Painted rims question..
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Originally Posted by pats04xlt
It sure looks powdercoated but its not,its rustoleum textured paint from lowes or depot,its semi black.Comes out in a nice light texture to it and very hard finish.Its supposed to be chip resistant.I have had road salt on them for 2 weeks and just cleaned them and they look perfect.Just wetsand with 600 wet and dry tape up what you want exposed and shoot it.I did 3 coats.I called my powdercoater and they wanted 400 to do 4 rims.No thanks .I really did this as a test to see if like black rims,i liked it so much i ordered new rims in black teflon.So these will be coming off this week.
Tell me this though. Did you use a gun or a brush? And how much did painting the rims cost??
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From: Lakeland, Fl
I just painted my wheels this weekend, I masked off the area I wanted to paint then applied aircraft remover and let it sit for a few minutes, this removed the factory clear coat from the wheel, then I used steel wool to lightly scuff the surface. I was then left with bar metal, after pressure washing I used 3 coats of Duplicolor primer and 3 coats of the wheels paint. Wheels look great, I hope they last a while.
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From: new jersey
Originally Posted by Tylus
pats04xlt...those rims look just amazing. I would keep those suckers. I showed them to the wife, and she likes them, but said I'm not allowed to try 
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From: new jersey
Originally Posted by Acerocks
I can pick them up. Send me a PM. Tires too or just wheels?
i have everything if you want.
Im gone to pm you both.
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From: Orlando, FL
Originally Posted by cavermatt
I just painted my wheels this weekend, I masked off the area I wanted to paint then applied aircraft remover and let it sit for a few minutes, this removed the factory clear coat from the wheel, then I used steel wool to lightly scuff the surface. I was then left with bar metal, after pressure washing I used 3 coats of Duplicolor primer and 3 coats of the wheels paint. Wheels look great, I hope they last a while.
Did you clear the entire rim or just what you painted? I masked mine off, sanded REAL well, 3 coats of rim paint and 3 coats of hi-temp clear and let them dry before I removed the masking tape. If I touch the edge where the original clear and new paint meet, they start to flake just a little........
Does anybody else have that or did I mess up somehow?
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From: Atlanta, GA
What did you do about the wheel weights? I guess they'll need to be painted black anyway, but I don't want there to be an unpainted spot underneath if they're moved, and it seems like it would damage the paint to have them taken off then put back on after painting.