Re: Best paint for steel rims
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The Rustoleum pro grade spray bombs are probably the best thing you can get in a can. Very tough, but it takes days for that stuff to cure vs hours for other paints.
Epoxy primer like PPG DP is a good base to start with and you can paint any spray paint over it.
If you do use paint pour primer + paint into the seams and swish it around. Where the center and hoop meet is where the rust will start first.
Last edited by Neil; 10/20/17 05:03 PM.
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Re: Best paint for steel rims
[Re: crlush]
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OK for a new rust free wheel, not an old with rust. The reason is the same as the last sentance Neil's post above. "If you do use paint pour primer + paint into the seams and swish it around. Where the center and hoop meet is where the rust will start first." Paint can be poured in the seam but it is impossible to get the powder in the center/hoop seam to seal the fresh blasted metal. When I went from 13" to 14" body color wheels on my '68 Valiant, I sprayed them with a 50/50 mix of satin and gloss black Rustoleum Enamel. The next weekend I scuffed the outside and sprayed it body color.
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Re: Best paint for steel rims
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If you decide you are going to spray them I used the Rustoleum spray on my Police wheels and they look good and have been durable for over a year now. I did sand mine to bare metal only in a few spots, the other spots were faded paint.
Facts are stubborn things.
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Re: Best paint for steel rims
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It kind of depends on your intentions, and what you want to spend...
Not sure what powder coating would cost, but I'd bet you could buy a nice set of wheels cheaper. I don't see an issue with spray paint. I sand blasted and painted a set of rims more than 10 years ago. Used cheap store brand spray paint. Those rims show less signs of rust than any 10 year old factory wheel. They have been used for several years in the snow and salt of Wisc. winters. Like always the real trick is getting the metal clean first.
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Re: Best paint for steel rims
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I'd love to be able to spray with gun and use automotive paint. But some of us don't have the facilities or equipment.
Facts are stubborn things.
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Re: Best paint for steel rims
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I'd love to be able to spray with gun and use automotive paint. But some of us don't have the facilities or equipment. Have you looked into the Preval spray systems? They use a compressed air can, about the size of a butane refill, as a driver to spray the paint, which you mix and is contained in a jar below. Great way to apply automotive catalyzed paints on small jobs if you don't have access to a compressor and spray guns.
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Re: Best paint for steel rims
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Yeah...The Pre-Val is cheap too. Under six bucks!
http://www.homedepot.com/p/Preval-Spray-System-0226/203826746?cm_mmc=Shopping|THD|google|&mid=sn8iLHFUE|dc_mtid_8903alh25183_pcrid_171993688510_pkw__pmt__product_203826746_slid_&gclid=CjwKCAjw4KvPBRBeEiwAIqCB-VHr0RV3-R60sgna6rZv-pWAX3PKE5nmGKUz5FZnTfPUbdb8DIeDPxoC6k4QAvD_BwE
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Re: Best paint for steel rims
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A steel wheel goes through rough and wet winter and summer conditions.
Do the paint and primer recommendations for steel wheel duty also apply to outdoor wrought iron furniture and steel fencing?
Spray on cold galvanizing paint is not mentioned above.
Does cold galvanizing paint ever have a place as a primer or middle coat?
Do the new "Never Wet" paints have a place as a top coat? Cold galv is usually used to repair galvanize coating after welding and grinding. It works best on clean steel. It could be used as a 1'st prime coat... though probably not as smooth and nice to work with vs "regular" primer.
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Re: Best paint for steel rims
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I'd love to be able to spray with gun and use automotive paint. But some of us don't have the facilities or equipment. Years ago, I bought a used bike. The side covers didn't match the tank so I bought an airbrush rig that ran off of cans of compressed air from a hobby store. Couple of bottles of automotive touch up paint and I had matching side covers. Wheels might be too big a project for airbrushes though.
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