Painting wheel rims

Post by **rsawatson** » Wed Apr 29, 2009 11:02 pm

I wonder if anyone can help me?

I currently have silver coloured rims, they are a bit tatty so I want to repaint white.

Would me giving them a really good sand, prime, spray (or brush?), then clear lacquer be sufficient? Or, would I need to get the wheels sand blasted? It's just that I do not have the money to spend taking them to a spray shop.

Advice would be much appreciated!

Many thanks.

Post by **bmcecosse** » Wed Apr 29, 2009 11:57 pm

It's entirely up to you how much time/effort/money you want to expend on wheels ! The colour used on earlier Minors is Old English White. Actually a 'creamy' colour, which I find is very close to Dulux Magnolia gloss! Others say 50/50 mix of Magnolia and White gloss is closer match. I just brush paint mine with the gloss paint - they are wheels after all, not works of art!

Post by **Kevin** » Thu Apr 30, 2009 12:10 am

A tip posted by Willie a long time ago is if you are leaving the tyres on when painting to use a bead of washing up liquid round the rim of tyre then any overspill paint wont stick to the tyre.

Post by **purplebargeken** » Thu Apr 30, 2009 8:23 am

I paid £10 per wheel on my Triumph to have them blasted. I then applied some rustkiller, a couple of coats of etch primer and then painted them with spray cans. Dulux just as good.

Sanding them by hand is a right royal PITA. Much quicker and easier to have them blasted IMHO.

Ken

Thu Apr 30, 2009 12:27 pm

Ken

where did you get your wheels blasted? and how long ago was it 10 sounds good value.

as for colour there is a discussion in the bodywork section..

http://www.morrisminoroc.co.uk/index.ph ... ic&t=25066

Post by **britab1967** » Thu Apr 30, 2009 12:55 pm

And for around £20 you can buy a spot blasting gun from ALDI if you have a compressor and do it yourself.

Brian

Post by **purplebargeken** » Thu Apr 30, 2009 5:22 pm

The Aldi route is also a very good option. I had mine done fairly locally to me (I'm in North London), I had them done a couple of weeks ago. Had to wait a bit but that wasn't an issue. Sure there must be someone locally to you. Ask around the local backstreet garages and the like.

Post by **rsawatson** » Fri May 01, 2009 9:22 pm

Thanks for all your advice!

Post by **d_harris** » Fri May 01, 2009 9:55 pm

BTW, I would not reccomend using laquer on wheels, one little chip and it will start lifting......