года назад

Powder coating cost on a wheel usually is based on the size of the wheel. Around me east coast US a normal size wheel like in the video is around $100 -$130. If they are charging $300 you are getting ripped off bigtime.

@ExLondoner 2 года назад

Yeh, let's see the finish and how long that lasts LOL

@jonboatmorava9115 2 года назад

Get what u pay for.

@shawnonsens3377 2 года назад

the fact that someone would pay that money to powder coat stock wheels is dumbfounding.

@ViceVersace 2 года назад

What’s wrong with that?

@riceburner4747 Год назад

What IS wrong with that???? 🙄

@callumbradford4698 2 года назад

Not really professional if they are hot flocking them 🤔

@doingishwithish622 2 года назад

This! Lol

@buildthings79 2 года назад

Why do you say that? Hot flocking is actually approved by many manufacturers of powder. I've had better results hot flocking especially in combating Faraday cage effect. Plus it shows the coating depth and finish easier. I've also done durability test on parts that were hot flocked over standard and didn't yield any different results.

@tokekkk 2 года назад

Why don’t we just powder coat the entire car body?

@panr625 2 года назад

once its damaged, you cant repair it. Cuz its imposible to choose proper colour for wet gun and you cant polish powder coat.

@tugbankert6581 2 года назад

If you ceramic coat them the finish will last.much longer than 15 years

@asmaijaz4118 9 месяцев назад

Lol

@OMGWTFLOLSMH 10 месяцев назад

First thing I do when I get a car with expensive black wheels is have them painted silver. Black wheels are one of the dumbest design trends ever. "Hey, let me paint these expensive wheels black so you can't see ANY of the details of my beautifully intricate wheels. I just love how my car now has 4 black blobs, 1 in each corner". Dumb.

@garytsuikk 2 года назад

They look good for sure. My problem with it is the person doing the powder coating has to be meticulous and good. I have had powder coated wheels come back looking good but require lots of weight to balance because the powder coats on the wheels are very uneven. As long as this is done by individuals, it is extremely difficult to have even coating.

@joshuakent7887 2 года назад

That's not due to the powder that's poor tire quality or out of round wheels also can be incompetent tire guys Source: I make forged wheels and own a powdercoating shop.

@griplow 2 года назад

Don't give out misinformation, you do not know what you're talking about. The powder has nothing to do with the wheel requiring lots of weights.

@garytsuikk 2 года назад

Well, this is from my experience on my set of wheels that have been powdercoated. Prior to them being powercoated, the wheels are straight and I had no issues balancing them that require a significant amount of weights. All I am saying is if the spraying of the powder is done by a human, the quality can vary and if it is not done right you can have uneven layers which could make balancing difficult.

@joshuakent7887 2 года назад

@@garytsuikk I get what you're trying to say. You're wrong I've done thousands of wheels over the years. You don't know what you're talking about, how long have you been powdercoating? Mow many thousands of wheels have you made from a raw hunk of aluminum or a forging? Is the answer 0 to either of those if so you're not a source of information just opinion and yours is incorrect.

@garytsuikk 2 года назад

@@joshuakent7887 so you get what I am saying but yet you say I am wrong, so which is it? So you are telling me that there is absolutely no chance that a less skilled powdercoated can do a bad job at it by making the coating uneven? Not sure if you actually read what I said or you just think you are 100% right all the time. It is not my opinion, it is my experience with the wheels that I got powder coated. I am not knocking on powder coating, I am just saying not all powder coater do a great job.

@RichBurn 2 года назад

anytime you see someone powder coat a wheel hot.. then you know they arent a professional.

@rabc5959 2 года назад

Utter nonsense ur ment to heat up alloys before powdercoating. Thats why he does it in video

@RichBurn 2 года назад

@@rabc5959 absolutely not. All powder coat is meant to be applied cold to control mil thickness

@Doepedro 2 года назад

Exactly what I was thinking

@rabc5959 2 года назад

@@RichBurn u heat the wheels to release gasses that cause flaws. Look it up. I have Powder coated many things in metal fabrication i worked at. Even says on powder coating to pre heat. Your ment to do it with all metal im shure

@RichBurn 2 года назад

@@rabc5959 you outgas them before coating but you should let them return to room temp. I have 20yrs experience or you could just read any TDS sheet. Lol

@chrisstrebor 2 года назад

Fk powder coating

@rickjames5998 2 года назад

who spends money on this? Why not just buy new wheels then. Or... Why dont high end cars offer factory powder coat?

@nastyc85 2 месяца назад

New rims for my car start at $300 each I got all 4 rims powder coated for $480

@TheQ1U1I1N1C1E Месяц назад

Factories can barely paint cars alone as is, on top that they’re not going to spend the extra resource on employees either

@mluu510 2 года назад

Might as well just buy new rims

@chipskylark8869 2 года назад

Some wheels are 20 k for a set probably some are more

@isk8ip0kesm0t 2 года назад

@@chipskylark8869 that’s true but for that particular car you can get a nice set for 1-2k

@Michael-qx8bz 2 года назад

@@chipskylark8869 not sure what rims you typically see that costs 20k lol! Most are $200-$300 each for a decent aftermarket set.

@diegomanuel5065 2 года назад

@@chipskylark8869 lmao 20k a set wtf 🤣🤣🤣 even with tires mounted no way you come out 5k a wheel.

@spencerjones6631 2 года назад

Will say that those ford wheels that he’s painting there vary in color from car production runs. I have a focus St and may production cars have a different color than June production so buying a wheel after market for my car would mean I’d need to buy all four. Also ST wheels aren’t cheap a four set when for 8k when I was looking at it. I’d be happy to suck up the 4-700 dollars if it means I don’t need to buy all four