paint tips

Hey. I just painted my Porsche 911 GT2 road version black and i was wondering how do u paint rims. Last time i painted rims, i primed and painted and it was pretty bad looking. Any tips? thanks for ur time

Prime, spray, clear. Thats pretty much what I do, as long as the rims are already "metalized".

primer seems to ruein my paint job on the wheels and the body, gives it an orange peel look. or am i primering wrong? are you suppost to put the can of primer on warm water befor using it?

primer seems to ruein my paint job on the wheels and the body, gives it an orange peel look. or am i primering wrong? are you suppost to put the can of primer on warm water befor using it?

I airbrush, but I heard warm cans spray better. Use Tamiya Primer I barely get orange peel.

i just tryed boyd's white primer so far so good
seem to go on smooth very little sanding needed

i typically use duplicolor products (being a wal mart employee does have its benefits. 10% off!) i use their primer and top coats. i started spraying the hood on my vette 3 or 4 days ago. i polished it today and looks pretty dang good with out a clear coat.

If the wheels are chromed strip them with ovencleaner as other strippers do not take off the clear coat under the chrome. Another tip, I always rotate the wheels as I paint them by putting them on the end of a long stick, this ensures even coverage. I use Krylon white primer and gloss white out of the can and get very little if any orange peel. I always wet sand the primer coat with 2400-3200 grit cloths. If doing any metallics primer is not really necessary and airbrushing is best.

I use different techniques, but the main rule is to use primer if the plastic is in a totaly different color than the asked for. On my Taisan Card GT2 I only masked of the rims and sprayed Humbrol gold and brused on Microscale's gloss coat in the center parts.

Niclas

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i totally missed the part about painting wheels. dont know what i was thinking