wire wheel prep

40a-760

40a-760

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I am considering the use of a bake oven normally used to do engine blocks to help in the clean up for pre paint prep followed by glass beading of 1934 17" wire wheels. Temperature settings are variable on the bake oven.

Not sure if this would create unforeseen problems and any help or suggestions would be appreciated.

Walt K. on PA
 
Depending on the temperatures used it's possible to change some metallurgical characteristics of the steel rim and spokes. Who knows what this may actually cause? What's wrong with just media blasting, priming and painting or having them powder coated after blasting?
 
I did a set of 29 Model A rims which where 21" spoke rims. I sand blasted them and powder coated them in a 400 degree oven for 15 min. And it didn't hurt them at all. I also did the rims on my 46 the same way and they came out great. Pictures of the rims are in my photo album. Take a look. As long as your not heating them up to hot for a long period of time I think they will be ok. Just my 2 cents.
 
Thank you to Aeroman99, Ted and John for your responses and insights. The original plan was to use temps in the 300/350 range. Trying to find a less aggresive method of paint/rust removal to lessen the hand prep work.

Walt K. in PA
 
Walt, I agree with Ted on what he is saying about temperatures. 300-400° Fahrenheit should not cause any problems but the temperatures normally used for bake cleaning an engine block could possibly cause some problems as previously mentioned.
 
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