DIY: How to Paint your wheels
05-23-2007, 06:46 AM
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DIY: How to Paint your wheels
Well, one of my customers wanted a new set of wheels powder coated due to the fact that they didn't come in the color that he wanted them. We decided that we wanted to keep the polished lip so we were unable to powder coat them being that the first step is to media blast them down to bare metal. This would have chanced hurting the lip and voiding any warrenty on the lip's coating that the maker would have put on there, so we decided to paint them. This is a base/clear setup with rock chip hardener in a urathane clear coat.
on with the pix.
The wheels show up in these amazing pink boxes! (the cat likes them too!)
The wheels were slightly protected with some bubble wrap & a fabric cover.
The wheels in their stock form.
Measuring for some hub centric rings.
Precise taping so that the lip will not be exposed or scratched durring any of the painting process.
All four wheels after they have been skuffed and ready for some nice preping materials. This stage is super important so that your paint products will adhear to the surface well.
This is an amazing product. This is Epoxy primer, it comes out as sticky and nasty as glue but finishes like a nice smooth primer should. This will make sure that the color transition will go smoothly and stick like no other!
Coated with epoxy primer using an HVLP Gravity feed gun.
Same but different lighting.
Gold Hawtness.
Another View, kinda showing off the flake.
After Cleared in different lighting.
After the tape is pealed, the lip will still need shined up but thats the process!
Installed:
If you don't like the color, the hell with you! It was the customers choice and i think it look amazing!
Enjoy, feel free to ask some questions
on with the pix.
The wheels show up in these amazing pink boxes! (the cat likes them too!)
The wheels were slightly protected with some bubble wrap & a fabric cover.
The wheels in their stock form.
Measuring for some hub centric rings.
Precise taping so that the lip will not be exposed or scratched durring any of the painting process.
All four wheels after they have been skuffed and ready for some nice preping materials. This stage is super important so that your paint products will adhear to the surface well.
This is an amazing product. This is Epoxy primer, it comes out as sticky and nasty as glue but finishes like a nice smooth primer should. This will make sure that the color transition will go smoothly and stick like no other!
Coated with epoxy primer using an HVLP Gravity feed gun.
Same but different lighting.
Gold Hawtness.
Another View, kinda showing off the flake.
After Cleared in different lighting.
After the tape is pealed, the lip will still need shined up but thats the process!
Installed:
If you don't like the color, the hell with you! It was the customers choice and i think it look amazing!
Enjoy, feel free to ask some questions
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05-23-2007, 07:56 AM
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Do you need a specific kind of tape? I don't know if that seems like a silly question, but I figured there must be some kind of specific tape as I think that other tape might still let the epoxy/paint seep through or something.
Also, how much of the epoxy did you use on the wheels? Did you use both cans, or would 1 qt. suffice?
Oh, nice job on the wheels BTW. :goodjob:
Also, how much of the epoxy did you use on the wheels? Did you use both cans, or would 1 qt. suffice?
Oh, nice job on the wheels BTW. :goodjob:
05-23-2007, 07:59 AM
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Do you need a specific kind of tape? I don't know if that seems like a silly question, but I figured there must be some kind of specific tape as I think that other tape might still let the epoxy/paint seep through or something.
Also, how much of the epoxy did you use on the wheels? Did you use both cans, or would 1 qt. suffice?
Oh, nice job on the wheels BTW. :goodjob:
Also, how much of the epoxy did you use on the wheels? Did you use both cans, or would 1 qt. suffice?
Oh, nice job on the wheels BTW. :goodjob:
The tape is normal "Scotch" brand painters tape that can be found at your local automotive paint supply shop. It's about 7 or 8 bux a roll but well worth it. It's the only tape i would ever use when doing detailed painting. The tape is also transparent when using their blue bendable graphics tape for cutting out graphics.
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I layed a tack coat, and 2 wet coats of the epoxy primer. Possibly used about 1/4th of that quart.
The tape is normal "Scotch" brand painters tape that can be found at your local automotive paint supply shop. It's about 7 or 8 bux a roll but well worth it. It's the only tape i would ever use when doing detailed painting. The tape is also transparent when using their blue bendable graphics tape for cutting out graphics.
The tape is normal "Scotch" brand painters tape that can be found at your local automotive paint supply shop. It's about 7 or 8 bux a roll but well worth it. It's the only tape i would ever use when doing detailed painting. The tape is also transparent when using their blue bendable graphics tape for cutting out graphics.
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It comes down to the quality. Rocks WILL hit your wheels, Rocks WILL chip your wheels, but the difference here is, you might get a little nick.. but it's unlikley that it will take a chunk of paint off if you use this meathod.
Cheap primers will allow things to flake and peal. This stuff came out like glue, sticking to it's surface, not just sticking to it self. Therefor it's less likley to peal. It's kinda hard to explain.
Take your normal spray can primer & spray it onto a plastic grosery bag. wait til it's dry then wrinkle it up and blow at it.. i garentee it will fly off in a million peices.. When you do the same test with this stuff.. it won't blow off like the other stuff.
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you can use what ever you like.. but if you want this stuff to adhear to the surface and you don't want your paint flakeing off then i'd find a way to use this stuff or similar epoxy primer that comes out of a spray gun.
It comes down to the quality. Rocks WILL hit your wheels, Rocks WILL chip your wheels, but the difference here is, you might get a little nick.. but it's unlikley that it will take a chunk of paint off if you use this meathod.
Cheap primers will allow things to flake and peal. This stuff came out like glue, sticking to it's surface, not just sticking to it self. Therefor it's less likley to peal. It's kinda hard to explain.
Take your normal spray can primer & spray it onto a plastic grosery bag. wait til it's dry then wrinkle it up and blow at it.. i garentee it will fly off in a million peices.. When you do the same test with this stuff.. it won't blow off like the other stuff.
It comes down to the quality. Rocks WILL hit your wheels, Rocks WILL chip your wheels, but the difference here is, you might get a little nick.. but it's unlikley that it will take a chunk of paint off if you use this meathod.
Cheap primers will allow things to flake and peal. This stuff came out like glue, sticking to it's surface, not just sticking to it self. Therefor it's less likley to peal. It's kinda hard to explain.
Take your normal spray can primer & spray it onto a plastic grosery bag. wait til it's dry then wrinkle it up and blow at it.. i garentee it will fly off in a million peices.. When you do the same test with this stuff.. it won't blow off like the other stuff.
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