I decided to restore the wheels on my 69, mainly to fill in a lot of those little pits that develop in the front facing seams. My painter and I decided to put a clear on them for protection purposes. We wanted this clear to be as flat as possible and my painter said he put in as much "dulling agent" (or whatever it is called) as he felt comfortable with.

The silver does not look too bad, but the charcoal shows too much gloss for the way they should look. Here's a couple of pics which may not completely show what I am referring to.

http://www.chevelles.com/showroom/Don_lightfoot/wheel1.JPG

http://www.chevelles.com/showroom/Don_lightfoot/wheel2.JPG

What effects will a scuff with a fine pad or wet sanding have? Is there another alternative you could suggest?

Appreciate any help here gang.

I've used a 'satin' polyurethane rattle can with great success. I've never had it 'lift' any paint but you may 'test' it on the back side first.

Don, Maybe you could wet sand with 2000 like you're color sanding a paint job, then hand buff with 3M Finesse It II til it has the right gloss. Just a thought.

I used VHT satin black on my wheels.Its a epoxy base paint in a spray can.

Don,
It might be a little late in your case, but I had the paint shop mix in some flattening agent when they mixed up the paint for me. I used Centari Single stage. I have to say that they mixed up the color of the charcoal inserts almost perfect based on a formula previously found hear at TC.

Thanks for the input guys, I'll be trying something tomorrow.