Weld's 40 Ford pickup

[Musclerodz]

Whats a Dow 7 paint finish?

[dhutton]

Originally Posted by Musclerodz

Whats a Dow 7 paint finish?

Dow 7 is a chromate conversion process used on magnesium wheels. It results in a golden finish with red and green iridescent hues. It's a very fragile finish that provides almost no corrosion protection and was intended to last only long enough for the magnesium to be painted.

Don

[Musclerodz]

Originally Posted by dhutton

Dow 7 is a chromate conversion process used on magnesium wheels. It results in a golden finish with red and green iridescent hues. It's a very fragile finish that provides almost no corrosion protection and was intended to last only long enough for the magnesium to be painted.

Don

basically alodine for magnesium.

[waynieZ]

Wow Greg some interesting stuff going on this one. I'm looking forward to some pictures of the truck as its being done.

[GregWeld]

Originally Posted by Musclerodz

Whats a Dow 7 paint finish?

Originally Posted by dhutton

Dow 7 is a chromate conversion process used on magnesium wheels. It results in a golden finish with red and green iridescent hues. It's a very fragile finish that provides almost no corrosion protection and was intended to last only long enough for the magnesium to be painted.

Don

Exactly right - only different.... we're talking about a PAINT finish that makes it look like a Dow 7 finish. Think of a Weber Carb Body color... but painted.

[ironworks]

Originally Posted by GregWeld

Exactly right - only different.... we're talking about a PAINT finish that makes it look like a Dow 7 finish. Think of a Weber Carb Body color... but painted.

Your wanting to Dow coat the artillery looking wheels or more of a mag style wheel like the drawing. The hub cap wheels Dow coated will be weird as they kinda look like a steel wheel. The Dow coated mag wheels would be cool with some dragster push bumper stuff on it.

[Che70velle]

So the wheels are a painted aluminum? The rendering looks cool, Greg.
You gonna two tone the paint, like the rendering, but use the dark base, with the tanish fenders?

[Graham08]

The renderings look great! I follow Jim on Instagram, he's always doing something cool.

I like the one-off "mag" wheels with the knock-offs. Pinkee's has done these on a couple different builds and they all look great.

[GregWeld]

Originally Posted by ironworks

Your wanting to Dow coat the artillery looking wheels or more of a mag style wheel like the drawing. The hub cap wheels Dow coated will be weird as they kinda look like a steel wheel. The Dow coated mag wheels would be cool with some dragster push bumper stuff on it.

See below.... there won't be any "mag" styled wheels on this project.

Originally Posted by Che70velle

So the wheels are a painted aluminum? The rendering looks cool, Greg.
You gonna two tone the paint, like the rendering, but use the dark base, with the tanish fenders?

See below for wheel answer.


NO --- I don't like the two tone.... It will be one color. And mostly likely be painted in a single stage Urethane.... Not base/clear. I plan to wash this with a mitt and a bucket of soap.... I don't want to have to care about swirls etc in the paint.

Originally Posted by Graham08

The renderings look great! I follow Jim on Instagram, he's always doing something cool.

I like the one-off "mag" wheels with the knock-offs. Pinkee's has done these on a couple different builds and they all look great.

The answer to all of the above is NO...... you're all confusing one rendering with another. The full body rendering showed a proposed wheel design - which I nix'd.... because the truck is being built as a daily driver. Daily drivers need frequent washing... as they aren't show cars that are packed away in cotton balls... That style "mag" wheel had the proposed DOW 7 PAINT...

The Artillery "styled" billet wheel was an alternative because I objected to the "mag" style wheel (not based on looks - but based on the DD use of the project). However.... There is not one good reason I can come up with for paying for a one off billet wheel and the painting of them etc... when I can buy them all day long off the shelf.

I didn't include all the discussion details between builder / designer / owner. I was just showing "direction".

[Graham08]

I like the artillery wheels, too. I like it even more that the intended purpose is to be driven often and design decisions are being made to make that a reality.

Thanks for sharing the process with us!