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waam here, Am getting my fiver wheels sand blasted and repainted. I don't want to take the tires off if I don't have to, cause when they put the tires back on again the bar that puts the tire back on will run around the high edge of the rim and will, I think, rub the paint off. Have any of yous out their ever painted your trailer wheels. I have hub caps that cover up the wheel nuts. thanks. Diesel is selling here for 1.19 to 1.25 most places. waam Holland, Mich.
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waam,
My trailer wheels were looking very bad. They'd been sitting for years and were ugly.
I worked them over with steel wool. Enough to get rid of the roughness and give the new paint some tooth. I didn't need any sand paper, but you could use some to feather any chips in the old paint. Then I blew them off with air, masked the tires by using pieces of 1 inch wide masking tape and slipping it down into the bead area. Then a layer of two inch tape to widen the protected area. Next, a light coat and several heavy coats of Rustoleum, all in a fairly short period to prevent wrinkling.
They look great and will for years. A couple of nice colors I've discovered are Anodized Bronze and Hammered Finish Gray. The gray looks OEM. Whatever you do avoid the Cold Galvanizing.
Once I had the wool and the wheels were off it probably took an hour and a half. I left them in the sun for a day then re-installed.
John
My trailer wheels were looking very bad. They'd been sitting for years and were ugly.
I worked them over with steel wool. Enough to get rid of the roughness and give the new paint some tooth. I didn't need any sand paper, but you could use some to feather any chips in the old paint. Then I blew them off with air, masked the tires by using pieces of 1 inch wide masking tape and slipping it down into the bead area. Then a layer of two inch tape to widen the protected area. Next, a light coat and several heavy coats of Rustoleum, all in a fairly short period to prevent wrinkling.
They look great and will for years. A couple of nice colors I've discovered are Anodized Bronze and Hammered Finish Gray. The gray looks OEM. Whatever you do avoid the Cold Galvanizing.
Once I had the wool and the wheels were off it probably took an hour and a half. I left them in the sun for a day then re-installed.
John
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Look into some Rim Savers. They're just nylon C channel that clips around the edge of the wheel while the machine is mounting/dismounting the tire.
We use em daily in the MC shop when doing high end wheels.
We use em daily in the MC shop when doing high end wheels.
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I had to give you a hard time about that. It would definately be a dream to think we will ever see $1.19 Diesel again.
Seriously though, I think Raspy gave some good advice in his post.
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I just sand off the rust(maybe some primer) and hand paint them with some rustoleum. They look good, easy to deal with. After a little dust or rain, you will not know they are not factory look.
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