Diamond Cutting

A diamond cut finish is increasingly popular nowadays.  You can recognise a diamond cut finish by looking for a shiny, bare metal effect on the wheel, often in combination with a painted colour surface.  Diamond cutting is sometimes referred to as diamond polishing as the process produces a highly polished metal effect.

The diamond cut finish is achieved by first painting the wheel with the desired colour then using a lathe with a diamond tipped cutter (hence the term) to remove a wafer thin layer of alloy from the face of the wheel.  At Lepsons we have four lathes and a team of skilled lathe operators who work to achieve this effect.  We can handle wheels up to 24″ in size – very few refurbishers in the UK are able to handle wheels when they start to reach this size.