Stripping and painting Rims

[Tombstones81]

Yes I can look all over and find a TON of different suggestions but I trust everyone on here over that and would prefer insight from the same type of bikes.

Was waiting until I had to change my tires. (doing only 1 but thats enough to want to paint them now)

Since moving ate up my savings and things have been tight lately, its going to be a self job, nothing Fancy.

Thinking a DARK red that I am going to paint the rest of the bike over the winter.

Now, what materials are needed?
Stripper, sand paper, paint.
I know the basics.

Just not the specifics.

Thanks

[Big Rich]

Aircraft Stripper works great- as long as you get the brush on type. If you look around via Google, you can find how to make a home made baking soda blaster for cheap as well.

[Tombstones81]

Aircraft Stripper works great- as long as you get the brush on type. If you look around via Google, you can find how to make a home made baking soda blaster for cheap as well.

HAHAHAHAHAHA! that was just Awesome!
Looked that baking soda blaster up and watched a video, pretty nifty idea and totally cool!

So that baking soda blaster would take the paint off instead of a stripper or both?
that thing is so neat im seriously considering it!

[Big Rich]

On aluminum, I use stripper at first but then soda to get those small bits of paint that may refuse to come off.

One warning about the soda though: the dust it produces will coat EVERYTHING in a garage. And baking soda will kill grass in the yard too (ask my wife about that one).

[GS500Fmode]

i did a set of rims with the brush on aircraft stripper. (green, super smelly) and it worked great. had to do several treatments tho. the PO had painted over the factory original.

never seen the soda blaster..

[weedahoe]

glad this came up because ive been looking or something to try my new powder coating gun on. 

[slipperymongoose]

Why don't you powdercoat the rims?

[twocool]

Why don't you powdercoat the rims?

I do a lot of stuff in my work which requires powder coating.  There are a number of local small business powder coaters out there who do good work and reasonable prices.   They can take your piece, and prepare it properly with bead blasting or soda blasting as required...they usually do a chemical treatment too to get the metal perfectly clean and ready to accept the powdercoat.  Sometimes a "preheat" to burn off any contaminates...

Any color...looks great...durable ....resists chemicals (gas, oil etc.)

It probably costs more than a rattle can paint job....but the same or less than if you went thru the trouble of stripping, blasting, prime, and quality top coat paint.....

And you just send 'em out...and a couple of days later pick 'em up...

I see this in my GS's future...rims are getting nicks....some from riding...mostly from me screwing up during tire install...



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