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Painting Wheels.

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EdgarG Lawrenceville Georgia, US Detailer	Ive painted my wheels before, and I sanded them before painting, but it was way to much work with the sanding. I was wondering, could it be possible to use aircraft paint remover on wheels to take off the paint?
[#] Jun 10, 2008 06:30pm
andino Manhattan Beach California, US Godlike Advisor	Clean the wheels and dry them. Use Adhesion Promoter after. You can also spray primer on top of that but it's not necessary. After that prep work, spray the rims as you normally would after sanding. Good Luck! Are you in SoCal? Come to our CStC meets! Located in Socal? Need something Installed? Have a question and no one is willing to help? Shoot me a PM or hit me up on AIM.
[#] Jun 10, 2008 07:51pm
07sctc South Carolina, US Chief Mechanic	so you know the duplicolor wheel paint sux. it goes on way to thick and has too much texture. the rim i was trying to fix after curbing needs to be sand blasted. I went ahead and upgraded to some aftermarkets. I was just looking for an excuse to do that. i think i am going to paint my stocks again and keep them for when/if i ever sell my car. so if you have good luck with your painting let me know. i was thinking about using the regular dupicolor and then some clear over top. beware of the mad sciontist ! ask me your car audio and electronics questions!!
[#] Jun 10, 2008 09:45pm
andino Manhattan Beach California, US Godlike Advisor	The wheel paint worked fine for me. Nice and smooth to the touch. Are you in SoCal? Come to our CStC meets! Located in Socal? Need something Installed? Have a question and no one is willing to help? Shoot me a PM or hit me up on AIM.
[#] Jun 10, 2008 10:03pm
lady_wade Clifton Virginia, US Oil Changer	mine worked fine too and i used dupli high-heat resistant. Your painting skills must be on point for them to look good
[#] Jun 10, 2008 10:14pm
andino Manhattan Beach California, US Godlike Advisor	I painted my stock rims like 3 times so you could say I got pretty good at it haha Are you in SoCal? Come to our CStC meets! Located in Socal? Need something Installed? Have a question and no one is willing to help? Shoot me a PM or hit me up on AIM.
[#] Jun 10, 2008 10:15pm
EdgarG Lawrenceville Georgia, US Detailer	Um....nobody really answered me...would it work to use Aircraft paint remover? Heres how my stock wheels look now.
[#] Jun 11, 2008 12:49am
07sctc South Carolina, US Chief Mechanic	i must have had a bad can cuz the paint never laid out smoothly, the flake in it would just build up like overspray does. it doesn't matter anyway now cuz the LAGUNAS are on their way! beware of the mad sciontist ! ask me your car audio and electronics questions!!
[#] Jun 11, 2008 12:49am
andino Manhattan Beach California, US Godlike Advisor	EdgarG - There's no need to. Just use some adhesion promoter and spray color over it. Also use a white primer since you've already sprayed on color before. Are you in SoCal? Come to our CStC meets! Located in Socal? Need something Installed? Have a question and no one is willing to help? Shoot me a PM or hit me up on AIM.
[#] Jun 11, 2008 01:02am
EdgarG Lawrenceville Georgia, US Detailer	07sctc wrote: i must have had a bad can cuz the paint never laid out smoothly, the flake in it would just build up like overspray does. it doesn't matter anyway now cuz the LAGUNAS are on their way! did you shake the can? lol
[#] Jun 11, 2008 01:04am
EdgarG Lawrenceville Georgia, US Detailer	whats this adhesion promoter you speak about? do they sell it at local autoparts?
[#] Jun 11, 2008 01:06am
andino Manhattan Beach California, US Godlike Advisor	Yup stop by your local auto store and go into the paint section. There's a can called Adhesion Promoter. Are you in SoCal? Come to our CStC meets! Located in Socal? Need something Installed? Have a question and no one is willing to help? Shoot me a PM or hit me up on AIM.
[#] Jun 11, 2008 01:07am
07sctc South Carolina, US Chief Mechanic	yeah, i shook the can for probably five minutes. this wasn't my first time with a rattle can, i have used the regular duplicolor many times on fiberglass boxes and stuff like that came out great. this is what i used duplicolor wheel paint this is what i did... i sanded down the curbed area of the rim with 100 i used glaze putty to fill the small scratches and sanded with 320 i used the high build primer saned with 600 used a tack cloth to remove any dust and then painted two light coats and then a medium coat like the can said with 10 minute wait between coats. idk what happened. the paint never really went on smoothly. some parts of the rim look good beware of the mad sciontist ! ask me your car audio and electronics questions!!
[#] Jun 11, 2008 01:17am
EdgarG Lawrenceville Georgia, US Detailer	BTW, what exactly does this thing do?
[#] Jun 11, 2008 01:18am
andino Manhattan Beach California, US Godlike Advisor	07sctc - did you clear coat afterwards? That's what made mine smooth EdgarG - it makes it so the paint or primer will stick without sanding. Promoting adhesion. Are you in SoCal? Come to our CStC meets! Located in Socal? Need something Installed? Have a question and no one is willing to help? Shoot me a PM or hit me up on AIM.
[#] Jun 11, 2008 01:25am
07sctc South Carolina, US Chief Mechanic	no, i got the clear but didn't want to put it on cuz i the paint didn't turn out good. i think i am gonna sand it all off and try regular duplicolor but with the wheel clear coat. since ill have new rims i have plenty of time to mess with the stocks. i just need to get them right again incase i want to sell them or save them to put back on later if i get rid of the car, which i wont be doing for i while. do you think regular duplicolor with wheel clear will work? beware of the mad sciontist ! ask me your car audio and electronics questions!!
[#] Jun 11, 2008 01:30am
andino Manhattan Beach California, US Godlike Advisor	I didn't use the wheel clear. It came out all milky and I didn't like that. I just picked up some regular clear from like Home Depot or Lowes and that worked fine. The last time I did it, I didn't even use wheel paint. It was just Duplicolor Gold Lacquer and some Krylon exterior clear coat. They came out just fine. Are you in SoCal? Come to our CStC meets! Located in Socal? Need something Installed? Have a question and no one is willing to help? Shoot me a PM or hit me up on AIM.
[#] Jun 11, 2008 01:38am
EdgarG Lawrenceville Georgia, US Detailer	andino wrote: EdgarG - it makes it so the paint or primer will stick without sanding. Promoting adhesion. oooh, i believe i know what your talking about, one of my friends used it before painting the housing of his headlights.
[#] Jun 11, 2008 01:39am
07sctc South Carolina, US Chief Mechanic	preciate it andino, i will try that. you know sometimes the cheep stuff is the best stuff. i am returning all the wheel paint tomorrow. i give the painting another shot sometime soon. beware of the mad sciontist ! ask me your car audio and electronics questions!!
[#] Jun 11, 2008 01:42am
andino Manhattan Beach California, US Godlike Advisor	Lol the great thing about painting your stock rims is, it's cheap haha. If you want to go back to the original color, just pick up some silver wheel paint and it's almost the same as stock. Are you in SoCal? Come to our CStC meets! Located in Socal? Need something Installed? Have a question and no one is willing to help? Shoot me a PM or hit me up on AIM.
[#] Jun 11, 2008 02:02am
EdgarG Lawrenceville Georgia, US Detailer	hahaha true, thanks for the help Andino.
[#] Jun 11, 2008 02:03am
lady_wade Clifton Virginia, US Oil Changer	indeed @ 6.99 a can you can't go wrong lol
[#] Jun 11, 2008 08:39am
ilovemytC Washington, US Detailer	I'm almost done painting my aftermarkets, using VHT wheel paint and dupli-color clear with Bulldog adhesion promoter. Hopefully it works out! Update: before: sanded:
[#] Jun 12, 2008 12:59pm

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