spraying wheels

[marc novataken]

im gonna spray my wheels black was wondering how do i go about it? just same as normal spraying (sand, prime, paint) or anything different?

[Shaun_O'Donnell]

Just the same.

[~~joycey~~]

Have they got any kurbing or scratches?

[white2lSR]

If any areas are down to bare alloy then i would etch primer them as well

[vaughanmc]

My wheels were pretty clean when I started but I used some rough sand paper to smooth out all of the slightly corroded bits then used some 800 to go over the rest of the wheels

Then I used some etch primer (2 coats) on the wheel and centre cap then let it dry/harden and rubbed it down again with some smoother 1200 paper

Once I had cleaned the wheel up (free of dust etc) I hit it with the final colour

Heres some pics of how they turned out

This is how they started:
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g191/vaughanmc/NewAlloys.jpg
2 coats of etch primer:
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g191/vaughanmc/DSC00608.jpg
Painted but still wet:
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g191/vaughanmc/DSC00609.jpg
Finally dryed with the centre caps done as well:
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g191/vaughanmc/My%20Nova/SV206871.jpg

[marc novataken]

a couple of em got a little bit of curbing round the edges and a few scratches. thanks for help:thumb:

[Benn]

Dont for get to paint the insides..

[marc novataken]

will do the insides as well

[brainsnova]

you can sand kerbing out equally as its easy to sand it out with normal sand paper.

[Novaboi_1991]

nice finish

[~~joycey~~]

If any areas are down to bare alloy then i would etch primer them as well


:thumb: :D

[Vauxhall-Scotland]

Dont for get to paint the insides..


Agreed, never understand why some ppl only paint the outside when changing the colour :confused: