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Jim M (RI)

06-14-2002 20:22:04




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I am just beginning to paint a couple of JD "B"'s I am working on. Got a gallon of green and yellow from my JD dealer. My first project was a couple of front rims. I removed the old tires, cleaned and sand blasted the rims, put a coat of primer on (RUSTOLEUM Rusty Metal Primer) and put on three coats of yellow and allowed to dry three or four days between coats. I used a brush and the paint right out of the can. The label says this is ok. Tonight I put on a new tire and the paint was chipping away like chain saw dust whenever I touched the rim with the tire iron. I started touching it up tonight before inflating the tires, but now I am discouraged and don't know what to do. Does the paint need some kind of hardner? Should I have sprayed them instead of using a brush? I just purchased a Devilbiss HVLP sprayer but have not tried it yet. But in reading the instructions on the can for spraying it only says to thin the paint (with JD thinner which I got also) but doesn't mention any hardner. Any help, advice, or homework (reading, video, etc) will be greatly apprciated. Hope you veteren's don't get tired of us beginners. Thanks, Jim

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Theman

06-18-2002 09:12:23




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 Re: Paint chiping - HELP! in reply to Jim M (RI), 06-14-2002 20:22:04  
I don't know of any paint that will stand up to a tire iron. However, the paint chips can offer clues to where your problem lies. Is your primer coming off with the paint? If you see bare metal where the chips came off then your primer didn't stick to the rim. If the primer sticks to the rim and the paint doesn't then the paint didn't get a good 'bite' into the primer and you may have a compatibility problem. You didn't mention using a hardener which can also cause chipping. Lastly, if the three coats you brushed on were thick, you could have a problem from that. It is extremely difficult to mount tires without losing some paint. Perhaps a better way to aviod this problem is to paint the inside of the rim only - then mount the tire - then mask and paint the rest of the wheel.

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CNKS

06-15-2002 18:14:55




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 Re: Paint chiping - HELP! in reply to Jim M (RI), 06-14-2002 20:22:04  
I don't have as much experience as many on this board, but for a small project like that I would have used a spray can. Unless you have a bunch of other stuff to spray at the same time, it makes little sense to me to mix a batch of paint just for the rims. In this case spray paint would be easier to apply than with a brush, and if you get some that dries fast you shouldn't have to wait as long between coats. It doesn't have to dry completely, but needs to "flash" between coats, or what ever the can says. For larger areas, use your spray gun. As far as chipping (I assume you mean the edge of the rim that the tire iron actually contacts), there is no way to avoid chipping with metal to metal contact. Simply touch it up. Or mount the tires and mask them off, then paint. Not hard with tires that small.

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