Painting R65 wheels.

[AH1510]

Hello from the sunny left coast. Spent the morning cleaning all the accumulated crud of the rear wheel. Oil, dirt, and all things that can be collected in those nooks and crannies for the wheel web. I found that waterless handcleaner, soft rag, and a pencil work well in those  corners. Anyone on this site repainted thier wheels??? If so and you did it yourself, what worked for you?? Thanks. OLDPAUL.

[montmil]

Hello, Justin?

OldPaul, just don't get Justin stated on his blast sand rant. I'm innocent, I swear. That's my story and I'm stickin' to it.  [smiley=beehive.gif]

Monte

[Bengt_Phorqs]

Justin has one really beautiful wheel blasted and painted.  There's a thread on here about that somewhere.  He ran out of blast sand and the closest source he can find is about 60 miles to the north of him at a Tractor Supply.  Monte, can you verify that?

[AH1510]

Thanks Bent,
                      I will search for it. Just finding my way around this site.OLDPAUL.

[montmil]

Justin has one really beautiful wheel blasted and painted.  There's a thread on here about that somewhere.  He ran out of blast sand and the closest source he can find is about 60 miles to the north of him at a Tractor Supply.  Monte, can you verify that?

I was at Harbor Freight two weeks ago and they had five different styles of blast media. Small buckets to big bags.   Monte  

[Bob_Roller]

I would be cautious, on what type of media is used on a snowflake rim, they are a soft aluminum alloy, I wouldn't use sand for sure .

I would go for a plastic media, if all you have is a dirty rim, no corrosion .

[mimmo66]

I had mine powdercoated and clear coated, look stunning but expensive.
Paid about 400 greens+ extra cash for renewing  bearings. WOULD i DO IT AGAIN? NO.
Guess I'll have to give extra cash to my tire installer next time to avoid any screetches

Domenico