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Old Aug 25, 2008 | 02:28 PM
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painting my rims..tips?

Clear coat is coming off. I want to paint the black. As far as I understand all I must do is use an electric sander, use some thinner, base coat, and hi-temp black spray. should I use a clear? is this a good process? anything i'm missing? what spray cans would you recommend?
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Old Aug 31, 2008 | 06:55 PM
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Re: painting my rims..tips?

curious to know as well as My Rt is thinking of Painting His black and red. as he has the powercoated and crome Stock rims. from his 86 Iroc
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Old Aug 31, 2008 | 07:02 PM
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Re: painting my rims..tips?

duplicolor paint works very well, first start off with a paint remover(aircraft remover brand, jasco paint remover works well) then get all the gunky paint off then wet sand if needed, clean with laquer thinner or mineral spirits or alcohol(whatever u have lying around) wash it off with water, let it thoroughly dry, mask off areas you dont want painted, if your doing it while the tire is on a trick would be to use that hand stuff like orange degreaser or lava degreaser, and put it on the tire part that shows, that way if u do get paint on the tire u just wipe off the hand cleaner.

youll wanna go with very light coats, anything to thick and youll drip, also a nice epoxy primer will make it last longer
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