Wheel Painting DIY!

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Wheel Painting DIY!

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Painted my wheels today with the help of SchumieFan, and I figured I should contribute some more to the forum aside from my usual jibber jabber so here's the DIY for it!

What you will need -

- Your wheels to paint
- Etch primer - $15/can x 3
- Paint - 4 cans x $15ea
- Sandpaper - 60, 100, 150 grit
- Cleaning solution (we used methylated spirits, wax and grease remover is also fine)
- A nice, sunny day with minimal wind or a place out of the weather
- Patience
- Martin

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Step one -

Sand down any scratches or imperfections. Start with lower grit sand paper and get finer as you go. For my particular rims, we simply couldn't get all of the blemishes out because there was parts of the wheel missing :lol:

If you have particularly deep scratches you may need an orbital sander, however we sanded by hand and it was fine.

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Step two -

Mask off your tyres and any parts of the wheel that you don't want to get over spray on. I have low profile tyres so we just used masking tape, though if you have thicker tyres you may want to use newspaper or similar. Also be sure to mask up your valves and the mating face on the inside of the wheel just to be safe. Also remove your centre caps, I recommend painting them seperately just to make it easier.

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Step three -

Clean your wheels! Any dust leftover from sanding, old wheel weight adhesive, dirt etc must be removed otherwise it will ruin your finish! Painting is all in the prep work!

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Step four -

Primer! Spray light coats of etch primer on any part of the wheel that you want to paint. We did two coats. Be sure to cover all parts of the wheel you're painting. If you are doing both sides of your wheels, do the inside of all four in primer first, then the outside in primer once it has dried. Read can for instructions. We gave it five miutes between primer coats and let the primer dry for around thirty minutes before paintng. You must have even coats!

Prime all of your wheels first (inside, then out, make sure there is time for primer to dry before flipping wheels) then paint all of your wheels. Doing the inside first will prevent any runs from being shown on the outside of the wheel.

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Step five -

Paint! Finally your paint can go on once the primer has dried. Again, check can for details. We gave it around half an hour. Same deal as primer, light, even coats and patience is the key here. Once again, paint inside of all four wheels. We did 2 coats on the inside of all the wheels, then let them dry, then did 3 coats on the outside once the inside had dried.

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Hectic!

Mahoosive thank you and hugs to Martin once again for helping!

Good luck and don't f**k it up!
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Why didn't you bog them? you can get any imperfections out
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We actually were going to bog them..

I bought bog from Auto One and got it home then gave up :lol:

The only imperfections left were on the lip and it just would've been annoying to try and bog a raised lip perfectly.

Basically, too lazy... :lol:
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Lol... bog
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Great job guys! :thumleft:
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Vectose wrote:Great job guys! :thumleft:
Cheers!

Considering I have no idea what I'm doing I thought we did pretty good :D

And as an added bonus, I actually did half the work this time :lol:
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Awesome job + great write up. 8) :P :D

...and your wheels look heaps better.
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Thanks bestie :D

For a backyard job with rattle cans on a windy day with grass flying everywhere I think it turned out well.
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Noice!
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They came up good :thumleft:
But what about a clearcoat for some sort of protection from stones etc
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destinationtoby wrote:They came up good :thumleft:
But what about a clearcoat for some sort of protection from stones etc
Yeah, take paint advice from Pro Hart here :lol:
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:lol:

Didn't clear coat cause he wants a flat black look...
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Eww. Least opticoat
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Yeah I might look into a clear coat suitable for matte applications but for now they should be fine. Only one way to find out! I'll be the guinea pig for this one I spose :lol:
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Bennoz wrote:
destinationtoby wrote:They came up good :thumleft:
But what about a clearcoat for some sort of protection from stones etc
Yeah, take paint advice from Pro Hart here :lol:
There was discussion of doing my whole car in the backyard to show toblerinjurparrot how it's done but then we realised we had spent a whole day just on wheels and that I only earn $9 an hour and I'm :geny: :lol:
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SchumieFan wrote::lol:

Didn't clear coat cause he wants a flat black look...
He'll regret it
Because nothing is faster than a p plater in a commodore.....
except maybe a p plater on a unicorn
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Yeah, I did mine without a clear coat and they are chipped as f*ck.
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What is this magical clear coat stuff that doesn't chip?
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Depends on the paint. Factory passion red paint is a single stage without a clear. And the rattle can clears are no better than a rattle can coloured paint
Withojt a hardener they will chip the same.
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There's a fuking anti chip clearcoat ya fucktards
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