So I decided to start a little project. I want a nice set of black wheels, but don't have the money right now. So, I'm painting and extra set of 03 OEM wheels that I had.

Here is my working setup.


For paint, I'm using
2-4 cans of Duplicolor Engine Enamel Gray Primer
6-8 cans of Duplicolor Engine Enamel Glossy Black
4-6 cans of Duplicolor Engine Enamel Clear Coat


First thing I do is plain ole cleaning.
(Day 1)
At first I washed them down with soap and water.
Then pressure washed.
Then washed with soap and water again.
Then sanded.
Then pressure washed.
Then sanded some more

(Day 2)
Scratched up the remaining coated paint with steel wool
Buffed off the glue and asphalt with a Dremel and 2



****ty boundo job


Cleaned them up one more time.
Let them fully dry
Started the Primer coat


My first thoughts after spraying the first coats of primer was that, I should have done a little more touch up before starting paint, and I might have bought too many cans of paint (where did i put that receipt).

I'll be going back to my parents house after work to put the first coat of black .

 

SOOOO Louisiana Humidity SUCKS. I went back home after work to spray my first coat of black and it dried like crap. I'm going back tomorrow afternoon and I'm going to lightly sand the surface to attempt to smooth it out, then clean them up real good, and let them dry to try again. I might end up having to buy more paint because of this mistake. Anyways heres the pictures.

It had rained earlier in the day and there was still water on the ground. It was overcast when I was painting and it started thundering.








Here's the result. Like I said, I'm not too pleased at the moment.


I should have just waited for a dryer day to paint.


The camera sucks and the pictures leave out a lot of the details




It's gonna get better, I have faith!

 

 

Remember that this isn't a complete coat either. This is one of many coats I'll be applying.

 

Can anyone a little more familiar with painting confirm that this was a humidity problem? Thanks

 

wow, that looks horribe. you are suppose to use degreaser to clean. if you scuffed them good enough, no primer is needed. That blotchyness is coming from overspray and spraying out of a can. I have delt with those duplicolors and they come out like that. If you were closer, i could powdercoat them for you with my powder coat machine.

 

Well I did degrease them and sanded the clear coat very much. The primer coat came out way better then the black coat. Something messed up, and I still think I can fix it. I'll work on it again Wednesday and see what happens. The blotchyness is from my bad painting technique and I'm not worried about that. Its the rough texture that the wheels are drying.

If worse comes to worse, I can bring the tires to get sand blasted and start all over. Would that be a good idea?

And powder coating is a little out of my budget for the time being.

 

If you are getting a rough texture that normally means u have too much air not enough paint....but since ur using spray cans maybe you are holding the can too far away that our the tips on the can are crap....

 

I am spraying from far away, I didn't know that could be a bad thing. And the wind was blowing a little. Should I sand them lightly and try again>?

 

Yeahm lightly sand then and try spraying closer or with less wind....what happens is the paint starts to dry before it is applied evenly which makes it rough I had the same problem when i painted the dash and doors in my old truck...

 

You put to many coats on thats why and you used the wrong paint. Go get a can of black rustolem Hammered paint do 3 light coats so the wheel is barely covered. Then get 2 cans of clear coat and coat the **** out of them and you will get a nice glossy finish. They look textured so you didnt wait enough time in between coats. Sand them down some get a tack cloth make sure they are clean and do what I told you before.

Heres a pic of my wheels when they were painted

 

can i get some close up shots of your wheels? Thanks for the help. Where can I find that paint?

 

here are mine painted

I used

3 can of black primer
3 can of glossy black

 

no clear coat? those look super clean

I'm not sure if I'm painting my center caps or not yet. I might try to do something with them and leave the nissan burger silver

 

+1 leave the nissan burger original *hits himself in the head for not doing so*


try do it in a closed garage. a place where there isn't much wind blowing

 

Should look great when the humidity settles down...I had the same problem painting in Atlanta a few days ago

 

Painting your wheels at home isn't really making them look any "better", sorry to say. Save up for some different wheels, or have them professionally painted or powdercoated. Now nobody will ever buy those things if you wanted to sell them.

 

Hopefully you're right, I won't have a chance to work on them today. But I'll see what I can do tomorrow and get some picture updates.

thanks for your tip, I'll be sure to jump right on your advice!


Thanks for the support and advice all. This is just a side project. I'm trying something out. If it doesn't turn out like I want, there are always other options.

 

Lowes, Home Depot. I dont have anymore pics of them I got volks and dont use those anymore I have them at the house ill snap some pics off in a little bit when I go home.

 

don't use rustoleum hammered lol... it has a texture to it... they're really look like ****e then