Im Painting My Rims Black !

[sky-017]

iv decided to go for the stealth look , which could require buying black rims - or in my case painting them! now iv had heaps of experience painting body panels etc .. but never done rims before .. now i was wondering is there any special things i should know ?

basically my rims are mono blocks . chrome lip and alloy spokes .. im going to use a spray gun , but the thought crossed me to just buy it in cans ?

here is how i would go about it , if im doing something wrong some one please step in and give me guidance..

1/ clean rims with thinners thoroughly

2/ sand back alloy paint with 200 - 400 gritt - any higher ???

3/ mask chrome lip and wheel with tape and news paper .

4/ apply the base coat , 3 coats?

5/ apply 3 coats of clear .

6/ should there be any sanding it between apart from imperfections?

im going to use acrylic as far as paint / and of coarse clear top coat .

any one think other wise? here is a pic i edited , as rough idea ... excuse my dodgey photo shop work ~

[RBwhatever]

Your not going to use a primer?

I did 2 coats of primer when I did mine before applying the base coat.

The only sanding I did was before applying the primer then cleaning the rim, then sanding between the coats of primer and between the primer and base coat.

As far as applying the base coat and top coat, I did for each: 1 dust coat(light coat) and 2 proper coats at least.

Don't get too enthusiastic with the paint as its easy to get runs.

Masking the rim with tape is a good idea too. Or another way to do it is to smear vaseline on the area's you don't want the paint, and simply wash it off after the paint is dry. Masking is probably easier though.

When putting your wheels back on, wrap your wheel nut spanner head with electrical tape, it helps protect the paint on your rims.

[Craved]

and tape them before you start sanding so you dont have to repolish the rim lip.

[sky-017]

would i really need a primer if im already painting onto a painted surface? i could understand if i were painting bare metal? polised etc? , but by the looks from a small chip iv seen , there is a base black coat and then the alloy colour.....

[Craved]

would i really need a primer if im already painting onto a painted surface? i could understand if i were painting bare metal? polised etc? , but by the looks from a small chip iv seen , there is a base black coat and then the alloy colour.....

it could be powder coat not paint,

but just use a spray primer filler to fill any chips, then rub the existing paint with 400 wet dry or scoth brite green.

primer would just allow you to get a perfect finish

[sky-017]

yeah i didnt think it would need primer , there rims are brand new virtually - they have only done 3000 kms on them ... there isnt any chips = just 1 black spot one , which is so small... but i will fill it in with bog

[hazerb30]

http://www.dupli-color.com/training/wheelc...g_training.html

I remember thinking these vids were good when i watched a while ago

[sky-017]

thats a pretty informative site - 2 thumbs up ...