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Will enamel paint work over Sunraysia steel wheels?
Posted: Sun Nov 13, 2011 11:31 pm
by 2nd Hand Yank
My wheels are a bit rusty and since I will be buying new tyres soon,
I thought now is a good time to give the wheels a touch up.
Was thinking sanding/wire brushing and then some paint that's good over rusted surfaces.
I was warned at one store that their enamel paint will not stick if what you're painting already has acrylic paint on it.
Thoughts?
Posted: Mon Nov 14, 2011 12:21 am
by woody.t
like 60 each to have them professionally powder coated, thats what ill be doing when i replace my tyres
Posted: Mon Nov 14, 2011 12:29 am
by woody.t
will have to sand and prep them yourself though
Posted: Mon Nov 14, 2011 7:53 pm
by Matt
Yeah enamel works fine just make sure you prime them first after getting all the rust off them.
Posted: Mon Nov 14, 2011 7:55 pm
by Matt
Just did mine last week.
Posted: Mon Nov 14, 2011 8:07 pm
by Davidov
Use paint stripper to remove the paint. It will remove the primer and absolutely everything down to the steel no problem. Then make sure you prime the rims very well (use anti rust primer too) then your paint then its a good idea to do a lot of clear coat.
Posted: Mon Nov 14, 2011 8:14 pm
by taza
+1 for rust kill or some other kind of rust preventive primer. My rims that I painted about 2 months ago are already rusting
Posted: Mon Nov 14, 2011 8:17 pm
by Bungers
I only paint with 2pac.
But then youll need a hvlp gun, a good air compressor, good mask etc.
For wheels though youll get away with using spray cans from supercheap etc.
Posted: Mon Nov 14, 2011 8:43 pm
by TOONGA
there is a rust preventive epoxy paint, available in spray cans from bunnings and home hardware. only problem is that it is around 15 dollars a can.
TOONGA
Posted: Mon Nov 14, 2011 9:03 pm
by taza
TOONGA wrote:there is a rust preventive epoxy paint, available in spray cans from bunnings and home hardware. only problem is that it is around 15 dollars a can.
TOONGA
Ah ok. My supercheap paint was $2.50 a can haha
Posted: Mon Nov 14, 2011 9:36 pm
by 2nd Hand Yank
TOONGA wrote:there is a rust preventive epoxy paint, available in spray cans from bunnings and home hardware. only problem is that it is around 15 dollars a can.
TOONGA
That sounds like a wise investment, if it does what it says.
Posted: Mon Nov 14, 2011 11:06 pm
by Dann
or you can just buy brand new ones for $80 ea, but it's up to you
Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2011 8:16 am
by 2nd Hand Yank
They don't bother me, how rusty they are. (10-20% outer surface area?) But if I have to sell it, I think it's silly to leave them "as is." Plus I would prefer newer looking wheels. I don't think they're worth a $60 blast and repaint (each) because that also means I can't drive my L Series for at least a day. I was hoping I could touch up the rust in my driveway. I just want them to look better than they do now, if it's easy.
Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2011 8:17 am
by 2nd Hand Yank
Dann wrote:or you can just buy brand new ones for $80 ea, but it's up to you
Nice, less than I thought for new ones. I'll keep that in mind.
Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2011 9:27 am
by taza
Or $100 and paint all 4 yourself. Only takes a spare few hours on a weekend.
Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2011 8:27 pm
by 2nd Hand Yank
taza wrote:Or $100 and paint all 4 yourself. Only takes a spare few hours on a weekend.
$100 for what, exactly?
A price for local blast-and-repaint is $60/rim...
and that's probably assuming you already have the tyres off it.
I was just going to throw some paint on them, tyres still mounted,
as 3 of them will be scrapped when I buy my new tyres anyways.
(want to keep one as a spare tyre; 6 lbs lighter than my current spare)