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Re: painting rims with tires mounted

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Buzzman72

10-23-2003 08:01:29

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Over the years, my dad painted hundreds of H's, M's, Cub's, and other Farmalls. After everything was steam-cleaned with something called 49-S compound, the sheet metal surfaces were sanded, primered and painted separately; the rest of the tractor was gone over with a wire brush/wire brush wheel in a drill to remove any flaking/loose paint, rust, etc. After "masking" the lights and gauges with grease, the rest of the tractor was then sprayed. When it came to the rims, Dad jacked up the rear axle (with shop towels on the jack pad, to keep from scuffing/scratching the new paint), and then applied the aluminum enamel to the rims with a 2" brush...taking his time, making sure there were no runs or brush strokes on either the wheel centers or the tire...usually doing this while sitting on an overturned 5-gallon bucket. For the fronts on an H or M, he'd drive ONE front tire up on a block--same block he used for wheel bearing jobs--and paint the rim the same way he did the rears. By being patient, he usually got a near-perfect job...and never had to mess with what could have been cantankerous rim bolts (imagine what having to resort to the ol' "smoke wrench" would've done to his new paint job...and genuine IH red paint was NEVER cheap!).

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