1957 black wheel paint

[Douglas C.]

For 1957 black wheels what was the sheen front and back.

Tks. Doug

[Bruce W.]

Re: 1957 black wheel paint

Doug,
I have a 57 Duntov car. My wheels are onyx black same as the body. It is gloss black.
Bruce

[Douglas C.]

Re: 1957 black wheel paint

Doug,
I have a 57 Duntov car. My wheels are onyx black same as the body. It is gloss black.
Bruce

Thanks Bruce. Should the back of the wheel be a satin finish?

Doug

[Bruce W.]

Re: 1957 black wheel paint

Doug, the back clearly doesn't look like the front. the paint was probably put on thin and was not polished. Probably give you a more authentic look if sprayed with satin finish.
Bruce

[Douglas C.]

Re: 1957 black wheel paint

Doug, the back clearly doesn't look like the front. the paint was probably put on thin and was not polished. Probably give you a more authentic look if sprayed with satin finish.
Bruce

Thanks Bruce.

[Gary B.]

Re: 1957 black wheel paint

Doug,

In 2011 John Hinckley described the process for painting C2 wheels. I don’t know if the same process was done during the C1 era or not, but for C2s, this is what John said:

”They were received raw and oiled from Kelsey-Hayes, stacked herringbone-style by the thousands in rail cars; they were run through a complete hot degreasing and cleaning iron phosphate system and dip-primed (actually "flow-coated") in black semi-gloss primer and baked, then the outer face of the wheel was sprayed with gloss black wheel enamel and baked before the tires were mounted and the assembly was balanced and the assembly was installed on the car.”

Gary

PS: John also noted “'67 rally wheels were done exactly the same way, except the face color was Argent Silver enamel,”.