Painting Wheels Options

[Davesceli]

I wanna repaint my wheels but am unsure as to whether my wheels are powder coated or painted. Is there any way to tell? If it is powder coat how do i remove it...can i just scuff it and paint over it?

Also what paint should i use, I was contemplating using the ceramic engine coating over the dupli-color wheel paint? Any suggestions?

This post has been edited by Davesceli: Sep 1, 2009 - 1:42 AM

[RocketScott]

The stock wheel paint is hard to get off. Paint remover takes a while but is less effort than sanding. You really don't need to get down to bare metal though. As long as the paint that is on there still has good adhesion then you shouldn't need to get it all off. Sanding should be done to smooth everything out. Go through the prime/sand cycle a few times till everything is smooth.

I built a blast cabinet to strip everything off but I plan on getting my rims powdercoated. That's really the quickest, easiest way to do it. Most powdercoating shops also do sandblasting or contract it out as part of the deal.

Oh, and that video was terrible. The finish looked like crap on video which means it looks even worse in real life. As was mentioned before he didn't paint the inside of the wheel. He also didn't take the valve stem out.

This post has been edited by RocketScott: Sep 16, 2009 - 10:35 AM