can anyone tell me how i would prep a wheel for painting
I'd get them sandblasted
Clean wheels
-soap water
-dry
-degrease with "paint prep" or something similar
buy 3M scotch bright pads. (green kind)
sand away
degrease again
and again
tape off tires if not removed
spray SEVERAL LIGHT coats.
I didn't even prime with my wheels or clear coat them. They still look fasntastic and only have maybe 1 or 2 chips on all four wheels after more than a year of hard driving.
(http://img213.exs.cx/img213/4048/img07257dv.jpg)
(http://img213.exs.cx/img213/6508/img07261fc.jpg)
(http://img213.exs.cx/img213/5665/img07481qw.jpg)
(http://img213.exs.cx/img213/7352/img07332wf.jpg)
(http://img213.exs.cx/img213/4256/img07585lg.jpg)
Quote from: FzArEkTaH on June 01, 2006, 08:16:59 AM
I'd get them sandblasted
Eh... I guess you can go this route... but I'm not really made of money... and using my method people have thought my wheels were factory painted bronze. 8)
those wheels look awesome and im in the same boat im not made of money thanks for the info im gonna paint them black i will use the duplicolor