Painting Wheels

[rspears]

I've painted a lot of wheels on the car, with tires mounted, but I don't think I've ever painted any loose where I wanted to paint front, back bead area and inside to prevent corrosion. What's the best way to support a wheel for painting? Just looking for ideas from those who've been down this road before...

[cffisher]

I always dismount them then lay flat to paint. I have nylon clips that go over the machine tools so I don't mess up the paint when remounting.

[rspears]

As I was walking out toward the barn I thought it's probably best to lay them face down, prime the back & inside rim area and let that dry enough to flip them, then do the front side, repeating for the color coat. Think I'll do them single stage.

Where did you find nylon clips, Charlie?

[shine]

i put them on a piece of pipe so i can paint it all at once. run the pipe through the center so you can rotate them .

[rspears]

i put them on a piece of pipe so i can paint it all at once. run the pipe through the center so you can rotate them .

Sure! A horizontal pipe will be slick! Thanks, Shine.

[cffisher]

here are the nylon clips I got them when I bought the machine some 30 years ago. I usually put them on a bucket to paint them.

[DA34GUY]

Shine beat me to it Roger, gets it all done in 1 operation.
Simple

[shine]

one more tip .................. 4 wheels + pipe hung on cheap baling wire on tiny little hooks is not a good idea . trust me

[pat mccarthy]

i did all of M&A casting rims for the indy lite and many others race rims. what the kid made of was a front wheel drive hub welded to some round pipe O.D of 3 inchs and about 3feet long to a rim .the hub had a old tire on it so you could stand in one spot and turn the tire if you wanted i painted about a 1000+ sets of rims this way tire on the paint stand had about a 1/2 of clear on it

[MelloYello]

I've used an orange highway cone and it worked well for me.

[Bob Parmenter]

Another vote for the shine method, this in my heated "booth".

[jerry clayton]

I used either Halibrands, Ansen,ET, Centerline or American----what ever they would pay me to run----------

[rspears]

I used either Halibrands, Ansen,ET, Centerline or American----what ever they would pay me to run----------

And thank you for that input, Jerry.

[astroracer]

I just put this together for working on the new rims I got for the truck.
A couple of cheap rollers from HF and some square tubing.

Puts the rim at working height on my fab table and it rolls around real easy. be perfect for painting also.


Mark