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Topic: Painting Styled Steel Wheels
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gmliebau
Gearhead Posts: 279
From: Port St. Lucie, FL
Registered: Jan 2004
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posted 01-14-2004 02:18 PM
   
I'm having a problem. I'm trying to paint my styled steel wheels on my '65 fastback, and the paint isn't cooperating. First, I tried to just touch up the areas where the paint was missing, and the new paint pulled up the old paint. I stripped off all of the paint, and tried painting the wheel without primer. No good...the paint just ran all over the place. I stripped that off. Then I primed it and painted thin coats. It didn't cover evenly, and then started to bubble up and leave voids where the primer showed through. I'm lost. I got the paint from NPD, and followed the directions on the can. Although the wheel looks pretty cool without paint on it, I do want to get them painted. Please help!!!
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SteveLaRiviere
Administrator Posts: 42859
From: Saco, Maine
Registered: May 99
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posted 01-14-2004 02:23 PM
Sounds like you aren't getting them clean enough. Are you using any sort of metal prep, or lacquer cleaner?------------------
'70 Mustang Mach 1 351C 4V/FMX/3.25 Open
'70 Mustang Convertible 250 I6/3 speed/2.79 Open
'72 Mustang Sprint Hardtop 351C 4V/FMX/4.30 Trac Loc
'94 F-150 XL 5.8L/E4OD/3.55 Limited Slip
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SteveLaRiviere
Administrator Posts: 42859
From: Saco, Maine
Registered: May 99
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posted 01-14-2004 02:25 PM
Also, is your workspace warm enough? I never paint under 70 degrees.------------------
'70 Mustang Mach 1 351C 4V/FMX/3.25 Open
'70 Mustang Convertible 250 I6/3 speed/2.79 Open
'72 Mustang Sprint Hardtop 351C 4V/FMX/4.30 Trac Loc
'94 F-150 XL 5.8L/E4OD/3.55 Limited Slip
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gmliebau
Gearhead Posts: 279
From: Port St. Lucie, FL
Registered: Jan 2004
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posted 01-14-2004 03:26 PM
Yup, they're clean. I talked to Logan at NPD and he told me I might have a bad can of paint. I guess that's possible. Plus, I live in Southern Florida where it's been averaging 70 to 75 degrees.[This message has been edited by gmliebau (edited 01-14-2004).]
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mellowyellow
Gearhead Posts: 6677
From: So. Fl.
Registered: Aug 2000
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posted 01-14-2004 07:33 PM
The paint is lacquer, which needs a lacquer primer for adhesion and coverage. You could use etch primer, follow directions, usually letting it sit an hour and paint, using thin coats with setup time between coats. A trick to employ if weather is cool or damp is to warm surface with a hairdryer. In Fl it is often humid. 70 to 75 is not too cold to paint but for small stuff, practically always use heat. If you ran out of paint, go to Advance/Discount, Pep Boys, etc. and select some automtive touch up spray lacquer in a similar color. Cheaper and basically the same stuff.
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gmliebau
Gearhead Posts: 279
From: Port St. Lucie, FL
Registered: Jan 2004
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posted 01-15-2004 03:15 PM
Welp, I got it figured out. After stripping the wheels down to bare chrome, I went to Napa and got some primer and paint made by Duplicolor. I got some super narrow 3/16" wide latex masking tape and masked off the area that wouldn't be painted. Shot it with some gray primer, and then painted them up. Looks great. The color I picked was a small shade litter, but it looks amazing. Thanks for all the help you folks have given me.
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Hell_Fish
Gearhead Posts: 872
From: Austin, TX.
Registered: May 2002
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posted 01-15-2004 03:51 PM
Plumbers primer(the purple stuff) works the best for painting chrome. Just don't get it where you don't want it, because it wont come off once dried.------------------
Dustin C
"The Mopar Guy!"
CRC Motorsports
56 F-100
Mech. for wifes 69 Mustang coupe
65 Plymouth Barracuda
70 Dodge Swinger [This message has been edited by Hell_Fish (edited 01-15-2004).]
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