Advice needed - Painting Wheels

[mike_nofx]

I need to re-paint 4 wheels and just want some opinions.

Im thinking to either use pressure pack spray cans, or spray gun.
Not really thinking about powder coating for cost reasons.

Finish quality is not a major concern. Just as long as the paint will stick, and keep the rust away. It sees regular off-road work, and is in no way a show vehicle.

Will i get a good job with spray cans? Will there be any benifits with using a spray gun?

I'd prefer to just use spray cans, its simple, cheap and easy to touch up.

Mike

[SIMMO84]

Spray cans are fine, even the $2 ones. When I done mine I got one of those wore wheels that you put on your grinder and got all of the old powdercoat off before I painted them. I did burn out an el cheapo grinder tho.Will post up some pics later of 2 that I done at the same time, one paint over powdwer coat and ond done properely.

[evanstaniland]

I need to re-paint 4 wheels and just want some opinions.

Im thinking to either use pressure pack spray cans, or spray gun.
Not really thinking about powder coating for cost reasons.

Finish quality is not a major concern. Just as long as the paint will stick, and keep the rust away. It sees regular off-road work, and is in no way a show vehicle.

Will i get a good job with spray cans? Will there be any benifits with using a spray gun?

I'd prefer to just use spray cans, its simple, cheap and easy to touch up.

Mike

Mate sounds like you want to use spray cans so just do it.

i did mine with spray cans and they came out fine.

check this thread, 3rd pic down,
http://www.outerlimits4x4.com/ftopic185807.php
you can see its a white rim which i painted black. i just rubbed them all down with emery paper used a spray can of under coat then did the black and did a couple of coats!!

evan

[JTH]

Clean up the Rims and 'dust' on a light coat of etch primer then spray on several light coats of colour. Matt black is the best as it is the easiest to touch up.

[alien]

i painted the steel wheels of an old holden astra (pulsar) with a can of silver spray - no prep done at all - ie: blasted with cold water, dried in the sun, paper mache'd the tyres and sprayed the silver on while they were on the car... waited 30mins and removed the paper mache... job done =) haha lasted a few months before i sold it and still looked like a professional job (other than the valves and caps being silver)

[shandy]

hey mate
i did mine flat black last week end, spend most of saturday sanding with wet and dry(250 grit, i think) and spent all day Sunday painting with cans of white night ($7 per can). put 2 coats on the back and 6 on the front, with like 1hr in between coats.

came out awesome.
good luck

Mitch

[BJ73]

To get a nice thick long lasting coat I use kill-rust in a tin and paint it on with a brush.

I give them a basic clean with soapy water, slap on a thick coat, then let dry for a few days and they come up great.

[madbunyip]

yeah matt black covers everything - and if you cake it on enough it can cover up ugly welds - instead of getting $2 matt black and having to respray them every time you drive mud or sand - spend a little more - up to $15 and go to a paint store (not auto store) grab some hammertone/hammered metal finnish, that stuff is silicone based and stick's to anything and is heaps more durable than the $2 job --

[bender4865]

When I did mine I ended up using two rattle cans of primer, and 2 cans of Matt Black (Dulux cans), I just sanded them back, gave them a good wash, primed, sanded, washed, and then matt black. (2 coats of primer and two coats of black per wheel) They came up like this:



You can see that the Matt Black goes a little grey but thats after 6 months of being in and out of the sun, and they would only need one coat as a touch up.