rim painting trick
rim painting trick
I'm painting my rims this weekend and I thought I'd share my project with you guys.
The end result will be a stock black rim with a red dodge logo and possibly a red lip.
Everyone paints their rims yadda.. yadda.. yadda.. but, when I was searching I couldn't find any tips on painting the inside of the logo red. So, that's my main purpose for this.
For pictures visit <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/89284996@N03/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/89284996@N03/</a>
Y'all are grown enough so I'm not going to spoon feed you.
Regular priming and sanding as per any other job.. the end result is based on your prep and patience.
I used 60 grit to get all of the paint off and a nail with paint thinner to clean up the logo.
.. 100, 150, 220 dry
.. washed with an electric tooth brush and dawn soap
.. 5 light coats of sandable primer ( had some pretty nasty gashes )
.. 220 dry, 800 wet, 1000 wet
.. 2 more coats of primer ( smooth enough as I don't want a high gloss finish )
.. let dry over night
.. cleaned with tooth brush and dawn again
.. 6 - 8 extremly light coats of base paint ( hella windy and I didn't want any runs )
.. 2 more coats on the ones that were uneven
.. let dry over night
.. taped off the logo
.. dabbed petroleum jelly on the places I wanted to stay black (nice and light will make clean up later easier but heavy enough that it covers the whole surface. For the mouth of the bighorn I used a Q-tip that I twisted into a fine point. If you get any jelly in a place that is s/b red tell me what happens
.. just be careful and take your time )
.. 3 heavy coats of red
.. after 5 minutes I brought inside to dry horizontal ( I went heavy for this reason, I wanted a nice "cap" if you will )
.. after about 30 minutes have a handful of Q-tips and paper towels because it's about to get messy
.. just wipe away and keep wiping it'll look and feel like tacky paint but its really just the jelly ( TIP: wet your q-tip so you wont get fibers in your still tacky red paint )
.. after a good hour (or if you're real **** like me 3) you're done removeing the red jelly and have a gorgeous lug cover almost ready for clear coat!
.. let dry over night
.. clean with tooth brush and dawn
.. hit it with how ever many clear coats satisfies you
.. ta-da your lug covers are now a beautiful piece of art
Tomorrow I'm getting started on the rims but, there's plenty of write-ups on those so I won't be explaining that unless I stumble across a nice tip or trick.
The end result will be a stock black rim with a red dodge logo and possibly a red lip.
Everyone paints their rims yadda.. yadda.. yadda.. but, when I was searching I couldn't find any tips on painting the inside of the logo red. So, that's my main purpose for this.
For pictures visit <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/89284996@N03/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/89284996@N03/</a>
Y'all are grown enough so I'm not going to spoon feed you.
Regular priming and sanding as per any other job.. the end result is based on your prep and patience.
I used 60 grit to get all of the paint off and a nail with paint thinner to clean up the logo.
.. 100, 150, 220 dry
.. washed with an electric tooth brush and dawn soap
.. 5 light coats of sandable primer ( had some pretty nasty gashes )
.. 220 dry, 800 wet, 1000 wet
.. 2 more coats of primer ( smooth enough as I don't want a high gloss finish )
.. let dry over night
.. cleaned with tooth brush and dawn again
.. 6 - 8 extremly light coats of base paint ( hella windy and I didn't want any runs )
.. 2 more coats on the ones that were uneven
.. let dry over night
.. taped off the logo
.. dabbed petroleum jelly on the places I wanted to stay black (nice and light will make clean up later easier but heavy enough that it covers the whole surface. For the mouth of the bighorn I used a Q-tip that I twisted into a fine point. If you get any jelly in a place that is s/b red tell me what happens
.. just be careful and take your time ).. 3 heavy coats of red
.. after 5 minutes I brought inside to dry horizontal ( I went heavy for this reason, I wanted a nice "cap" if you will )
.. after about 30 minutes have a handful of Q-tips and paper towels because it's about to get messy
.. just wipe away and keep wiping it'll look and feel like tacky paint but its really just the jelly ( TIP: wet your q-tip so you wont get fibers in your still tacky red paint )
.. after a good hour (or if you're real **** like me 3) you're done removeing the red jelly and have a gorgeous lug cover almost ready for clear coat!
.. let dry over night
.. clean with tooth brush and dawn
.. hit it with how ever many clear coats satisfies you
.. ta-da your lug covers are now a beautiful piece of art
Tomorrow I'm getting started on the rims but, there's plenty of write-ups on those so I won't be explaining that unless I stumble across a nice tip or trick.
